The ultimate guide to virtual reality headsets

Virtual Reality is currently in something of a boom period. For the first time in the history of computers, Virtual Reality has arrived not as potential, or a very expensive yet underperforming accessory, but as a major piece of equipment available to everyone.

The nature of Virtual Reality is such that there are hundreds of different Head Mounted Devices (HMDs) on the market to buy, from as little as £2 going up into the thousands. Because of the sheer number of headsets, it can doubtless be confusing to decide which headset is right for you.

It is with this in mind that we introduce the VRS Ultimate Guide to Virtual Reality Headset to cut through the marketing and sales pitches, and give you simply the facts about all the ways to currently experience Virtual Reality.

In Development Headsets

Virtual Reality as a concept has been around for decades but the new wave of head mounted displays that have come in the wake of the Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard amount to essentially a reboot, a year zero scenario. As such, there are just as many pieces of equipment that are in-development, conceptualised or otherwise unavailable.

In order to provide the ultimate guide to head mounted displays, our primary focus has been on hardware you can buy right now, however there are quite a few interesting, unique or just plain odd pieces of VR kit in development, which we have covered in the following table.