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pixel67
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July 22, 2014

Nvidia Shield Tablet as DK2/CV1 Renderer

It looks like Nvidia announced their successor to the shield today.

http://shield.nvidia.com/gaming-tablet/?utm_source=nv-mfg&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=ShieldTabletPromo

I am hopeful that we will see the Oculus SDK officially support Android at some time in the near future, maybe in time for the successor to K1. Even though the PC will always trump it in graphical power, this little tablet has another ace up its sleeve... portability. Being able to grab the rift and a tablet when having to travel sounds much more enticing than lugging a SFF PC or overpriced laptop when i only want it to do one thing... render content.

Half Life 2 and Portal now run native on android and it would be too cool to see Oculus support for this fledgling platform, even if you do need to back down on the graphics a bit to achieve acceptable framerates.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/12/5709518/half-life-2-and-portal-arrive-on-android

    5 replies

    Shannonb1
    Up and Coming
    July 24, 2014
    I agree but the only issue that we hit right now is that the positional tracking is lost without the camera.
    pixel67Author
    Up and Coming
    July 26, 2014
    True, but it has USB connectivity and the camera itself could simply clip on the top of the tablet when using the nvidia cover/stand. They would need to develop the driver model but the capability already exists.
    raintitan
    Participant
    July 28, 2014
    I think support or a partnership for something like this is likely because the PC as an open platform isn't a good delivery mechanism for the masses and common consumer. My personal opinion is that they need a consumer offering with a clean end to end turn-key package that includes the computing platform and it should be moderately priced.

    That said, I would think it to be the next generation since CV1 isn't likely in the next 6 months. Might be wrong, but I don't think so. So much has changed so fast and will continue to until Oculus is fully on the new path (FB = big resources). Note that I say this because DK2 is basically Crystal Cove which is a prototype from half a year ago...much has changed.

    Exciting times.
    Shannonb1
    Up and Coming
    July 28, 2014
    Would be awesome either way. More worried about the connector solution.
    pixel67Author
    Up and Coming
    July 30, 2014
    Here is a link to an aged article that discusses Carmacks android speculation. http://www.t3.com.au/2013/10/21/oculus-rift-could-run-as-android-powered-standalone-headset/
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