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CNET News - The push to make VR headsets mainstream

2015-03-05
video games are looking more realistic and now they're starting to feel more realistic nice with 3d content playing on the screen inches from your eyes virtual reality headsets are designed to make players feel like they're in the game virtual guy in the world try gestured towards me and I have to say I have placed a little bit it was that immersive at the game developers conference in San Francisco virtual reality is turning heads as startups and tech giants gear up to release new VR headsets I think we are as an option for game developers to create totally massive experience will create more variety of game experiences sony showed off the latest version of its Morpheus headset to add to the immersive pneus additional controllers get your hands in the game it does kind of let you reach out into the world and directly interact with it other big tech players are also helping to bring VR to the mainstream facebook acquired oculus VR for two billion dollars last year boosting confidence in the technology google is also getting into VR with cardboard this doing yourself kit folds into this headset insert your Android or iPhone download some VR apps and then you can view a virtual reality world the HTC vive has sensors that allow you to walk around an entire room without hitting a wall even though I was blinded from it a ghost wall appeared in my virtual experience Microsoft has its own headset the hololens which projects 3d images over the real world the new VR headsets are expected to hit the market by the end of this year and into early 2016 in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News
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