Xa i-Facebook ifumene inkampani i-Oculus ngo-2014, abasebenzisi abaninzi abaye bakhetha iprojekthi ye-Kickstarter apho iboniswe khona babonisa ukungonwabi kwabo emva kokuba kubhengezwe ukuthengwa kwe-Facebook. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva i-omens embi yazaliseka xa i-Oculus Rift yafika kwimarike, ishiya incasa embi emlonyeni wabaninzi abanomdla kweli candelo litsha, ekubeni i-HTC Vive, Ikwaphehlelele imodeli ephezulu kakhulu kunaleyo kaFacebook.
Zomibini iimodeli zifumaneka kubantu abambalwa, kungekhona nje ngenxa yexabiso lezixhobo, kodwa kutyalo mali ekufuneka lwenziwe kwiqela elikwaziyo ukuhambisa imidlalo. Kodwa kubonakala ngathi kulo nyaka uzayo kuya kube kuphelile, kuba uFacebook usebenza kwiiglasi zeVR ezingayi kufuneka ziqhagamshelwe kwikhompyuter kwaye kungafuneki basebenzise i-smartphone efana ne-Samsung Gear VR.
Eyona nto ingcono kakhulu, ubuncinci ekuqaleni, lixabiso labo, ixabiso eliqulethwe kakhulu eliya kuba malunga ne-200 yeedola, njengoko kuxelwe nguBloomberg. Kule projekthi intsha ebizwa ngokuba yiPasifiki, i-Facebook iya kuxhomekeka kwi-Xiaomi ukuba ibenze, kodwa ixabiso libonakala liphantsi kakhulu ukuba likwazi ukubonelela ngeempawu ezifana nezo sinokuzifumana kwi-Oculus Rift okanye i-HTC Vive.
Ngokutsho koshicilelo, ezi glasi zintsha zokwenyani zokwenyani kunyeZiya kulawulwa yiQualcomm chip, leyo, nokuba inamandla kangakanani na, ndiyathandabuza kakhulu ukuba iyakwazi ukunika umgangatho ofanayo neekhompyuter zedesktop zangoku ezingenamandla. I-Facebook ifuna ukuba wonke umntu abe nokufikelela kolu hlobo lwesixhobo, kodwa ukuba yintoni eza kuqaliswa kwimarike yimodeli yezoqoqosho eneempawu ezintle kakhulu, kufuneka izinikele kwenye into, kuba yile nto sinokuyisebenzisa iGear VR. ukusuka kwi-Samsung edibanisa nokubamba.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sakwazisa nge ukuhla kwexabiso efunyenwe yi-Oculus Rift, ukushiya imveliso yokugqibela kunye nolawulo kwi-euro ye-449, intshukumo esele ikhona Ndandisiva isizukulwana sesibini se-Oculus Rift, kodwa ingeyiyo imodeli enexabiso eliphantsi enokuthi ngokuqinisekileyo ibe sisiphelo senyani ye-Facebook, kanye ngoku ukuba isayine owayesakuba ngumphathi wamazwe ngamazwe we-Xiaomi, u-Hugo Barra, oya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo abe nento eninzi yokwenza isivumelwano sokwenziwa kwezi glasi zintsha.