Oculus Go puts VR on the head of anybody with an additional couple hundred bucks lying around, yet imagine a scenario where you as of now have a Galaxy telephone. Is Oculus Go superior to Gear VRat twofold the cost? How about we discover.
What is Oculus Go and How is it Different Than Gear VR?
First of all: we should discuss what Oculus Go is. To put it as essentially as could be expected under the circumstances, it's a completely independent VR headset that runs Android. It's not exactly as intense as something prefer the Oculus Rift—but on the other hand it's a large portion of the cost.
At its center, the Oculus Go is fundamentally the same as Gear VR, which is Samsung's joint effort with Oculus to convey VR to its Galaxy cell phones. Apparatus VR and Oculus Go run precisely the same—the principle contrast is that Oculus Go deals with its own particular and Gear VR is totally controlled by your telephone.
As it were: one ties your telephone up while the other one doesn't. Past that, these two are truly comparable. Likewise, on the off chance that you don't as of now have a Samsung telephone (and don't anticipate getting one), at that point clearly the Oculus Go will be the better decision.
In this way, we're principally taking a gander at which is the better decision for individuals who have a Samsung telephone and are debating the alternatives. We should investigate those points of interest.
Fit, Feel, and Hardware
When placed side by side, the Gear VR is a much larger headset. It makes sense, because it has some of its own internal hardware and it has to make room for you to stuff a phone into it.
Oculus Go, on the other hand, can be much more compact because everything is housed internally. That also makes it slightly lighter than Gear VR (when there’s a phone in the Gear VR, that is). Oculus Go weighs around 466 grams, and Gear VR is 503 grams with a Galaxy S9 mounted inside it. If you use the S9+ or Note 8, it’s going to be even heavier.
That may not seem like a big deal, but when you strap over a pound of weight onto your head, it gets heavy pretty quickly. The lighter the headset, the better.
When it comes to fit, both headsets are pretty comfortable, but the Oculus Go offers a bit more flexibility. For example, it ships with an add-in spacer for those who wear glasses, which pushes it out a bit further. The Gear VR, on the other hand, is supposed to just “work” with glasses, but it’s still not a great experience.
Similarly, if you’d rather not wear your glasses while using Oculus Go, you can buy prescription lens inserts for it, which is just wild. No need for glasses and you can still see everything. That’s cool.
Then there are the hardware differences. Gear VR uses your phone’s speakers for audio output (you can also wear earbuds), where Oculus Go has small speakers placed on the sides of the headset right around where your ears should fall. This is a great solution for an immersive experience without having to plug your ear holes with earbuds (though if you want to, Go also has a 3.5mm headphone jack).
The VR Experience
Both the Oculus Go and Gear VR run the exact same Oculus software, and provide access to the same Oculus Store. So, the interface is the same, the available titles are the same—honestly, the whole experience is pretty much the same.
Therefore, anything you buy on one is additionally accessible on the other. So on the off chance that you had a more seasoned form of Gear VR and grabbed a diversion or two to look at it, those will be installable on Oculus Go.
When it comes down to execution, it's difficult to analyze the two since it truly relies upon your telephone. The Go is apro with regards to execution, but on the other hand it's solitary running VR programming. There isn't a great deal of stuff going ahead out of sight like there may be on your telephone, so all preparing power is solely going to taking care of VR errands. The same can't be said for your telephone.
Presently, apparently, as telephones get considerably more ground-breaking, you'll have the capacity to stick your new Samsung telephone into the Gear VR later on. You can't do that with the Oculus Go.
There's additionally one striking preferred standpoint the Oculus Go has over Gear VR: you don't need to utilize your telephone.
VR is pretty processor extreme, so it can truly kill your telephone's battery in the event that you utilize it for any broadened time span. In this way, if your telephone's battery life is essential to you, Gear VR is an extreme offer. Also, it just for the most part ties your telephone up, which is somewhat irritating—particularly in the event that you need to let another person give VR a spin yet might want to utilize your telephone while they do.
Oculus Go, then again, doesn't have that issue. Since it's totally independent, it has nothing to do with your telephone. Despite everything you need to utilize the Oculus application to set it up, yet it runs the majority of its own product.
To additionally place that into viewpoint, we should discuss cost. Oculus Go is $200 for the 32GB variant. Rigging VR retails for $120, however you can frequently discover it for around $100. Rigging VR might be a large portion of the cost of Oculus Go, however when you consider the amount Go has pressed under its hood, it effortlessly improves as an esteem.
In addition, similar to we've just stated: it doesn't utilize your telephone.
Along these lines, all things considered, on the off chance that you don't as of now have Gear VR—there's a shot you got a complimentary gift when you got your new Galaxy telephone—and you're hoping to get into VR, the Oculus Go is the unmistakable decision. Also, on the off chance that you as of now have Gear VR and invest a considerable measure of energy with your telephone stuffed into the headset, Oculus Go is an awesome answer for arranging for your telephone and as yet getting a natural VR encounter. It's a win-win.
On the opposite side of that coin, If you as of now have a Gear VR and don't wind up utilizing it that frequently, it's presumably not worth going for the Oculus Go—it's for all intents and purposes a similar ordeal (😎), so you likely won't utilize it any more regularly.