You might expect one of the co-founders of Oculus to say that the future of VR is going to be Oculus Rift or the recently released Oculus Touch controllers. And yet, talking to Jack McCauley, one of Oculus\u2019s co-founders, that\u2019s wasn\u2019t the case.
He\u2019s pretty set in the idea that mobile is going to be the future for the medium, even if it\u2019s not the best way to experience VR right this minute.
In a conversation with TechRadar, McCauley recounted his first experience with the Oculus Rift from all those years ago and talked about where the Facebook-owned company could improve down the road.
His ideas and opinions on the six-month-old consumer version of the hardware were refreshing, honest and blunt.
\u201cOculus Rift is heavy and it\u2019s costly. They need to reduce the cost of it, and if that means sacrificing a few features that are incremental improvements, that\u2019s what they need to do.\u201d A harsh but absolutely true statement.
What was more telling however, was McCauley\u2019s take on the future of VR \u2013 one in which he believed that mobile phones might be more popular than big gaming rig-powered systems.
When asked what he thought about what the future is going to look like, McCauley said: \u201cOculus announced its sales numbers on Wednesday and it sold 5,000,000 Gear VR units. That\u2019s very impressive. That\u2019s a smash hit \u2026 it\u2019s kind of looking like it\u2019s mobile.\u201d
Interested in learning more about the future of VR according to one of its founding figures? You can watch the full four-minute interview with McCauley for yourself below.<\/p>\n