Oculus Go to Be Powered by Snapdragon 820, Built by Xiaomi.
LAS VEGAS -- We now know whose processor is going to power one of the most-anticipated virtual-reality headsets of the year. Today (Jan. 8) at Qualcomm's CES 2018 press conference here, Facebook vice president of VR Hugo Barra took the stage to announce that the upcoming Oculus Go headset will utilize the chipmaker's Snapdragon 821 CPU.
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"We've worked very closely with Qualcomm to make sure we have the ideal combination of high performance and power efficiency we need for Oculus Go," Barra said.
Barra also announced that the Oculus Go hardware is being developed by Chinese mobile giant Xiaomi. Xiaomi VP Thomas Tang took the stage and announced that his company will be releasing its own version of the Oculus Go.