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posted by janrinok on Tuesday October 04 2016, @03:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the tumbling-prices dept.

The headset, which the company will reveal tomorrow morning [Tuesday] in San Francisco, will likely cost $79, Variety reported Monday. The headset will be manufactured by HTC, the same company rumored to be making the Pixel and Pixel XL, a pair of phones Google is also expected to unveil Tuesday, according to Variety.

The new headset underscores the tech community's growing interest in virtual reality, which promises to transport goggle-wearing users to a computer-generated 3D environment. Alphabet, Google's parent company, is said to be investing big money on content for the platform, much of it going toward development of video games and apps, licensing sports leagues and shooting 360-degree videos.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by ilPapa on Tuesday October 04 2016, @04:31PM

    by ilPapa (2366) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @04:31PM (#410062) Journal

    I want an affordable, translucent, monocular display that I can use in a wearable computing solution.

    I want some cinnamon toast.

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