One of the most significant issues with high-end VR is the awkward wires that tether both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift to the high-end PCs that power them.
According to little known VR development studio Quark VR, that could soon change. The company claims it’s been working on a wireless solution for high-end VR for some time now.
“The way the headset will become wireless is through a small gadget, connected to the headset, but not wired with cables to the PC itself,” says the company in a blog post.
“Instead, the small transmitter, that may be placed in the pocket of the user, sends and receives the signal between the PC and the HTC Vive through Wi-Fi.”
The company claims it has found a way to circumvent the connection delay that occurs when streaming video over Wi-Fi, though hasn’t shown a practical demonstration of its technology yet.
HTC and Valve have stated since the Vive’s launch that the amount of data processed between the headset and PC is too great for an adequate wireless connection.
[source]Quark VR[/source][via]Pocket-lint[/via]
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