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The Crazy VR Goggles in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Are Not a Prop but a Real Prototype

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But what you’re looking at is actually a real prototype of an HMD called the Glyph, developed by a company called Avegant. I got to try it myself back in 2013 when Avegant was developing the then yet-to-be-named Glyph, a personal video viewer which doubles as a pair of headphones and is available today for $400.

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Experience Weightless VR With This Waterproof Headset

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These are the kinds of weightless experiences Stephen Greenwood, director of creative development at Discovery Digital Networks, and Allan Evans, cofounder of headset maker Avegant , are creating with their custom VR headset designed for underwater use. Just make sure you have a lifeguard present before you hop in.

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Lytro is Positioning Its Light Field Tech as VR’s Master Capture Format

Road to VR

SEE ALSO Avegant Claims Newly Announced Display Tech is "a new method to create light fields". SEE ALSO Exclusive: Lytro Reveals Immerge 2.0 Light-field Camera with Improved Quality, Faster Captures. For all of the interesting potential of light-fields, one persistent hurdle has hampered their adoption: file sizes.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

With that in mind, and with CES 2017 imminent, we thought we’d take a look back at the notable VR events from past shows, charting VR’s progress to the present day. Virtual reality has figured prominently at the event in recent years of course, quickly rising to become one of the shows hottest technologies.