Both HTC and Oculus have tried to say something along the lines of "a major shift isn't coming too soon. If you want VR in the next 2 years or so, don't hold out".
> Huh. Usually a price cut precedes a new generation of hardware - but the press release seems to go out of its way to dispel that notion.
> Both HTC and Oculus have tried to say something along the lines of "a major shift isn't coming too soon. If you want VR in the next 2 years or so, don't hold out".
> They don't actually say that there won't be a new generation of hardware. If you read it carefully they just say that they're going to keep selling the current one.
Both HTC & Oculus have already shipped improvements to their existing hardware and I expect that to continue until the next generation of hardware is announced. Specifically:
- HTC has upgraded the tether, audio & head strap, revamped the packaging twice, are about to release trackers, are likely gearing up to release upgraded hand controllers and also new laser tracking hardware.
- Oculus have shipped their hand controllers, plus now support room-scale configurations with multiple cameras.
The list of software improvements on both platforms is much longer, so I won't bother but real-use performance continues to improve with the same hardware.
Source: VR Dev.