{"id":4796,"date":"2016-10-18T07:17:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2016-10-18T07:17:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T12:17:02","slug":"buy-virtual-reality-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/buy-virtual-reality-headset\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Buy a Virtual Reality Headset?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the best tech companies \u2014 like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft \u2014 are heavily investing in virtual reality, which means that in the future it will be even easier to try out virtual reality at an affordable price. Not to mention that virtual reality headsets will, naturally, be pretty incredible in the near future as the technology improves. So, it might be worth it to wait a couple of years before splurging on a headset. Nonetheless, the following are some reasons why you should wait, or take the plunge, on VR headsets right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why You Should Wait<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you\u2019re simply curious about VR headsets, and not truly invested in that type of technology, then the best option is to wait until more models are released in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/everything-need-know-intels-project-alloy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More: Everything You Need to Know About Intel\u2019s Project Alloy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following are a few reasons you should wait on buying a VR headset:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Limited Use.<\/strong> VR headsets are dominantly used for gaming, and even then, there are few games currently available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Design.<\/strong> The current design for most VR headsets is impractical: it\u2019s bulky and all-consuming, meaning that you are at the headset\u2019s mercy when you wear it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screen Resolution.<\/strong> We\u2019ve gotten used to HD displays for our TVs, phones, and computers, so some VR headsets might feel like a blast from the past. While the technology is impressive, the display can often be pixilated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price.<\/strong> Many VR headsets will typically set you back anywhere from $400-$1,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why You Should Take the Plunge<br \/>\n<\/strong>Remember when the first Game Boy was released, and how amazed we were at the technology? There\u2019s still a lot that new technology has to offer, even if we know it will improve in the years to come. But that\u2019s what makes the investment in new technology exciting \u2014 we can experience it now, and essentially \u201cgrow\u201d with it.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Game Boy, VR headsets are typically used for gaming (for now). If you don\u2019t want to wait for VR to improve, and have an excessive amount of cash, there are some good headsets currently available for a range of prices. These options include HTC Vive ($799), PlayStation VR ($399), Oculus Rift ($599), and Samsung\u2019s Gear VR ($99.99), among others. There\u2019s even Google Cardboard, available on Amazon for about $15, which is exactly how it sounds: it\u2019s a cardboard headset designed to \u201ctransform\u201d your smartphone into a virtual reality headset. Even though it\u2019s not truly comparable to the actual VR headsets on the market, Google Cardboard is a fun, cheap alternative to try out before investing in a more expensive VR headset for gaming, like the previously mentioned headsets or even the forthcoming Google Daydream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the virtual reality headsets currently available, and whether or not you should buy one now. Hint: It might be better to wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3158,265,3155,271,2814],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","tag-headset","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtual-reality-headset","tag-vr","tag-vr-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}