What would truly get you to buy a VR headset? How about a $199 price? Facebook just announced Oculus Go, a standalone headset that doesn’t require a PC or a phone to get you into VR, at the company’s Oculus Connect developer conference. It’s coming in early 2018 for $199, or roughly £150 or …
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Last October, Sony’s $500 PlayStation VR seemed like the affordable choice in VR headgear — at least compared to the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which ran $600 and $800 at that time, respectively . Now, Sony’s issuing a price cut, presumably so the PSVR can stay alive. Facebook (which owns Oculus Rift) and HTC have both drastically cut the prices …
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HTC knows you’re still on the fence re: virtual reality, so today it’s sweetening the deal. Starting Monday, an HTC Vive VR headset and controller kit will cost just $600, £600 or AU$1,000. Make no mistake, that’s a huge price cut — a full $200, £160 or AU$400 cheaper than you’d have to pay yesterday. It’s the first time the …
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VR is hard for some people to grasp. It’s not necessarily hard to get into, but it’s pretty hard to buy into. And not (just) because of the price, but because VR’s biggest problem is that you aren’t hyped about it — and you can’t be an evangelist about it — until you try it. But sometimes, you find that …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Virtual Reality. Steam. Unity. Unreal. External graphics. They’re not words you’d usually expect Apple to utter during the Mac portion of a press conference — the company has all but ignored desktop gaming for years. But it just announced it will natively support …
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Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft debuts Windows Story Remix to edit and organize… 3:54 Microsoft wants to be a key asset in your digital toolbox — regardless of whether you’re using Windows, iOS or Android. Unlike the high-level wonkiness of the previous day at Microsoft Build, day two of the company’s developers conference had plenty for average consumers across the …
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VR needs good controllers. The Oculus Rift has a pair. The HTC Vive has a pair. Microsoft’s upcoming VR and “mixed reality” headsets will have them, too: here’s what they look like. Related coverage from Microsoft Build Everything just announced at Microsoft Build iTunes is coming to the Windows 10 Store Microsoft to take on Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home …
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Today, you can preorder the gorgeous new Samsung Galaxy S8. Or you could wait until May 9, when Best Buy will begin offering unlocked versions of Samsung’s new Galaxy phones you can use with any major US carrier. It’s funny. My colleague Dan Graziano and I are basically trading phones this year — he’s angrily ditching his Google Nexus 6P …
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People are surprisingly willing to try goofy-looking VR headsets. They’re just not ready to buy. Facebook, owner of Oculus VR, is hoping that may change with a new lower price. On Wednesday, the company announced a permanent $100 price cut for each of its $599 Oculus Rift headset and $199 Touch motion controllers. They now cost $499 and $99 respectively, …
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What is VR good for, other than games? If you’re asking that question, you’ve probably never tried Tilt Brush. We called it one of the most amazing things you could do with an HTC Vive headset, and today it’s finally coming to the Oculus Rift as well. Tilt Brush defies description even more than most VR experiences, but basically you …
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