Samsung, Facebook's Oculus plan November launch for Gear VR headset, at $99

From CNET: Virtual reality is about to become very real.

Smartphone giant Samsung and Facebook subsidiary Oculus VR will launch in November the first virtual reality headset widely available to consumers. The headset, called the Gear VR, will cost $99 and work with mobile devices, including Samsung's lineup of phones from this year such as the newly released Note 5 and Galaxy S6.

"With mobile VR, you only need a great mobile game device and a smartphone," said Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, speaking at the company's developer conference here.

The launch marks an inflection point for the nascent VR industry. The headset, a chunky black box that covers a user's eyes, will be the first test of how willing consumers are to add a new device to their already cluttered living rooms. Some industry experts see a rosy future, with forecasts of as many as 30 million units per year shipping by 2020. Others warn those figures may be overly optimistic.

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