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Although the Oculus Rift and the HTC VIVE are both great top of the line headsets, they have one huge drawback compared to their little brothers the Gear VR, the Google Cardboard, and Google Daydream.
The Bane of Wires!
A new company called Rivvr, aims to fix this entangling issue with a wireless adapter called Sixa. If you are new to the virtual reality porn game, you may not know how much pain in the butt wires can be.
The Problem of Wires/Cables
They tie you down. They entangle you. They restrict your movement. I have one friend that likes the cables, but that’s because he strangulates himself with them. In other words, he thinks of them as a built-in feature for choking himself while he jacks off to virtual reality porn. Unlike my friend, the wires just piss me off. They get in the way of my arms when I engage in “particular arm movements.” Often this results in the wires pulling my head back. A few times, these issues added up to what I call “virtual reality porn wire whiplash.”
Room-Scale Wire DISASTER
The issue of wires is even worse when I test room-scale virtual reality sex simulations. My girlfriend has saved me several times after getting into a wire predicament. Just last week when returning from work, she found me entangled and trapped in wires with my pants down at 11 p.m. For me, this was more humiliating than her finding my search history.
A Wireless Future of Virtual Reality
Rivvr’s new device called the Sixa, will help those like me avoid such embarrassments in the future. It effectively eliminates the external umbilical wires that connect your Oculus Rift or HTC VIVE to your PC. It allows your PC to beam signals to your headset using 2.4GHz or 5Ghz Wi-Fi connections. Yet, Rivvr’s device isn’t perfect. The Sixa’s wireless powers do come with a price.
Sixa adapter | Image Credit: Rivvr
Because it has to transmit wirelessly there is a slight amount of lag that occurs. Rivvr claims that the delay is too small to notice. As of now the latency clocks in at 11mm. They say that when released to consumer channels, the latency will be reduced down to 6ms. That’s pretty low. 6ms is good enough that you may not be able to detect it. The device (pictured above) is small enough that it should not add a perceptible amount of weight to your headset. Rivvr also claims that it is easy to mount. Finally, the Sixa’s range is only limited by your home’s Wi-Fi range (see video below).
Release
Rivvr is releasing two versions. A Sixa that will attach to a belt will run $199, while the head mountable Sixa will cost $209. In both of these versions, the battery life is roughly 3 hours, but you can pay an extra 50 dollars for a 6-hour battery. Rivvr is offering reservations for a reasonable 60 dollar payment. Reservations can be made at Rivvr.com (a ton more info can be found there as well). Now of course, if you do want to go the complete wireless route, you will want to pair the Sixa with a pair of low latency Bluetooth headphones as well. With such a set up you will be free of the chains, I mean the wires that held you down and ruined your virtual reality porn for so many years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd8cdnIWiDw
Rivvr demonstrating the Sixa wireless adapter
I love to play VR Games but with all these wires around, it just ruins the momentum. waiting for sixa to eliminate this problem so anyone can feel the pleasure of playing a game without being worried about wires tangling
I really can’t wait until this tech gets integrated in to the high-end systems Oculus and Vive. 2nd generation baby!
Going wireless is the only way if you truly want to enjoy room-scale experience….
yes definitely, no one wants to die from HMD wire strangulation