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Tag: virtual reality

  • Oculus Rift Pre-orders At Pricey $600

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    Jack Slater
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    The only head-mounted displays (HMD) for virtual reality games and other activities available last year were pre-release versions for developers only (the $350 Oculus Development Kit 1 & 2, limited quantities of the HTC/SteamVR Vive), through crowdfunding campaigns, or scraped together garbage used to fill in the features and benefits lists of terrible smartphones. This year…

  • Valve’s VR Headset Announcement

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    HTC and Valve announced the HTC Vive today, a headset similar to the Oculus Rift. The differences are in the head tracking, a slight increase to resolution compared to the Oculus Rift DK2, and a custom game controller. Similar to the VR room demo Valve had at Steam Dev Days, the HTC Vive will have tracking…