Virtual Reality Headset

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Been waiting for this since the Lawnmower Man!

http://www.oculusvr.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzCwczY1jTM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc-WJutvU_U

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They have already sold over $3m worth of development kits to games companies.

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update v2:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e_8kk4udII&fea...

Joe Ludwig - The second coming of Virtual Reality

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These are awesome, I have just bought 4 for Christmas!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AM-CARDBOARD%C2%AE-Cardboa...


A few VR tests are shown here: http://www.chromeexperiments.com/tag/virtual-reali...

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=virtual+rea...

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HTC RE Vive:

http://youtu.be/eTITJSSRUso

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Bobley said:

Looks fantastic but its a while off yet. Get yourself a Google Cardboard kit and have a chuckle for under a tenner in the meantime!

See above post from the 16th Dec

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Munter said:

It appears Samsung are suggesting we strap our phone into the helmet and use that:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29044863

Which is exactly what you can do with Google Cardboard now for a bit of fun.

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First VR movie: https://vimeo.com/134754691

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maxdb said:

I heard a few reports of phones "dropping" out of them and breaking so I'm a bit cautious.

2 elastic bands does the trick.