Ngokumangazayo, uValve ukhiphe ikhasi lamazwibela ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku elikhombisa ihedisethi entsha engokoqobo ebizwa ngokuthi i-Index. Ngokusobala, idivayisi yenziwe yi-Valve ngokwayo, hhayi umlingani wayo wesikhathi eside ekuthuthukisweni kwemakethe ye-VR - i-HTC yaseTaiwan. Isayithi alinikezi noma yiluphi ulwazi emphakathini ngaphandle kosuku - May 2019.
Kodwa-ke, isithombe ngokwaso sinikeza ulwazi oluthe xaxa, ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuvuza kwangaphambilini. Uzoqaphela ukuthi i-Valve Index inamakhamera okungenani amabili agqamile ane-engeli ebanzi. Lokhu kuwubufakazi bokuthi asikho isidingo sokuthi iziteshi zamakhamera zangaphandle zilandele ukunyakaza, okufana ne-Oculus Quest namanye amahedisethi e-VR esizukulwane sesibili athembele kuzinzwa ezakhelwe kumahedisethi.
Idivayisi iphinde ibe nesilayidi sokulungisa, mhlawumbe esokulungisa i-IPD (ibanga le-interpupillary), ngakho izofanela abantu abaningi. Lesi isici esivame kakhulu kuma-helmet, kepha i-Oculus Rift S entsha, ngokwesibonelo, ayinaso (u-Oculus uthi umsebenzisi angakwazi ukusetha i-IPD yakhe kuzilungiselelo zesoftware ye-Rift S). Ngaphandle kwalokho, akukho okucacisiwe okuveziwe okwamanje; ngeke ngisho nokusho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi lokhu kuzoba ihedisethi ezimele njenge-Quest, noma i-PC ephezulu kakhulu njenge-Rift S, i-HTC Vive, ne-Vive Pro.
Indlela eyodwa noma enye, amazwi e-Valve okuthi isigqoko sokuzivikela sizokuvumela ukuba "uthuthukise" imvelo ingabonwa njengesithembiso sokwethula umkhiqizo onganikeza indawo engcono eqinisweni elingokoqobo kunanoma yini emakethe namuhla. Ngale ndlela, lapho izintatheli zaseThe Verge zibuza uValve ukuthi inkampani inganikeza noma yimiphi eminye imikhondo noma okungenani icacise ukuthi leli bekuyihlaya lika-April Fool, uDoug Lombardi weValve uphendule ngama-monosyllables kuphela: "Hhayi ngo-Ephreli." Okusho ukuthi, lokhu akulona ihlaya, futhi imininingwane sizoyizwa ngoMeyi kuphela.
Ngendlela, ngoNovemba wonyaka odlule, insiza ye-UploadVR yathi i-Valve ibisebenza nge-headset yayo futhi yashicilela nezithombe zezigqoko ze-prototype ezazikhumbuza kabuhlungu I-Index. Kwabe sekubikwa futhi ukuthi idivayisi izohlinzeka ngenkundla yokubuka ebanzi engu-135-degree enemininingwane yezithombe ezingeni le-Vive Pro. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwathiwa ihedisethi izofika ihlanganiswe nezilawuli ze-Knuckles kanye nohlobo oluthile lomdlalo wento engekho ngokoqobo osuselwe ku-Half-Life.
Izilawuli ezinyakazayo ze-Valve Knuckles ezinokubambelela okuqondile zethulwa emuva ngo-2016, futhi ngo-2017 inkampani yathumela amasampula asebenzayo kubathuthukisi futhi yabonisa inguqulo ye-EV2, ekuvumela ukuthi ucindezele izinto ku-VR. Kodwa-ke, ukudilizwa kweValve kule nyanga kuveza ukungabaza ngamahemuhemu mayelana nokukhishwa kwehedisethi engokoqobo ebonakalayo: njengoba kushiwo, inkampani yadiliza abasebenzi ikakhulukazi esigabeni se-VR hardware.
Naphezu kwalokhu, manje sekucacile ukuthi i-headset ikhona. Ngingathanda ukwethemba ukuthi sizothola ulwazi olwengeziwe ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu oshiwo ngoMeyi 2019, lapho kuphela isimemezelo esigcwele, hhayi ukwethulwa, okungenzeka. I-Valve izongena emakethe egcwele abantu abaningi: I-Oculus ihlela ukukhipha i-Rift S kanye ne-headset yayo ye-Quest ezimele entwasahlobo, futhi i-HTC isanda kwethula umkhiqizo wayo webhizinisi i-Focus Plus futhi ilungiselela ukuthengisa ihedisethi entsha ye-Vive Cosmos kulokhu noma ngonyaka ozayo.
Qaphela ukuthi emuva ekuqaleni kuka-2017, umsunguli weValve kanye ne-CEO uGabe Newell uthe: "Okwamanje sakha imidlalo emithathu ye-VR." Bese-ke, embuzweni ocacisayo wokuthi imidlalo izofana yini nedemo yamahhala ekhishwe ngaphambilini ye-The Lab emhlabeni we-Portal ye-HTC Vive, wengeza: “Uma ngithi siyakha le midlalo, ukukhuluma ngamaphrojekthi amathathu agcwele, hhayi nje okunye ukuhlola " UMnu. Newell akashongo lutho oluqondile ngabo, kodwa waphawula ukuthi intuthuko iyenziwa kuzo zombili injini ye-Source 2 kanye nenjini ye-Unity. Ngokusekelwe emazwini akhe angaphambilini, kungacatshangwa ukuthi okungenani iphrojekthi eyodwa izonikezelwa ku-Half-Life kanye nendawo yonke ye-Portal. Ingabe kulo nyaka ngempela lapho abadlali ekugcineni bezothola ukuqhubeka kwenganekwane yendaba kaGordon Freeman, nakuba kungenjalo ngesimo se-Half-Life 3?
Source: 3dnews.ru