Oculus is building standalone VR headset that doesn't need a phone or PC

There are two kinds of VR headsets right now: smartphone-based ones like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View, and PC-based ones like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The two offer low-end and high-end VR experiences, respectively.

There's really nothing in the middle yet, but at the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to change that. He believes self-contained, standalone VR headsets that don't need a phone or a PC will occupy that space and revealed Facebook-owned Oculus is building one.

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The prototype standalone VR headset Zuckerberg showed on stage looks very much like an Oculus Rift, just sans the cables needed to connect to a PC.

On the back of the headset is what appears to be a processing unit. The prototype headset also has  built-in headphones just like on the Rift.

Zuckerberg didn't give any details of the headset, but did say it will have built-in cameras for tracking your head and body movement.

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Oculus VR isn't the only the only company developing standalone VR headsets. Both Qualcomm and Intel introduced prototypes for their own standalone VR headsets this year.