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Head-Mounted Display (HMD)

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A head-mounted display (HMD) is a display device, worn on the head or as part of a helmet, that mounts either a single screen in front of both of the users eyes (monocular HMD) or a separate screen in front of each eye (binocular HMD). An extensive summary of the properties of VR HMDs is available on the wiki or on . HMD's are generally either "tethered" (such as Oculus Rift) to a PC that monitors tracking and undertakes the rendering, or "untethered" (such as Oculus Quest) where the unit is standalone.

HMD-Runtime Compatibility

HMD Name

Supported Runtimes

Oculus Rift CV1

Oculus Runtime; SteamVR

HTC Vive

SteamVR; Oculus Runtime (via )

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