Valve’s gaming goggles tested, says "credible" AR games 3 to 5 years away
Valve’s definitely building wearable computer hardware, because a New York Times writer went inside the company’s Seattle HQ, put on a pair of prototype gaming goggles and tested them for himself.”Every way I look, the scene shifts, the battle unfolds,” wrote reporter Stuart Isett. “I have a crazy contraption strapped to my head: a boxy set of goggles that looks like a 22nd-century version of a View-Master. It immerses me in a virtual world. I whirl one way and see zombies preparing to snack on my flesh. I turn another and wonder what fresh hell awaits.”An accompanying picture showed Isett wearing the big, chunky, boxy and black goggles. Mounted on top of his head and connected to the goggles was a large video camera. Various wires jutted out, and it looked like Stuart Isett may have had to hold the device while using it.Read more…
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