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View More Crunch Report | Founder David Karp Is Leaving TumblrAcer Mixed Reality Headset gets the VR experience right
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The best test of any virtual reality system is how quickly can you forget you’re wearing a virtual reality system? By this measure alone, Acer’s Windows Mixed Reality Headset (and the included motion controllers) is a very good VR system.
Within minutes of donning the headset and finding a VR game to play, I lost myself in the experience. And it wasn’t just me. Each person I asked to try Acer’s headset has the same reaction, especially when I dropped them into the excellent Super Hot virtual reality game.
Said one coworker, “This is definitely the best thing I’ve ever done in VR.” Read more…
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Acer Mixed Reality Headset gets the VR experience right
The best test of any virtual reality system is how quickly can you forget you’re wearing a virtual reality system? By this measure alone, Acer’s Windows Mixed Reality Headset (and the included motion controllers) is a very good VR system.
Within minutes of donning the headset and finding a VR game to play, I lost myself in the experience. And it wasn’t just me. Each person I asked to try Acer’s headset has the same reaction, especially when I dropped them into the excellent Super Hot virtual reality game.
Said one coworker, “This is definitely the best thing I’ve ever done in VR.” Read more…
More about Microsoft, Reviews, Review, Virtual Reality, and Mashable Choice
Crunch Report | Uber’s data breach and Apple’s self-driving cars
Today’s stories: Uber’s big data breach, Facebook to single out election trolls, Apple’s self-driving car research and FCC issues final draft of plan to kill net neutrality. That’s it for this week. Tito’s back on Monday. A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone attempting to explain net neutrality and bitcoin to their loved ones this holiday. Read More
Crunch Report | The FCC sets vote to kill net neutrality and Bitcoin hits $8,000
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Crunch Report | Twitter tests a new tweetstorm feature and Tesla unveils a semi truck
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Microsoft’s Surface Book 2 really is a beautiful beast
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