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Side observation.

So Valve now has an better VR Set then Oculus. And all of a sudden every news on VR seems to flowing in Valve direction.

This reminds me a lot of the early days when we move from iD 's Doom to Valve's Half Life.

Note: ( John Carmack = CTO of Oculus and Founder of iD )

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I like competition as much as the next guy, but I'm happy as long as the more open platform is more popular. Wish Oculus took a different route.

My prediction: Valve VR will be the choice for hardcore games/gamers. Oculus VR will shift focus to more casual gaming (quick, fun, not graphically superior), and more importantly media consumption (think: Facebook live 360 video of major media events like E3, or ComicCon, and eventually paid subscription for viewing of live sporting events like courtside NBA games)

So SteamVR = PC and Oculus = Console?

If so, I need to go and join the glorious SteamVR master race. ;)

This. Facebook is more interested in VR for sports, messaging, telepresence, news, ads, and entertainment media than it is for games.

Downside of that strategy is that the Valve/Vive bloc could produce radically superior technology because gaming creates seductive technical barriers to overcome. FB's intended uses do not.

Either Indy or F1 recently had a 360 degree view of the race from the top of the car. I could imagine some fans would love that for all types of racing (NASCAR included). Just turn your head to look left/right.

1) Valve has always had a better VR set than Oculus.

2) id, not iD.

Is it clearly better? Most reviews I've read said - ignoring the wand things - it's about equal, with Oculus maybe a bit better on economics. The fair comparison would be once Oculus releases their wands (and verification of room scale claims). Also, what do you mean by emphasising "always"? Both devices only launched recently.

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