LG Is Making A ‘Next-Gen’ VR HMD, Details At 11

[scolaner]

LG made a non-announcement announcement concerning a new “next-gen” VR HMD it’s developing. We know it supports SteamVR, though.

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[John Nemesh]

Apparently, LG is licensing the tech from Valve! So expect a REAL competitor to the HTC Vive when it ships!

 

[zambutu]

This is what we need to keep the advancements coming and the prices down. The Vive and Rift need a price drop and we should be hearing about gen 2 by now, or at least a 1.5 update.

 

[hannibal]

The problem is that next gen is even more expensive than gen1... so there is not market to them yet.

 

[metathias]

Gen1 is way overpriced. Cost of production is less than half of what either HTC, or Oculus is charging. Their raking in the money right now. More competition is desirable.

 

[zambutu]

Gen1 is way overpriced. Cost of production is less than half of what either HTC, or Oculus is charging. Their raking in the money right now. More competition is desirable.

I don't know what the production costs were, but i'm sure they are less now. But still, they have to pay for all that R&D out of the markup. Even if they sold them for 100$ they'd still be losing money for years to come.

 

[zambutu]

Gen1 is way overpriced. Cost of production is less than half of what either HTC, or Oculus is charging. Their raking in the money right now. More competition is desirable.

And Bam..there's the big Oculus price drop

 

[bit_user]

And Bam..there's the big Oculus price drop

Maybe they're just trying to dump their inventory, in case Zenimax's injunction is sustained.

 

[zambutu]

And Bam..there's the big Oculus price drop

Maybe they're just trying to dump their inventory, in case Zenimax's injunction is sustained.

It may be so, but I doubt it. I think this is how they're trying to cut through all their past controversy and miss steps, and try to get their dwindling foothold back in the market place.

 

[bit_user]

It may be so, but I doubt it. I think this is how they're trying to cut through all their past controversy and miss steps, and try to get their dwindling foothold back in the market place.

I hope so. I'd be really sad if Zenimax manages to single-handedly derail the VR revolution.