VR lives another day as Amazon, Apple explore AR


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  • Monday, 15 Jan 2018

The Lenovo Group Ltd. Mirage Solo VR headset with Google Daydream and Mirage Camera are displayed during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Google's Alphabet Inc. unit and Lenovo released a new VR headset, dubbed Mirage Solo, on Tuesday at CES along with specialized cameras to support the technology. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

Companies pushing new virtual reality headsets talked a good game at CES 2018 in Las Vegas last week. Facebook’s Oculus touted new features in its upcoming US$200 (RM791) Oculus Go, a device designed to do for VR what the iPhone did for the smartphone, Google and Lenovo showed off a jointly designed headset that will sell for the half the price of an iPhone, and HTC announced an updated Vive headset with beefier graphics. 

Hugo Barra, who runs virtual reality products for Facebook, says “VR is just in its infancy. We’re just seeing the market beginning to take off.” 

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