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A virtual reality headset (or VR headset) is a head-mounted device that uses 3D near-eye displays and positional tracking to provide a virtual reality environment for the user. VR headsets are widely used with VR video games , but they are also used in other applications, including simulators and trainers.
Oculus Mobile SDK, developed by Oculus VR for its own standalone headsets and the Samsung Gear VR. (The SDK has been deprecated in favor of OpenXR, released in July 2021.) [ 1 ] Tethered – headsets that act as a display device to another device, like a PC or a video game console , to provide a virtual reality experience.
Up to four controllers are able to connect to Xbox One, Series X, or Series S including wired and wireless gamepads. The wireless controllers run on either AA batteries (Alkaline or rechargeable) or on a rechargeable battery pack. Xbox 360 controllers are not compatible with the Xbox One or Series X/S. The controller is also compatible with PCs.
VRChat is also capable of running in "desktop mode" without a VR headset, which is controlled using either a mouse and keyboard, gamepad, or touchscreen device. Some limitations exist in desktop mode, such as the inability to freely move an avatar's limbs, [ 6 ] or perform interactions that require more than one hand.
The Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows is a USB dongle that allows up to eight controllers to be used at once wirelessly. [70] Per a partnership between Microsoft and Oculus VR, the Oculus Rift CV1 virtual reality headset initially included an Xbox One controller, up until the launch of the Oculus Touch motion controllers. [71]
Kinect is a discontinued line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of flight calculations, which can in turn be used to perform real-time gesture recognition and body skeletal detection, among other capabilities.
OpenVR is a software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API) developed by Valve for supporting the SteamVR [1] [2] and other virtual reality headset devices. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The SteamVR platform uses it as the default application programming interface and runtime. [ 5 ]
The VFX1 Headgear was developed in the early 1990s by Forte Technologies, Inc. of Rochester, New York.It was released in 1995 with an MSRP of US$695 and an average retail price of $599, and was sold in the US in retail stores including CompUSA and Babbage's.