Gadgetory

the band is getting back together in virtual reality I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update when rock band first came out in 2007 the idea was that you could feel like you're rock stars your smash buttons on plastic instruments but if you really want to feel like you're rocking out on stage soon you could play in virtual reality rock band the game will be playable on the oculus rift headset by March of next year the announcement was made at the game awards show Thursday by palmer luckey he's the co-founder of oculus VR and he teased on Twitter that he had a big announcement to make at the show but fans were hoping for something bigger like a price or release date on when they can actually buy an oculus rift because people don't even know how much this headset is going to cost although some insiders are estimating that VR headsets could be as much as a new console maybe around three hundred and fifty dollars we also don't know the price or exact release dates of other high-end virtual reality headsets that are getting buzz like HTC vive and Sony's PlayStation VR right now companies are just teasing a few games because well we'll need to see some good games to want to spend the money on this stuff and content is a big factor in getting VR to grow google just released an app for android to help people make some very basic 360 degree photos that can be viewed in VR with Google cardboard that's a super cheap VR headset that uses your phone the new cardboard camera app helps you stitch together panoramic still photos with a 3d look and it records audio so you can get the feeling that you're standing still in one moment in time there are no images above and below you and 360 photos aren't exactly true virtual reality experiences but it is one way Google is trying to get people to build content at least in baby steps problem is you can't share photos you'll have to lend someone your phone and a cardboard viewer to see it but if you don't need your photos and video to be in a third dimension you may be interested in the news on GoPro because the action cam maker slashed the price of the cube-shaped hero4 session camera to half of what it cost when it went on sale just five months ago originally was four hundred dollars that it went down to three hundred in September and now it's two hundred dollars apparently the cube was a tough sell at its original price when the hero4 silver model had many more features and better quality for the same price makes you feel bad for anyone that paid four hundred dollars when it first came out that's it for this technique is update and there's more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey