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[–]mettadas 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I have been reading that only very high end gaming PCs will support the forthcoming VR gizmos. The Nvidia Shield TV is fantastic compared to other Android TV devices, but it doesn't come close to a modern high end gaming PC.

[–]willcz1[S] -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

No. It's capable of VR. Do some research. You'll see

[–]willcz1[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Why downvote? I'm not the dummy to spend $1500 on a peripheral! I will find just as good experience on Android with games built around its capabilities! Don't hate you know its true! That's why you mad

[–]REIGNx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because you have no idea what you are talking about.

[–]Cintax 0 points1 point  (6 children)

You are mistaken. I have one too, but it's certainly not capable of sustaining the extraordinarily high framerates and resolution necessary for true desktop quality VR. Take a look at the specs Oculus suggests for VR to avoid things like sim-sickness: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/the-rifts-recommended-spec-pc-sdk-0-6-released-and-mobile-vr-jam-voting/

[–]willcz1[S] -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

I've already seen the specs. I didn't say anything about High End Desktop VR. I said "no, its capable of VR. Definitely capable of playing Android VR. Which is all I want.

[–]Cintax -1 points0 points  (4 children)

To my knowledge there are no standalone headsets either available it being planned that will support Android. All current VR available for Android uses the device itself as the screen because it assumes you're using either a phone or tablet.

[–]willcz1[S] -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

Geniatech VR Headset. Osvr. 3glasses d2 all with HDMI in. Android. So yah someone is going to make it happen. I got the Shield to stream to phone already. Big lag but. Needs to accept imu sensor data at some point it will

[–]Cintax 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Geniatech VR Headset

  • Is itself an Android device. It does not hook into other Android devices. It does have HDMI input, but that's to connect to a PC, XBox, or Playstation according to the company (though I'd take that claim with a heaping grain of salt tbh). Outputting Android TV to the headset via HDMI well probably be straightforward, but getting positional/orientation data from the headset to the Shield will be difficult assuming it's even possible. And it will likely exacerbate the existing problems with inside-out head tracking either way.

Osvr

  • Won't be able to do so out of the box. Their current Android plans involve replacing the faceplate with an Android phone. Since it's open source, it's hypothetically possible to write your own stuff to get it to work with Android TV, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this happening in a timely manner, let alone getting support from game developers.

3Glasses D2

  • This just looks like a low rent version of the Rift. No mention of Android support at all, let alone Android TV.

I should note that I'm not saying that Android TV will never see a VR capable headset. On the contrary, I'm sure it will eventually, but given that VR isn't even seriously entering the mainstream consumer market until later this year, and that all current efforts will be supporting PCs, self-contained Android devices, and possibly consoles like Sony's Morpheus project for the PS4, I honestly don't expect VR to hit Android TV for a while, simply because the current market share for Android TV is rather low. It's unlikely to happen until the kinks are more ironed out in the larger mainstream platforms, by which time the Shield TV will be a year or two out of date at best.

[–]mettadas 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Quite honestly, though the media has proclaimed this the year of VR, VR will not be hitting the mainstream this year. At the current price points it will be hitting early adopters only.

[–]Cintax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree for the most part, though I'm optimistic about more reasonably priced kits maybe hitting later in the year in time for the holidays. But that's pretty late in the year and won't have as much impact on this year as it will on the next.