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Oculus Go headset limbos under the $200 bar for consumers

At Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect 4 Keynote VR conference, Facebook announced a variety of new products and features. The most notable product announcement is the $199 Oculus Go, an entry-level VR product that Facebook believes will be adopted by the masses.  Facebook is keeping their fingers crossed that Oculus Go, with its big price difference from the $399 Oculus Rift, ...

Harrison Garovi

At Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect 4 Keynote VR conference, Facebook announced a variety of new products and features. The most notable product announcement is the $199 Oculus Go, an entry-level VR product that Facebook believes will be adopted by the masses.  Facebook is keeping their fingers crossed that Oculus Go, with its big price difference from the $399 Oculus Rift, can help mitigate the slow product adoption only after shipping 400,000 Oculus Rift headsets since 2016. “The cheaper we make these devices, the more folks are going to jump in,” says Nate Mitchell, co-founder of Oculus. “We could offer a
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