The Oculus Connect conference will be held. What surprises to come this time?

The Oculus Connect 5 conference will be held in San Jose tomorrow, and Facebook and Oculus will showcase their latest virtual reality work and try to prove to the world that virtual reality will come.

Tomorrow will be an important day for the hardware industry, although there may not be so many surprises, because Oculus has publicly revealed some plans for its future.
Here are some of the things we expect to happen tomorrow.

Oculus "Santa Cruz" release date and price
The unnamed stand-alone 6DoF head is equipped with a tracking controller, and the device is likely to be launched early next year; the biggest concern is its price.

Although Oculus has been aggressive in pricing, such as the Oculus Go starting at $199, the price range for "Santa Cruz" final pricing is still worth looking forward to. The headset is still running the mobile chipset, although it is likely to be the current generation of snapdragon845, not the old 821 on Oculus Go. The most striking of this device is the motion position tracking and manual controller (we may see the updated design), and the addition and improvement of the function will definitely increase the price.

I expect the price to be between $349 and $399; a lower price may erode Oculus Go's sales, and for consumers who have proved a bit reluctant to buy VR, it is hard to sell at a higher price. Out.

Next generation Oculus Rift
We witnessed the Oculus "Half Dome" prototype at the F8 conference; my guess is that tomorrow we will see more about it and maybe get some demonstrations of functional prototypes.

The company's Rift heads have been around for a few years, so it's time to start thinking about the next generation of PC drivers. Since the introduction of Rift, GPU power has made a big leap. Now Oculus has some products that can eliminate low-end products, and they may also conduct more experiments because they want to get more features of PC professional level.

The importance of the "Half Dome" lies in its new approach to focusing the lens on objects. When using the old system, their fixed focal length makes it impossible to read anything in the length of the arm; and with the new system using electric display and eye tracking, the head will be able to look more like your eyes, in dynamic observation Focus on the object. This, combined with the new lens system, significantly expands the field of view. These are very powerful features, but there are many engineering challenges, so we look forward to hearing more details from the Oculus booth.

The boundaries between Oculus and Facebook will be more blurred
Just as Instagram and WhatsApp are integrated into the Facebook company hierarchy, we may see Oculus more deeply integrated into Facebook's VR department in keynote speeches.

After a massive restructuring at the end of 2016, the Oculus executive structure has seen the co-founders being downgraded, and power has expanded to executives in the Zuckerberg core circle. Hugo Barra's position remains the vice president of Facebook VR, while Andrew Bosworth is the vice president of AR/VR; we are likely to hear about them. In previous years' meetings, we can see Oculus' co-founders on the booth and announce major announcements, but last year it was opened by Mark Zuckerberg and issued a major statement to everyone.

This year, Oculus Research changed its name to Facebook Reality Lab. It's interesting to see where Facebook has entered the Oculus architecture.

Facebook Spaces has gained some playing time in the past few years; the team is likely to return to the booth to share their latest feature updates. We'll see if social apps get "Santa Cruz" support and whether it will grow into a stock app or continue to experiment.

New AAA content
We can expect to hear the news and new games available on the company's existing platform.

Oculus made a major deal last year, seeking AAA game publishers to develop new games for Rift; Oculus Studios may allow us to enter the next wave of games, and we can expect to see some great big game, not some Independent game project.

A few years ago, Oculus detailed that they spent $250 million on content, but we haven't heard the latest developments in the amount of money promised about games or experiences. Maybe we will hear more about the company's investment growth or the company's hopes for the next investment.

Oculus mixed reality
This may be an extension, but this year may be the year we saw the company's augmented reality experiment, after all, they have been deliberately forgetting for the past few years.

We know that the team at Facebook Reality Lab is developing AR head-display technology, but it is equally clear that this technology is still in a very early stage and takes more time. Despite this, Microsoft is likely to showcase the updated HoloLens (focusing on the enterprise) soon, and Magic Leap has demonstrated their first major move in the consumer space.

It would be a bit surprising that Oculus showed his cards so early, but if Apple is close to releasing head-mounted devices as the report suggests, they might want to let people know what they are doing.

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