Dell's Visor headset helps Microsoft muscle in on mid-range VR

Dell's Visor headset helps Microsoft muscle in on mid-range VR

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http://newatlas.com/dell-visor-vr-windows-mixed-reality/51093/

Currently, there's a pretty big gap between mobile VR, like Google's Daydream View and Samsung's Gear VR, and the high-end experiences of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Microsoft is looking to bridge that divide with a platform it (somewhat confusingly) calls Windows Mixed Reality, and now Dell has announced the Visor, its first headset to run on that system.

Microsoft has been quietly toiling away on its augmented reality system, the HoloLens, for a few years now, but there's still no word on a consumer-ready version. Instead, the company teased in October last year that it would partner up with hardware companies like Dell, Lenovo, HP and Acer to develop a range of virtual reality – sorry, "Mixed Reality" – headsets.