Facebook VR VP Hugo Barra just showed up at Qualcomm’s CES 2018 press conference to share some news on Oculus Go, the $199 standalone headset announced in October. As you’d expect, it turns out that the device uses a Qualcomm processor — it’s the Snapdragon 821, otherwise found in the LG G6 and the original Google Pixel.
Oculus Go is built by Xiaomi and has a Snapdragon 821 processor
Barra also revealed that his former employer, Xiaomi, is actually Oculus’ hardware partner for the Go headset. Xiaomi is also making a China-specific variant called Mi VR Standalone, which shares the same hardware as Go. No further word on a release date for either of these products — Oculus Go is meant to come out in early 2018.
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