Well, here it is. Just bought the Oculus Go and took it for a test run. And I have to say … IT’S AMAZING!!! And I hate to say this but after trying out the Go I’m almost sorry I bought the Rift. As far as Web VR goes, right out the box it’s better than the rift. It comes with a browser that detects any 360 video and then submerges you in it. The Rift doesn’t do that. That is a HUGE deal. It also came out the box with a internal keyboard that activates on input. And it’s set up with little features that make web browsing intuitive. In the Rift you have to find special settings to get the keyboard and it just doesn’t flow as nice as the Go in the web browsing experience.
And of course I have had annoying issues with set up and functionality with the Rift interacting with Windows 10. With the Go you just … GO. … and it’s smooth as silk. I couldn’t be happier so far.
Only weird thing is the browser displays content as if you are on a phone and WordPress’ “is_mobile” function detects it as mobile. And AFrame js of course hasn’t caught up with the new controller. BUT … this is so promising I know it won’t take any time. This is going to change the web.
I’m ready to add “Oculus Browser” to my list of browsers to test in development.
