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What if I told you you could buy a virtual reality headset for around €50 that could upgrade its technological power as often as you do your contract mobile phone? Bear in mind that a new Oculus Rift development kit costs $350, and Sony's Project Morpheus is unlikely to be cheap. And even if you can afford one, there's the danger of your purchase being usurped by a newer version of the hardware months or years down the line.
Vrizzmo, a VR headset I stumbled upon at Polish conference Digital Dragons, does things differently. It's a €50 device powered by your smartphone, which is quite literally strapped to the front. Optical lenses and an app do the rest, converting movies, games or pictures into stereoscopic 3D.
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