Oculus Rift virtual reality could be heading to Android

[Nicktrance]

 

In an interview with Eurogamer at GameCom, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey revealed that Android is in the company's future plans. Although this may not be their next platform , he states that their developers ahve been working with Android for a while and it's the only mobile platform they're interested in.
 

The reason we chose Android is because, well, what are the other options? There's iOS where you can't plug anything into their systems, and Windows Phone where there's not much out there

 
With mobile graphics improving as fast as it is, it may not be too long until they'll be powerful enough to offer a good experience on Oculus. Interestingly enough, Luckey has expressed his interest in Android and yet they seem to have no interest in next gen consoles.
 

We've chatted (with Microsoft and Sony), but they're trying to bring their new consoles out. It's a possibility - it would work. It's the same thing as iOS - it could technically work, but the business side isn't there.

 

 

This is possibly due to restrictions by Microsoft and Sony imposed on 3rd party devices which require the companies involved to work closely with Microsoft and Sony. On the other hand, Android's open nature grants them easier access to the platform.

 

Source: http://www.androidauthority.com/oculus-rift-android-258414/

 

Linus' future of consoles is seeming more and more realistic...

[M-ursu]

that picture tells all :)

[Cypher32]

Wait how are consoles not powerful enough for Occulus rift but android is.... I thought they said that a couple weeks back

[Levis95l]

Wait how are consoles not powerful enough for Occulus rift but android is.... I thought they said that a couple weeks back

 

Android devices aren't powerful enough yet, but maybe they are in the future.

[Alex(PlayMedium)]

Wait how are consoles not powerful enough for Occulus rift but android is.... I thought they said that a couple weeks back

Android devices are open source, so when hardware gets better, the android platform becomes more powerful. right now the new consoles are more powerful tha android devices, but the consoles will be stuck at that level of performance for about a decade and if you look back one decade at phones, in 10 years phones will be more than capable of handling an oculus ;)

[Nicktrance]

Wait how are consoles not powerful enough for Occulus rift but android is.... I thought they said that a couple weeks back

 

Android devices aren't powerful enough yet, but maybe they are in the future.

 

Android devices are open source, so when hardware gets better, the android platform becomes more powerful. right now the new consoles are more powerful tha android devices, but the consoles will be stuck at that level of performance for about a decade and if you look back one decade at phones, in 10 years phones will be more than capable of handling an oculus ;)

 

The reason he Oculus Rift hasn't really been considered yet for next gen consoles isn't because performance. As I explained in the article, Google's open nature means anyone can create a device that works with android without needing to get some sort of license or approval from Google, on the other hand devices made for use with consoles require the companies to work closely with Microsoft and Sony which is more time and effort than the company can afford for now and it may need to be modified or not approved at all.

[Wesley]

I would only really purchase the Rift for PC anyways can't wait to play it with Star Citizen =)

[mgsstar]

Glad that they chose Android because Android is open for development which makes it easy for them to create apps for this and optimize it for the Android OS.

[martinrox1568]

Wait how are consoles not powerful enough for Occulus rift but android is.... I thought they said that a couple weeks back

well every 7 months or so we see a new arm processor that is 30% faster than the previous one. Consoles won't improve for another 10 years