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falcolas on Dec 17, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oculus GoBlack – How to Make Your Oculus Go Better

I've been wondering why more companies don't do this. Simply re-locating the battery to the back would go a long ways towards this.

savanaly on Dec 17, 2018 [–]

I remember this came up in an Oculus keynote that John Carmack gave. I believe the reason given was because a significant portion of users use the headset while lying down and so nothing can really be on the back of the head?

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