We’ve all heard about the Oculus Rift; the headset that promises to truly deliver a full Virtual Reality experience, dropping the player into a computer-generated world and letting them experience the world first-hand.
The tech has garnered a lot of coverage in the industry over the last few years, including a great deal of discussion regarding the shipping of the pre-ordered hardware.
With big promise comes a big price tag: while the retail version is, as yet, unpriced, the development kit will set you back around $350. The technology behind the system means that cost is always going to be fairly high.
The thing is, though, experiencing bleeding-edge technology doesn’t always have to be eye-bleedingly expensive. Nothing illustrates this better right now than the Google Cardboard project from the eponymous Google.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
Nintendo should be all over this as their entry into VR for the WiiU tablet.
Its right up their street, low cost, low tech and if you stick some pictures of Mario on the sides, fans will pay silly prices for it.
There's a few others out there doing this sort of thing. I entered a contest sometime ago for one of Google's, but never won. I wonder how good it is compared with actual VR headsets. I can't imagine it's as good, but it looks like it might be worth trying at least.