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Facebook, Google, HP, and Varjo’s new VR headsets

Facebook now offers three Oculus VR head-mounted display (HMD) systems, a revamped Rift S, all-in-one portable Go, and the latest, a gaming HMD, the Quest.   Facebook’s VR HMDs   For reference, a can of tomato soup weighs about 350 g so wearing a VR HMD would be like strapping one and a half cans of soup to your head, how long would ...

Jon Peddie

Facebook now offers three Oculus VR head-mounted display (HMD) systems, a revamped Rift S, all-in-one portable Go, and the latest, a gaming HMD, the Quest.   Facebook’s VR HMDs   For reference, a can of tomato soup weighs about 350 g so wearing a VR HMD would be like strapping one and a half cans of soup to your head, how long would you want to do that? Google has a smartphone VR HMD, called Daydream, and it will accommodate a variety of phones so the weight and resolution will vary, and one will need headphones, without the phone it weighs 261 g,
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