Following up on our review of the OCULUS QUEST in Architecture, please find below an overview over our existing setup to get models into our QUEST via PROSPECT by IRIS VR.
BASE SETUP
1 x OCULUS Quest @ AUD 630 each incl. GST
1 x IRIS VR Prospect @ approx. AUD 440 pa (yearly subscription) per user
subtotal > approx. AUD 1070 (incl. first year subscription)
OPTION A – our current setup on an old MacPro
1 x VM WARE FUSION v11.5 @ 118.75 incl. GST1 x WINDOWS 10 PRO @ $330 incl. GST
1 x MACPRO 5,1 @ $800 to 1595 incl. GST [EBAY]
1 x NVIDIA GTX 1080 TI 11 GB @ 1385
subtotal > AUD 1833.75 to 3428.75
Obviously the above is based on LEGACY (i.e. vintage hardware), however you could also go with the following Apple hardware plus external GPU:
OPTION B – MAC MINI
1 x WINDOWS 10 PRO @ $330 incl. GST
1 x MACMINI 6 core i7 32GB RAM @ $2979 incl. GST
1 x AppleCare for MAC MINI @ $119 incl. GST
1 x RAZER CORE X eGPU @ 469 incl. GST
1 x EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC ULTRA GAMING 8GB Video Card @ 1289 incl. GST
subtotal > AUD 5186 incl. GST
If you do not have an old MacPro at your disposal, we recommend the below non Apple hardware:
OPTION C – PC GAMING LAPTOP
1 x RAZER BLADE 15.6″ LAPTOP with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max Q @ AUDĀ 4799 incl. GST
Please note all quoted prices are approximate only and subject to change.