Razer announces $200 VR HMD (Dev Kit)

• Compass wrote on 2015-01-07 05:21

  Razer, maker of gaming peripherals and components, has some announcements today that are a big departure from their previous products.
  
  

  [Image: http://www.pcper.com/files/news/2015-01-06/osvr.jpg]

  
  
  First we have the announcement of an open VR standard, the Open-Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) ecosystem. Razer is contributing to this with the OSVR Hacker Dev Kit, "a virtual reality device and open-source software that enables programming for any variety of VR technology". The kit will be shipping in June for $199. There's a lot more information about this new VR platform on the Razer's OSVR page.

  
  Source via PC Perspective
  Not a fan of Razer because of their questionable build quality, but might interest some people.
  Even if the consumer version of the Oculus Rift costs $300 that $100 difference might be enough to sway some consumers over.
  But let's face it none of these can compete with the 3DHead.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2015-01-07 08:42
  You're wrong, google cardboard is the most economical.
• Compass wrote on 2015-01-07 09:45

  Quote from Mentosftw;1260208:

  You're wrong, google cardboard is the most economical.

  
  But I or the article did not state that.
  Plus Google cardboard is phone-based and not meant for PC gaming unlike the Oculus Rift and Razer OSVR