In less than two weeks, Oculus will start shipping its first consumer virtual-reality headset, Rift. It’s a big achievement for the company, which became a hit on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter in 2012 and was later snapped up by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014.
While virtual reality is still a small market, it’s growing quickly; 30 games are planned to launch alongside Rift on March 28, and other high-end headsets are coming soon, too. You’ll need a lot of cash to immerse yourself in this kind of virtual reality, though, as the headset costs $599 and you’ll need to pay for a powerful computer to go along with it.
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