There are Secret Confessions (2025) No Label Episode 45two kinds of VR headsets right now: smartphone-based ones like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View, and PC-based ones like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The two offer low-end and high-end VR experiences, respectively.

There's really nothing in the middle yet, but at the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to change that. He believes self-contained, standalone VR headsets that don't need a phone or a PC will occupy that space and revealed Facebook-owned Oculus is building one.

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The prototype standalone VR headset Zuckerberg showed on stage looks very much like an Oculus Rift, just sansthe cables needed to connect to a PC.

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On the back of the headset is what appears to be a processing unit. The prototype headset also has built-in headphones just like on the Rift.

Zuckerberg didn't give any details of the headset, but did say it will have built-in cameras for tracking your head and body movement.

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Oculus VR isn't the only the only company developing standalone VR headsets. Both Qualcomm and Intel introduced prototypes for their own standalone VR headsets this year.

Topics Facebook Oculus Virtual Reality