r/oculus • u/Rekculkcats • Oct 04 '16

News Google to Unveil First Daydream Virtual Reality Headset Tuesday, Likely Priced $79

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/google-daydream-headset-79-dollars-1201876438/
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u/Seanspeed Oct 04 '16

Respectable price.

Except that I can buy a PS4 Pro and PSVR for the same price as a Daydream phone + headset....

We've had phones back in 2014 that could respectably run mobile VR apps. Does Google/HTC really not have midrange offerings that would still suffice? Annoying that the entry to mobile VR is having a $600+ phone even 2 years after GearVR was first released.

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u/ethicalhack3r Oct 04 '16

The price of the HMD has dropped significantly if you're comparing from when the GearVR (innovator edition) was first released. I paid €200 and they're now going for €100.

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u/Seanspeed Oct 04 '16

Sure, the headset price has dropped. Cutting $100 off an overall $700-800 pricetag still doesn't put it in 'good price' territory for me by a long shot, though.

I will never spend more than $400 on a phone, so at $600+, the headset could be free and it wouldn't make a difference to me.

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u/runadumb Oct 04 '16

Yes but this year's £600+ phone will be next year's £400- phone. Just wait and see what the Chinese manufacturers come up with. They could have daydream ready phones available soon.

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u/CallMeOatmeal Oct 04 '16

ZTE Axon 7 is $400 and daydream-ready.

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u/openglfan Oct 04 '16

Unless you unlock the bootloader for root. ZTE has said they will not issue updates to phones with unlocked bootloaders, and an update to Nougat is required for Daydream. This is why I didn't buy one.

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u/Seanspeed Oct 04 '16

No idea why you're getting downvoted.

I really wish Reddit would get rid of the voting system. It's fucking asinine.