360 rumors

Intel demonstrated a true virtual reality video in which viewers can walk around to explore. By now, most people are familiar with 360 videos which are sometimes called "VR" videos.  While users can look around in a 360 video, 360 videos limit the user to one specific location.  True VR allows a user to walk around the virtual environment.   See this succinct explanation . At the Intel press conference, Intel demonstrated a true VR video that allowed viewers to walk around the video.  To enable members of the press to view the video, Intel setup individual Oculus Rift headsets for each person at the press conference.  The press then watched videos where they were able to walk around virtual environments, such as scenery in Vietnam.  The demo reportedly used 3GB of data per frame. Intel also announced that its Project Alloy VR/AR headset would be available in Q4 2017.

​​ At the Intel Development Forum 2016, Intel announced its new Project Alloy, a VR headset that I believe represents the next step in the evolution of VR.  A couple of weeks ago, Intel engineer Dmitri Diakopoulos tweeted an image of a modified HTC Vive headset that had a "unicorn" attachment to it.  The tweet was later deleted but not before the press picked up on it. Today, Intel​ revealed what it was really about.  Project Alloy is a VR headset that is totally wireless, has full positional tracking, and doesn't require any external sensors.  Moreover, it can track your hands and fingers, allowing you to interact with VR objects as you would with the real-world.  Intel calls it "merged reality," and it's made possible by two sets of Intel's RealSense depth-sensing cameras.  You can see from the press release that the prototype Project Alloy headset has two sets of vertically-oriented realsense cameras, just like the headset tweeted by ...