From the wiki on their Github [1] and looking at Github contributors, this is a 3 person project (and no Github commits since June 2021). They're clearly not making their own VR headset, they're using something off the shelf (from other comments seems like an HTC Vive). Making the website ambiguous about this is just confusing.
I saw a couple YC apps in there, so I'm sure they had to be ambitious, but thinking realistically there's a big difference between being:
I suppose it’s a difficult field to enter? Idk if it’s needed but my naive assumption is that I won’t be able to contribute without having a VR headset.
Speaking of, what’s a good VR headset that I can purchase in ‘21 that does not have anything to do with FB? I enjoyed playing Alyx on the Index so that’s my prime candidate for now, for both gaming and productivity.
We're making our own headset. Nothing off-the-shelf was available or satisfactory.
Most of the recent Github commits are in the dev branch, but right now it's 90% George working on the code. I'm busy on the hardware and wrangling vendors side, our third employee is the ME so no coding there.
I saw a couple YC apps in there, so I'm sure they had to be ambitious, but thinking realistically there's a big difference between being:
1) A VR headset for work company
2) A VR operating system for work company
3) A window manager for VR for work company
[1] https://github.com/SimulaVR/Simula/wiki/Simula-Master-Plan