The prototype of Valve’s virtual reality glasses prevents nausea, according to several people who have tried it. One of the criticisms of current glasses such as the Oculus Rift is that people lose their orientation and become nauseous as a result.
The prototype has no design yet, but all the hardware can still be seen from the outside. Valve showed the prototype behind closed doors at its own Developer Days, which took place in the American city of Seattle in recent days. However, Valve did show it to some developers. The glasses work with markings in a space, so that the glasses know where certain objects are in real life and the user retains a sense of orientation. Cameras register it. As a result, users do not get nauseous, can be made up from tweets from game designer David Hentely, who got a demo.
Another tester, who registered on Reddit with the nick Harabeck, also says he didn’t feel nauseous in the half-hour demo. Both testers said they got the idea of being in a completely different place. The resolution of the screens is unknown, but it would be equal to that of ‘expensive smartphones’. Most expensive smartphones are equipped with full-HD screens.
The prototype is from Valve itself and not an adaptation of an existing product. It is not intended for mass production and the consumer market, Valve employees have said. Oculus Rift wants to release its first glasses this year. Valve and Oculus would team up to release a pair of glasses based in part on the research for Valve’s prototype.