{"id":277359,"date":"2018-09-27T07:59:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=277359"},"modified":"2018-09-27T08:07:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:07:50","slug":"oculus-launches-new-powerful-wireless-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/277359-oculus-launches-new-powerful-wireless-headset.html","title":{"rendered":"Oculus launches new powerful wireless headset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oculus has unveiled its latest all-in-one wireless VR headset, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/quest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Quest<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Quest features the &#8220;same best-of-class optics as Oculus Go&#8221;, and packs a\u00a0resolution of 1,600 x 1,440 per eye.<\/p>\n<p>It also incorporates lens spacing to &#8220;maximise visual comfort&#8221;, added the company.<\/p>\n<p>Improved sound with deeper bass and support for Touch controllers is also included with the Quest.<\/p>\n<p>The controllers let users interact with their virtual environment by moving their hands in the real world &#8211; with the motions tracked by the system.<\/p>\n<p>Oculus said the Quest (64GB) will launch later this year for $399 in the US, with over 50 titles ready at launch.<\/p>\n<p>At the unveiling of the Quest, Oculus also revealed\u00a0Oculus Insight &#8211; a &#8220;breakthrough technology that powers inside-out tracking, Guardian, and Touch controller tracking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This innovative system uses four ultra wide-angle sensors and computer vision algorithms to track your exact position in real time without any external sensors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwW-1mbemGc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/277317-renault-is-creating-a-smart-island-in-france.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Renault is creating a \u201csmart island\u201d in France<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oculus has unveiled its latest all-in-one wireless VR headset, the Quest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":277365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[161,31068,54107],"class_list":["post-277359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-facebook","tag-oculus","tag-oculus-quest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277367,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277359\/revisions\/277367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}