GDC 2016

We take a look at the big three VR headsets, after playing with them all week at the 2016 Game Developers' Conference

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The best VR headset, after a week at GDC

At GDC 2016 we had the privilege of spending time with the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR and HTC Vive. If you're still trying to decide which VR headset is best for you, we have some thoughts, observations and recommendations on how things stack up right now.

We took the Vive for another convention demo before its early April launch

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HTC Vive's magic now includes a lightsaber battle and a Lab full of mini-games (hands-on)

At this point you might be sick of visiting Gizmag only to see pictures of writers wearing VR headsets all over the front page. But we couldn't live with ourselves if we left out the HTC Vive, which may be the most mesmerizing of the bunch. We met with Valve today for another impressive demo.

12 Oculus Rift games in six hours – surely there are a few takeaways in there somewhere

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Five things we learned from spending six hours inside the Oculus Rift

After spending six hours "inside" 12 Oculus Rift games earlier this week, we have a few observations on what we saw, what you can expect from the consumer Rift and making a decision between it and the Vive.

We played 12 launch (or launch-ish) titles for the Oculus Rift, a full 30 minutes in each game

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The Oculus Rift's launch window lineup looks incredible: Hands-on with 12 of the best Rift games

We already knew Oculus had some impressive – dare we say "magical" – games in the pipeline for the Rift. That belief was only reinforced after spending six full hours inside the VR headset earlier this week. These are our impressions of the 12 Oculus Rift games we went in-depth with.