UTim Cook kunye nabanye abalawuli beqela elilawulayo eliqhuba inkampani yeCupertino bayenze yacaca ngaphezulu kwesihlandlo esinye ukuba iApple ijolise ngokupheleleyo kwiNene eyoNgezelelweyo, ishiya mhlawumbi kancinci ecaleni kwentsimi yeNyaniso eyiyo, apho iinkampani ezinjengeOculus (Facebook okanye iVive (i-HTC) ihlupheke kakhulu, sinokuthi zii-PlayStation VRs kuphela ezinefuthe lokwenyani ngenxa yezizathu ezicacileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, UMark Zuckerberg akazukuncama ngokukhawuleza, iqela le-Oculus lisebenza ekudaleni uthotho lwezixhobo eziyinyani ze- € 200. Mhlawumbi le yindlela yeteknoloji ethandwayo ethi ngaphandle kokuthatha amaqweqwe amaninzi, ingaze iphele idemokhrasi.
Ngapha koko, i-Samsung yinkampani ebeka izixhobo ezingaphezulu kule teknoloji kwintengiso, I-Samsung's Gear VR ngokungathandabuzekiyo yeyona ilula yokufikelela kwimveliso, Mhlawumbi yiloo nto iqela le-Oculus ligxile kwisitshixo sempumelelo kwaye likulungele ukuyikopa, yinto uFacebook ayaziyo ukuba yenze kakuhle kangakanani. Lonke olu lwazi luvuzile uMark Gurman abone kufanelekile ukuba alupapashe, nkqu nakwiinkcukacha ngokuchanekileyo.
Ezi glasi ze-Oculus eziza kujikeleza i-200 yeeRandi ziya kuba neeprosesa zeQualcomm Snapdragon eziza kubenza babe namandla kancinci kuneGear VR evela kwi-Samsung. Nangona kunjalo, siya kubuyela kwingxaki efanayo njengesiqhelo, iiglasi azizukubeka umsebenzisi kwisithuba, phakathi kwezinye iinkcukacha. Ngokukhawuleza isithethi se-Oculus u-Alan Cooper uphume wazokukhusela ukuba iqela lophuhliso alinazo naziphi na iimveliso eziza kubonisa okwangoku, kodwa kuyacaca nje ukuba iyaliwe. Siyacinga ukuba imithombo kaMark Gurman inokuthenjwa kwakhona kwaye sijonge phambili ekuhambeni okutsha eOculus.
