Nvidia hatches VR plan with Stanford University

andybird123 · 21 Nov 2015 at 09:45

So Nvidia are working on a VR headset afterall

http://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/39295-nvidia-hatches-vr-plan-with-stanford-university

Stas823 · 21 Nov 2015 at 10:14

"Luebke says the prototypes Nvidia and Stanford are developing today could be consumer products within three to five years."

Haha, more vaporware.

Pottsey · 21 Nov 2015 at 12:13

That seems more than a few years too late. One would expect by then one of the current VR headsets to become dominate and to have a large app store. It will be like trying to bring out a new smartphone 5 years after the IPhone.

It’s also carefully worded so they might not even bring out a consumer product.

Gregster · 21 Nov 2015 at 12:15

The more choice, the better it is for us consumers. I look forward to seeing this tech and can't wait to give it a try

Thanks for posting.

FoxEye · 21 Nov 2015 at 12:31

Pottsey said:
That seems more than a few years too late. One would expect by then one of the current VR headsets to become dominate and to have a large app store. It will be like trying to bring out a new smartphone 5 years after the IPhone.

People buy non-Apple phones all the time?

DarrenM343 · 21 Nov 2015 at 12:37

Pottsey said:
It will be like trying to bring out a new smartphone 5 years after the IPhone.

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I don't quite get that statement although it depends how you look at it. New smartphones come out all the time and they're better than the first smartphone and some may be better than what IPhone offers today.

The company that created the first sit on flushing toilet didn't even survive but better toilets continue to be made today.

Given nVidia's background they could probably develop a product to blow others away in 2-5 years, especially on justifying their high pricing

maonayze · 21 Nov 2015 at 12:41

DarrenM343 said:
The company that created the first sit on flushing toilet didn't even survive but better toilets continue to be made today.

What happened to them...Did they go down the pan?

Sorry, couldnt resist.

shankly1985 · 21 Nov 2015 at 12:58

Far too late tbh they is already well established VR headsets out there, I feel nvidia will have a hard time trying to convince people to jump on board.

But who knows one thing nvidia is good at is marketing so am sure they big this up to be the best headset around.

bru · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:11

The way I read the article, this could be like variable refresh rate, or USB type C. What I mean is the next evolution of an existing product, NVidia have teamed up with Stanford to try to fix the inherent problems that all currant VR headsets have. It is not that they are trying to bring a new VR headset to market now to go head to head with the currant crop of soon to arrive VR headsets.

Bottom line, not late to the party at all, just a not really news worthy story of something they are looking at for the future.

chroniclard · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:12

Not really that late, not like VR is mainstream yet.

Gregster · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:22

shankly1985 said:
Far too late tbh they is already well established VR headsets out there, I feel nvidia will have a hard time trying to convince people to jump on board.

But who knows one thing nvidia is good at is marketing so am sure they big this up to be the best headset around.

Bit daft Shankly seeing as we can't buy a Rift or Vive yet and they are the 2 big players that are on VR and then the AR thingy from Microsoft. Actually reading the rest of your post just comes across as silly.

I for one welcome any and all competition as should anyone with an interest in these things. Competition = better products and cheaper prices.

shankly1985 · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:28

Gregster said:
Bit daft Shankly seeing as we can't buy a Rift or Vive yet and they are the 2 big players that are on VR and then the AR thingy from Microsoft. Actually reading the rest of your post just comes across as silly.

I for one welcome any and all competition as should anyone with an interest in these things. Competition = better products and cheaper prices.

Two very well established VR headsets when people think off VR they automatically jump at these players. They already sold themselves it would be hard to bring customers away now.. Not silly at all. What's silly is you thinking Microsoft headset is a VR headset.

Pottsey · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:30

chroniclard said:
Not really that late, not like VR is mainstream yet.

Mainstream products are arriving now or early next year. In 5 years time VR would have been mainstream for years assuming it takes off.

DarrenM343 said:
I don't quite get that statement although it depends how you look at it. New smartphones come out all the time and they're better than the first smartphone and some may be better than what IPhone offers today.

Once you have an established player it’s next to impossible to make a profit and get established yourself. In the case of smartphone and estimated 95% of the profits go to Iphones with most other brands losing money.

DarrenM343 said:
Given nVidia's background they could probably develop a product to blow others away in 2-5 years, especially on justifying their high pricing

You mean like they failed to do with Tegra?

The problem is in 5 years one of two things is likely to happen either VR failed to take off and it’s too late for new products or we have an established player with established content and due to the content people won’t want to swap to a new small player where most of their contents will not works

andybird123 · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:23

The way it is looking, everyone except OR is aiming to be interoperable, so whilst OR might have a few titles which are exclusive, most content should work as long as NVIDIA tag on to the dominant content.

If OR is apple in this example then ValveVR and OSVR are trying to develop Android.

Games developers are already saying they will support both OR as well as Valve (who are in term adding OSVR support to ValveVR), so content support is a non-issue for the most part.

We are looking at the equivalent of buying a new mouse or monitor, rather than a phone running an entirely different OS.

There are already headsets fully announced that are 2 years away from being on the shelves yet they are having no problem getting funding, and ver.2 of OR is also in development (whether they jump to 4K or go with an intermediary 1440 like resolution will be interesting)

Gregster · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:29

shankly1985 said:
Two very well established VR headsets when people think off VR they automatically jump at these players. They already sold themselves it would be hard to bring customers away now.. Not silly at all. What's silly is you thinking Microsoft headset is a VR headset.

When people think of VR, they do think of the Rift and the Vive and not sure if you know what AR means but hence why I put AR when talking of the Microsoft thingy (Hololens) - AR stands for Actual Reality and you have just shown that you lack any knowledge on this but tried to pick me up lol.

Don't take it personal Shankly and I was giving my thoughts on the VR headset thing but being that Nvidia are involved and your disdain for anything Nvidia, I should have known it would always be a negative post.

bru · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:43

Gregster said:
When people think of VR, they do think of the Rift and the Vive and not sure if you know what AR means but hence why I put AR when talking of the Microsoft thingy (Hololens) - AR stands for Actual Reality and you have just shown that you lack any knowledge on this but tried to pick me up lol.

Don't take it personal Shankly and I was giving my thoughts on the VR headset thing but being that Nvidia are involved and your disdain for anything Nvidia, I should have known it would always be a negative post.

Er it actually stands for 'Augmented Reality'.

Gregster · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:43

bru said:
Er it actually stands for 'Augmented Reality'.

lol yer

r7slayer · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:45

I think your all forgetting one major thing! It's nVidia... Sheep.. sorry i mean people will buy nVidia products over others just because it's nVidia. It will sell regardless. How well it will sell depends on the VR market.

Stanners · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:48

r7slayer said:
I think your all forgetting one major thing! It's nVidia... Sheep.. sorry i mean people will buy nVidia products over others just because it's nVidia. It will sell regardless. How well it will sell depends on the VR market.

Can you at least not try and insult people

TNA · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:49

Not late at all. I remember thinking GreenManGaming was late and look how well they are doing.

Regardless of that, if your product is superior to the competition by a decent margin and you can provide it at a decent price, there is always room.