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welcome to the virtual reality Renaissance I'm Bridget Carey this is your scene that update for nearly three years the virtual reality company Occulus has shown off prototypes of its rift VR headset at trade shows but the company is nearly ready to sell it to the public oculus which is owned by Facebook announced it will have a commercial version of its head gear in the first quarter of 2016 it'll take pre-orders later this year so it won't be out in time for the holidays but you know it will be HTC's competing VR headset called the vibe and Sony is also working on its own virtual reality for the PlayStation that's called project Morpheus and it may not arrive until much later next year we're going through something of a virtual reality Renaissance you can experience VR through a smartphone app by putting your phone inside of a special case strapped to your head such as Samsung's gear VR even mattel is putting virtual reality inside of the classic view master toy but let's take a step back the first oculus headset launched as a Kickstarter project in 2012 it generated nearly two and a half million dollars in pre-orders for a prototype last year Facebook bought the company for two billion dollars oculus is not saying how much it's going to charge for this headset but the one for developers to play with that's currently out it costs three hundred and fifty dollars it may not matter which company sells one first be at HTC oculus or Sony what matters is the entertainment experience and that content takes time to build in other gaming news Sony's PlayStation now streaming service is coming to the PlayStation 3 console next week on May twelfth subscribers that pay twenty dollars a month can access more than 100 ps3 games this first launched in January on the PlayStation 4 and you can also find the service on some sony tvs and blu-ray players so you can play games without owning a PlayStation just as long as you have the right controller meanwhile more television sets are coming with Roku technology inside so you do not have to buy an extra box to stream video sharp is the latest TV to incorporate Roku software it will come in two sizes 43 inches and 50 inches and price pretty nice at three hundred and eighty dollars and five hundred dollars respectively insignia is also coming out with some new roku TV models starting at two hundred and thirty dollars for 32 inches they are available for pre-order from Best Buy and will arrive in stores in the next few weeks that gatech news update head over to cnet.com for more and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey