Some believe that Oculus is dead in the water due to the headset’s massive price drop, but its owners think there is plenty of life in the brand: Facebook is taking another stab at turning the Oculus Rift into a mass-market phenomenon with an affordable version that will work without being tethered to a phone or PC. The Rift is currently in fourth place, behind Sony and HTC, with about 5 percent of the market, or less than 100,000 units sold.



Currently VR hardware comes in two flavors: cheap headsets that turn smartphones into virtual reality players (like Samsung’s $130 Gear VR) and high-end gaming rigs (like Facebook’s $400 Oculus Rift) that hook up to $1,000-plus desktop computers. Facebook’s new headset is designed to bridge the gap — a device that will sell for as little as $200 and need not be tethered to a PC or phone, according to people familiar with its development. It will ship next year and represent an entirely new category.

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