Intel has already announced its Project Alloy at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) back in August 2016 and now at CES 2017, the company has announced that Project Alloy based VR Headsets will hit the production phase by the end of this year. Intel has partnered with to OEMs to bring its VR Headset into the markets.
Talking about the Project Alloy, just like Microsoft’s ‘mixed reality’, it combines both virtual Reality and Augmented Reality into a mixed experience. This VR Headset is different from others like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or Google Daydream. It does not need to connect to a PC or put a smartphone inside. It comes with everything inbuilt to deliver a merged experience of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.
CEO Brian Krzanich said that Project Alloy will be open source. That means any hardware developer company can make the wearable headset. As said, the company has partnered with top OEMs as Intel will not be making the headset itself.
Project Alloy will also support Windows Holographic Shell which will be introduced in Windows 10 soon. Windows Holographic platform will provide an interface for head-mounted displays enabling users to visualise 2D and 3D Universal Windows applications at the same time.
