New Oculus Rift S Pushes VR Experience Up a Notch

Facebook unveiled its Oculus Rift S virtual reality headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It will be available this spring for $399. With the Rift 2, Oculus "is following some of the trends set by Vive -- inside-out tracking, incremental improvement, and focus on comfort," observed David MacQueen, executive director of Strategy Analytics' wireless media strategies service. "I'm interested to see the continued focus on the gaming market from the announcement itself -- plus, of course, the actual launch is at GDC," he said.

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