{"id":85689,"date":"2016-01-29T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T04:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85689"},"modified":"2016-01-29T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T08:57:26","slug":"amd-believes-console-vr-is-good-for-the-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/85689-amd-believes-console-vr-is-good-for-the-pc","title":{"rendered":"AMD believes console VR is good for the PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual reality (VR) is rapidly growing in popularity, and according to a recent survey from developers at GDC<\/a>, there’s a lot of confidence in the technology and its future.<\/p>\n

Among the current contenders, Oculus Rift was picked as the\u00a0most popular platform among VR developers. It’s certainly something Oculus are going to push.<\/p>\n

As a result of the enthusiasm, AMD\u2019s director of VR, Daryl Sartain, strongly feels that virtual reality for the consoles is a positive influence for the PC platform and getting virtual reality headsets into the market.<\/p>\n

\"VR\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The console’s strongest VR champion comes from PlayStation VR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, on the other hand,\u00a0is currently creating their augmented reality device called\u00a0the Hololens<\/a>, which is actually developed for a fairly different experience.<\/p>\n

AMD\u2019s Daryl Sartain recently talked about console VR and its influence PC VR in an interview with Tom’s Hardware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According the Sartain, current VR\u00a0devices have a positive\u00a0influence on the industry.<\/p>\n

Sartain argues that console VR is \u201cabsolutely an opportunity to get VR into the market<\/em>\u201d and that it \u201ccan only be a positive opportunity<\/em>\u201d for AMD on the PC side of things.<\/p>\n

He revealed below in the interview:<\/p>\n

TH:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Can you give us your thoughts on console VR [as in<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>PlayStation VR<\/a><\/em>]?<\/em><\/p>\n

DS:<\/strong>\u00a0What I will say, more in the category of AMD\u2019s role in the VR Council, is that I think it\u2019s a great thing. I\u2019m not pro or con, positive or negative on phone-based VR. I think it meets and addresses a particular opportunity. I think console VR is absolutely an opportunity to get VR into the market. If we do this right, my belief is that the console VR I think can only be a positive opportunity for us on the PC front.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sartain stated\u00a0that console VR will have thee effects: drive up console sales, or drive up PC sales, which are positives for AMD. He further says:<\/p>\n

Meaning, the cost of entry for someone to take what they already have as a console and add a console [VR] headset \u2014 I would expect that\u2019s not a high barrier [to entry]. In the end, if that user base starts to understand and like VR, and has the opportunity to see PC-based VR, which is going to have higher performance potential, at least initially, it does one of two things: It drives up console sales, which is good for us [because AMD APUs power both the PS4 and Xbox One], or it drives up PC sales, [which is] also good for us. I see it as a positive thing either way. I don\u2019t think [console VR] detracts from what we\u2019re doing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you feel console VR will have a positive effect on the adoption of VR in the PC market?<\/p>\n

There are obvious issues to overcome, like the cost of the upcoming headsets; take the Oculus Rift<\/a> for example.<\/p>\n

Then there are the hardware requirements you’ll have to meet. NVIDIA recommends a GTX 980<\/a> at the very minimum. And AMD are developing a beastly dual-Fiji XT card, the R9 Fury X2<\/a>, to power virtual reality.<\/p>\n

That card, according to recent reports<\/a>, should arrive in the second half of this year.<\/p>\n

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Source: WCCFTech<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

More On VR<\/strong><\/h3>\n

European retailers suggest PlayStation VR will cost at least R8,000<\/a><\/p>\n

Foveated rendering may drastically reduce the minimum requirements for VR headsets<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon lists PlayStation VR for R12,000 plus, albeit briefly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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