This summer:
http://wccftech.com/amd-launching-fiji-based-graphics-cards-june/The first graphics card to feature stacked HBM. The new JEDEC High Bandwidth Memory SPEC is based on 3D stacked memory dies connected via TSVs, Through Silicon Vias to form a memory cube. The new graphics memory offers up to 4.5X more bandwidth vs GDDR5 in its first generation and up to 9X more bandwidth than GDDR5 in its second generation.
And a second card mentioned there is dual GPU, with async multi-gpu tech that Amd has, and low level access with Mantle/Vulkan/DX12, with Windows 10 also coming this summer.
Does that not translate to a huge performance jump in theory? Something perhaps 4 Titan X can do, the way you put it. At least 2k per eye upscaled to displays with high density at 4K per eye, should be possible. And if a product like "Claire 22M" can exist, and target $400-600 price range, something like this should also be possible.
I mean come on, a mobile SOC can drive 2560×1440 @60hz! But it will only make sense coming out of a face people know... So I've already given up on this thread. Just after I started this thread, Wearility announced their 150 degree fov lenses anyway. It must be just a matter of time before another Kickstarter project pops up and says if they get funded, they will bring
the best VR headset possible with todays technology to the PC, instead of chasing the right price for the masses and the platform with a faster adoption rate. Limited edition kick ass VR, for the enthusiast, by the enthusiast. I just suggested we could be the ones to choose who would lead such campaign. A nice twist to crowdfunding.
Yes, it's expensive and the PC required is a monster, that is even more expensive. That is kinda the point, the cutting edge for a very limited few... Today. Once the funds are raised and mass production becomes possible, that design and molds would be used tomorrow too, at half the price for the 4K per eye version and 1/3 the price for a 2K per eye version, using the same molds, same design and driven by nvidia's answer to AMD's fiji, Pascal, and it's cheaper derivatives.
