Facebook's VR headset Oculus Go doesn't require a phone or PC

Facebook has uncovered its most recent Oculus headset, an independent virtual reality gadget that doesn't require a telephone or PC.

Facebook (FB, Tech30) CEO Mark Zuckerberg reported on Wednesday the new headset, called the Oculus Go, amid its VR engineer gathering in San Jose.

The objective, as indicated by Zuckerberg, is to get one billion individuals to utilize virtual reality. Be that as it may, to do as such, the organization has take a shot at reasonableness and quality.

Oculus Go is Facebook's push to get nearer to that objective.

It will cost $199 and send right on time one year from now.

There are two sorts of headsets accessible available: those like Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View, which require a cell phone to work, or apparatuses like Oculus Rift that work with costly PCs. Oculus Go, which doesn't expect you to be fastened to a PC or fly in a cell phone, needs to fit some place in the middle of with its across the board headset.

Facebook seeks that by disposing of the need after an expensive PC, the Go can convey VR to a more extensive gathering of people. To make headsets all the more convincing, it'll have a more breathable work texture, enhanced focal points and show. It will transport with coordinated sound so you don't need to utilize earphones with the gadget.

The organization said will bring some Samsung Gear VR encounters like diversions and applications to Oculus Go.

Regardless of buildup, shopper interest for VR and Oculus items gives off an impression of being dreary. Facebook sliced costs twice on its Rift VR headset packaged with Touch controllers this year, however the second value cut was transitory. Facebook cut costs again on Wednesday by offering a package for $399.

In front of an audience at the Oculus Connect occasion, Zuckerberg recognized that VR isn't standard yet, however said he trusts it will one day improve the world by assisting with work creation and compassion.

"On the off chance that you can't think about any way that your world can be better, at that point you're not considering every option enough," Zuckerberg said.

Yet, this week, Zuckerberg was scrutinized for his endeavor at indicating how VR could create sympathy. The official declared a philanthropic exertion for tropical storm desolated Puerto Rico from Spaces, a social VR application, while a 360 video of the overflowed island played out of sight. The trick was broadly panned and many thought of it as heartless. He has since apologized.

Experts trust it could even now take a couple of years before VR hits the standard.

"We're not going to see a noteworthy development spurt until 2019 or 2020," said Stephanie Llamas VP of research and methodology at showcase insight firm SuperData. "This needs to do with the innovation's availability and usability. Without an executioner application - which despite everything we haven't seen - this huge development can't occur, paying little respect to the tech."

Facebook obtained Oculus, at that point a little equipment startup, for $2 billion of every 2014.

In February, Facebook was requested to pay $500 million of every a claim over VR innovation. A jury decided Palmer Luckey, originator of Oculus, abused his non-revelation assention. Luckey left the organization in March.