From PC World: Do you trust Facebook to do the right thing with Oculus Rift? Would you trust any multi-billion dollar company to so thoroughly dominate a new technology that there's no room for competitors to maneuver?
Probably not.
But that's what Razer hopes to short-circuit with its OSVR, or Open Source Virtual Reality push: a completely open-source approach to both the hardware and software used in VR head mounted displays (HMD) that, if it works, stands to democratize VR.
The first component of OSVR are detailed plans on how to build your own OSVR HMD. From the optics to the electronics package and the dimensions that will let anyone with access to a 3D printer, eBay and a lot of of patience to literally build your own VR headset.
If you can't though, Razer says it'll actually sell OSVR Hacker Dev Kits for $200 as early as this June.
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