UTim Cook nabanye abaqondisi bethimba eliphezulu eliqhuba inkampani yeCupertino bakubeke kwacaca kaningi kwesinye isikhathi ukuthi i-Apple igxile ngokuphelele ku-Reality ukungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona, ishiya mhlawumbe eceleni kancane kwenkambu ye-Virtual Reality, lapho izinkampani ezinjenge-Oculus (Facebook ) noma i-Vive (i-HTC) ihlupheke kakhulu, singakusho lokho i-PlayStation VR kuphela eye yaba nomthelela wangempela ngezizathu ezisobala.
Nokho, UMark Zuckerberg ngeke anikele ngokushesha okukhulu, iqembu le-Oculus lisebenza ekwakheni uchungechunge lwamadivayisi wangempela we-€ 200. Mhlawumbe le yindlela yobuchwepheshe obudumile okuthi ngaphandle kokuthatha amakhava amaningi, engapheli intando yeningi.
Eqinisweni, i-Samsung yinkampani ebeka amadivayisi amaningi walobu buchwepheshe emakethe, I-Samsung's Gear VR ngokungangabazeki iyona elula ukufinyelela kumkhiqizo, Mhlawumbe yingakho iqembu le-Oculus ligxile kukhiye wempumelelo yalo futhi lizimisele ukulikopisha, kuyinto uFacebook akwaziyo ukuyenza kahle impela. Yonke le mininingwane ukuvuza uMark Gurman akubone kufanele ukukushicilela, ngisho nemininingwane ngokunemba okwengeziwe.
Lezi zibuko ze-Oculus ezizoba cishe ngama- € 200 zizofaka phakathi ama-processor weQualcomm Snapdragon okungabenza babe namandla kancane kuneGear VR evela kwaSamsung. Kodwa-ke, sizobuyela enkingeni efanayo njalonjalo, izibuko ngeke zikwazi ukubeka umsebenzisi esikhaleni, phakathi kweminye imininingwane. Ngokushesha okhulumela i-Oculus u-Alan Cooper uphume wazophikisa ngokuthi iqembu lezentuthuko alinayo imikhiqizo ezokhonjiswa njengamanje, kepha ukuphika okusobala okusobala lokho. Sicabanga ukuthi imithombo kaMark Gurman ithembekile futhi futhi silangazelela ukuhamba okusha e-Oculus.
