http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/10/11/facebook-announces-a-wireless-200-virtual-reality-headset/ >Facebook dropped a bombshell on the virtual reality world Wednesday: a $200 virtual reality headset that doesn't require wires or a smartphone to work. >The headset could go a long way to helping Facebook get virtual reality into the hands of a “a billion people” — a (timeframe-free) goal chief executive Mark Zuckerberg set Wednesday at a developers conference hosted by its VR company Oculus. Virtual reality has been a major focus for Facebook and other major tech firms such as Microsoft and HTC, but consumers haven't been quite as enthusiastic. The new headset, however, addresses two major problems analysts have said stand in the way of adoption: high prices and a complicated setup process.