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Sony, Facebook, Google, Samsung, Apple, and Microsoft Now All Have a Hand In VR

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday January 4, 2015 @03:55AM from the everyone-is-doing-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes The Oculus Kickstarter breathed new life into consumer virtual reality when it raised more than $2.4 million just three years ago. Now, at the onset of 2015, some of the world's biggest tech companies have a vested interest in the growing consumer virtual reality industry. Road to VR takes a look back at VR in 2014 and the path that lead these tech giants to start taking it seriously.

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Re:What's different from 20 years ago? by kelemvor4 · 2015-01-04 04:34 · Score: 5, Insightful

You know, when VR was in the spotlight the first time?
The headsets are slightly smaller. Not much, but slightly. Maybe the name should be changed as with client-server becoming cloud! With a name change everything old is new again.