Re: Price
>>"True but the Oculus dev kit is $350."
* The Oculus is a couple of months from launch. This is an early beta.
* The Oculus is small screens in front of your eyes connected to a GPU in your computer. This is essentially a super-light computer that you wear.
* The Oculus is a VR device. This is an AR device. These things are not the same thing. They serve different purposes and work in different ways and have different demands.
* Approx. £2,500 is not that much for something focused on professional development houses which is what this is. The Oculus is being used for games right now and home hackers - it's essentially a pre-release product at this point.
But mainly and most of all, AR is not the same as VR. Different goals and different challenges.