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Virtual Reality, Goggles and All, Attempts Return
Prototype versions of the Oculus virtual reality headset are being distributed to developers now.
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After drumming up hype over the past year and banking $2.4 million from crowdfunding, the Irvine, Calif.-based company Oculus VR captured the attention of the this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with the Oculus Rift, its VR headset that's more like a pair of ski goggles than those bulky gaming helmets of the 1990s that usually left users with headaches.
"Developers who start working on VR games now are going to be able to do cool things," said Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. "This is the first time when the technology, software, community, and rendering power is all really there."
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