Oculus高階一體機Santa Cruz全揭祕 或於月底正式釋出
2016年，Oculus公佈了一款高階VR一體機——代號Santa Cruz。然而在兩年的時間內，我們並沒有得知過多的資訊。2018年5月，Oculus的另外一款一體機產品Oculus Go發售。低廉的售價，發揮平穩的硬體素質讓許多人開始重新期待Santa Cruz。
在近日，有訊息稱Oculus有計劃將在2019年Q1季度發售Santa Cruz。在興奮之餘，我們對目前已知的Santa Cruz的資訊進行了彙總。希望這篇文章能夠讓您在發售之前徹底瞭解這款黑科技產品。
人們一直都對Oculus正在研發的Santa Cruz一體機保持著濃厚的興趣。但自2016年公佈以來，我們對於Santa Cruz能夠了解的資訊卻少之又少。
隨著時間的流逝，一些產品資訊也逐漸被透露出來。我們對這些資訊進行了盤點和整合。不過，有些細節是經過人為推測出來的，最終成品可能會有所不同。
下面就是我們所瞭解的Santa Cruz：
People are extremely excited about the Santa Cruz prototype that Oculus is working on。 We have been hearing about Santa Cruz since 2016， and we still don‘t know much about it。
But the years have passed and the information has accumulated。 Keep in mind though， that some of the information is speculated and it may be different in the end。
So， here is what we know about Santa Cruz：
這是一款自供電的Rift-like VR頭盔。
It‘s a self-powered Rift-like VR headset。
這意味著它在規格上要比Oculus Go強大的多。Oculus在畫餅的時候一直宣稱Santa Cruz是一款高階VR裝置，如果效能還沒有Oculus Go強就一定無法自圓其說。當然，它的效能可能不會高於Oculus Rift。
What is basically means is that it‘s more powerful than Oculus Go in terms of specs， but presumably isn’t surpassing Oculus Rift。 It goes against what we thought before when Oculus was shadow-marketing it as high-end VR device。
由於處於中立立場，很多人誤以為它將比Oculus Rift更強大。然而作為一臺移動VR一體機，它的效能不可能高於你的電腦。除非，他們用了什麼黑科技。
By being in the middle ground， it upset quite a few people who thought it would be more powerful than the Rift。 However， due to it being wireless， it‘s hardly unlikely that it’s more powerful than your personal computer， unless， of course， they got their hands on some alien technology。
據傳聞，這款手機將搭載高通驍龍（Snapdragon） 845或835處理器，與最新款三星手機相同。
According to rumors， it will feature either a Snapdragon 845 or 835 processor， the same one that the latest Samsung phones have。
它將有6自由度的跟蹤。
It will have 6-dof tracking。
意思是它在移動的過程中將有6個自由度。這是最讓等待Santa Cruz的人興奮的事情之一（不是Ted）。
What it means is that it has 6 degrees of freedom in movement。 That is one of the main things that excites people waiting for Cruz （not the Ted one）。
人們很喜歡Oculus Go，但它只有3-dof（也就是說你只能旋轉你的頭）。多虧了由內而外的攝像頭，Santa Cruz在虛擬空間裡擁有來回移動的能力，這會讓體驗變得更加舒適。
People truly like Oculus Go， but the fact that it is 3-dof （meaning you can only rotate your head）， Cruz‘s ability to move in virtual space back and forth thanks to inside-out cameras really puts a cherry on top。
這是一顆巨大的櫻桃。
A huge cherry in this case。
人們一直在尋找一套無線解決方案，這款VR頭顯的釋出可能正是他們想要的。
People have been waiting for a wireless solution for a long time， and this VR headset release might be exactly what they are looking for。
但是，這就出現了一個問題，Santa Cruz會不會很貴？
But， it does create another question。 How much more expensive will it be？
價格區間預計在300-500美元之間。
Price range is expected to be at $300-500 range。
由於Santa Cruz的定位是在Oculus Go與 Oculus Rift中間，所以許多人猜測它的售價為300刀。因為Oculus Go售價199美元，Rift售價則是399美元。中間價顯然是299美元。
300 dollars is speculated by many due to Santa Cruz being sandwiched by Go and Rift。 Oculus Go costs $199 and Rift $399.The middle number is obviously $299。
然而，我個人認為價格會更高，主要是由於其外部裝置，比如它支援6Dof自由移動的手柄。
However， personally I think the price will be higher， and mostly it‘s because of additional equipment like controllers and abilities like 6 degrees of freedom of movement。
如果我要猜的話，我會說Santa Cruz的價格與Rift相同。如果再高一點的話，可能就會出現幾年前Oculus Rift發售時的慘劇。相信，Oculus自己也不想這樣。因為降低售價，Oculus Rift的銷量慢慢有了起色，我認為這對於他們來說一個很好的學習經驗。
If I were to guess， I‘d say the price lands at the same ballpark where Rift is currently。 Any higher and we will have the same fiasco we had a few years ago with Rift release。 I don’t think Oculus wants that again。 Seeing the success of Rift at lower prices， I figure they used it as a learning experience。
Santa Cruz擁有72Hz重新整理率。
Santa Cruz features 72Hz refresh rate。
關於Santa Cruz的重新整理率，72Hz是一種可選的引數，這一點從官方那邊得到了證實。（就像Oculus Go一樣，同時擁有60Hz/72Hz兩種重新整理率）。當然，這也意味著VR一體機Santa Cruz不會像Oculus Rift一樣擁有90Hz的重新整理率。
It may be optional， but one thing we know for sure is that they officially announced it as an option for Cruz headset。 Which means it probably won‘t be as high as Oculus Rift’s 90Hz refresh rate。
但也許這樣也是有好處的，否則開發者需要花費大量的時間來達成（Oculus Rift 90Hz）那樣的幀率。
It‘s a shame but probably for the better， or developers would have a really hard time hitting that needed frame rate。
Santa Cruz通過犧牲一些VR體驗度，來換取更好的視覺體驗。這也說明，它不會像Oculus Rift那樣完美。
By sacrificing a smoother VR experience， we at least get better visual effects through Santa Cruz。 That， in its own， confirms that it won‘t be more powerful than Rift。
FOV視場角將是100度或110度。
FOV will be at 100 or 110。
實際上VR頭顯的FOV來說，已經沒有什麼新東西可言了。110度FOV是目前VR頭顯的最佳選擇，但也不能侷限在這裡。問題是，現在並沒有一款特別的螢幕能夠讓其突破這個侷限，想要獲得更高的FOV還是很有難度。
That FOV is completely regular for VR headset， so nothing new here。 110 degrees of field of view is an optimal for VR but not where we would like to end up。 The problem is， getting a higher field of view is basically very hard due to hardware limitations requiring a special screen that is currently out of our reach。
更重要的地，FOV的提升意味著對顯示卡效能的需求會變大，即使目前最厲害的1080Ti在RTX效果面前，也顯得力不從心。
On top of that， the power it will require is drastically increased， so even 1080ti， the current king of GPU‘s until RTX comes out， isn’t good enough。
所以Santa Cruz的FOV並不大。在有線VR頭顯（PC VR）沒有得到提升之前，自然也輪不到移動端的VR頭顯。
So in a way， it‘s good that it isn’t higher。 If wired headsets aren‘t there yet， then portable ones are definitely out of their league in this case。
當然，我們也不能保證（Oculus）這裡不會給大家一個驚喜。
But who knows， a mighty surprise might comes out of all of this…
Oculus Connect 5將會揭曉答案
We know that we’ll know more on September 26th。
在Oculus Connect 5將於本月底，9月26日至27日在加州聖何塞的McEnery會議中心舉行。
That‘s when the Oculus Connect 5 conference begins。
此次會上有一個叫做“將你的APP移植到Santa Cruz”討論會，可以確信我們將得到很多的訊息。另外，每一年的大會，Oculus都會公佈許多豐富的內容和新的訊息。
One of the talks is titled “Porting Your App to Project Santa Cruz”， so we know for sure that we get a lot of information on it。 Almost every years was extremely packed with awesome content and new announcements。
時間將會給我們答案
Time will tell what those are。
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