Nvidia's Jetson TX2 Powers GameFace Labs Standalone Cross-Platform VR Headset

[kcarbotte]

GameFace Labs is accepting pre-orders for developer kits of an upcoming standalone VR headset that offers Valves Lighthouse tracking and supports Android VR, OpenVR, and GameFace Labs native content.

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[DSpider]

Looking at the specs, 256 Cuda Cores seems a bit anaemic...

Wasn't that supposed to be 2560 instead?

 

[darkchazz]

Looking at the specs, 256 Cuda Cores seems a bit anaemic...

Wasn't that supposed to be 2560 instead?

It's using a SoC much like the nvidia Tegra lineup, not a GTX 1080.

 

[bit_user]

Looking at the specs, 256 Cuda Cores seems a bit anaemic...

Wasn't that supposed to be 2560 instead?

It's using a <= 10 Watt SoC that's made for tablets and Chromebooks. Basically, a turbo-charged version of what's in the Nintendo Switch. It doesn't compare well with desktop (or larger laptop) GPUs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#Tegra_X2

Even the GTX 1030 would be faster.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_10_series

 

[cryoburner]

The HMC operates as a standalone unit for Android and native VR content, but you can also tether it to your PC to access your Steam VR library.

This is something I have felt standalone headsets should do. It shouldn't add much to the manufacturing cost of such devices, and it greatly expands what can be done with them. Otherwise, you're limited to the mobile VR ecosystem, and whatever built-in hardware the device has at the time of its launch.