Oculus plans to go mass market with $200 VR headset: report

The company that singlehandedly revived the virtual reality market from gimmicky nonsense to a paradigm shift in all types of content, is planning to launch a device that could put all the pale imitators into a corner. According to a report from Bloomberg, the Gear VR and Oculus Rift manufacturer has plans to launch a $200 standalone headset some time in 2018. It would be the company's first product that would truly be a mass-market, impulse-buy product. Its computer-connected Oculus Rift headset costs $400 and requires a complex setup and very powerful CPU to run smoothly. Its much more modest… [Continue Reading]