The factor you did not even know you wished is right here: SimulaVR have been working onerous on bringing Linux to the VR world and the result’s the SimulaVR One and, effectively, it really appears to be like fairly cool.
Now, you could be pondering, do we want Linux in a VR headset? It’s a superb query and the reply, in our view, is why not. The 12 months of Linux has been coming for some time and SimulaVR may need simply discovered the lacking piece.
According to SimularVR’s technical preview, Intel’s NUC is getting used by Simula as the heart of the One, particularly an Eleventh-gen Intel NUC with a four-core i7, Iris Xe built-in graphics, Wi-Fi 6, and 3-4 USB ports, Thunderbolt, and two DisplayPorts, though the IO remains to be below dialogue.
On the precise VR facet, Sharp has offered two 2448 x 2448 panels, which, when paired with an progressive three-lens design, gives 100-degree discipline of view and 36.2 pixels per diploma (PPD), which SimulaVR is fast to notice beats the Valve Index and Oculus Quest 2.
The 12 months of Linux, right here finally
But let’s get into the meat: the SimulaVR One is, above all else, a Linux-toting VR headset and it runs Simula, a desktop surroundings that runs on the Godot recreation engine. The OS is able to working any desktop app, which is fairly neat.You can set up Simula OS, out there for download on Github, on different VR headsets, together with the HTC Vive and Valve Index.
We’ve hooked up a GIF under to indicate you how this appears to be like in follow. Without really utilizing the headset it is onerous to say how good selecting Linux over different OSes might be, but it surely’s definitely attention-grabbing.
If you need to buy the SimulaVR one then sadly you’re out of luck for now, as the corporate has but to place a launch date on the machine and we do not count on to see it any time quickly. Making VR work is absolutely onerous – simply ask Oculus – and we applaud SimulaVR’s tenacity, so hopefully we’ll get to attempt it out quickly.
Via Tom’s Hardware
