Oculus VR announced that it’s bringing its virtual-reality headset, the Oculus Rift, to mobile gaming. Chief executive officer Brendan Iribe divulged the surprising move during his keynote chat Tuesday morning at the GamesBeat 2013 video game conference.
The goal is to have the mobile version launch simultaneously — or as close as possible to — when the PC headset launches.
The Rift headset is for Android devices — iOS is problematic, and the company has not mentioned any plans for an iOS-compatible version. It will use the mobile device’s processor.
“We have some exciting plans on the mobile VR side as the PC VR side,” Iribe said. “We’re really looking at hitting the consumer market. We’re very excited about what we’re seeing. Skeptical about how good mobile VR could be on such a small platform. It’s pretty incredible what [John Carmack has] been able to do.”
Iribe also is interested in bringing the virtual-reality headset to home theaters, noting that it would be cool to watch TV and films in virtual reality.