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Virtual reality was supposedly the future at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the shiny new toy that was going to revolutionize gaming. But virtual reality has been the shiny new toy that was going to revolutionize gaming since Nintendo introduced the Virtual Boy in the mid-1990s. Trust us, companies such as Sony and the Facebook-owned Oculus VR say, virtual reality is back.

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Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has been working on the massively popular Kickstarter campaign for Shenmue III, and he gave some teresting information during the final moments of an AMA on Reddit this morning.

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Franklin Lyons knows exactly where his virtual reality venture, Merge VR, sits in the emergent VR tech space. Merge VR, a gaming system for use with contemporary cell phones is aimed not at hardcore VR fans and bleeding edge tech enthusiasts, but the consumer who wants to get solid enjoyable VR experiences without breaking the bank, yet with a degree of quality that is difficult to come by in an inexpensive rig. Merge VR is a system of a VR helmet—that is meant to house a cell phone for a display—made out of a light, durable foam with adjustable lenses and a paired Bluetooth LE motion controller that is like a miniature Wii Mote and Wii nunchaku rolled into one. Everything in Merge VR is made to be extremely durable; even the harder plastic parts have a degree of elasticity (including the controller). Perhaps the biggest shock was when Lyons put on the headset and casually dropped it (with a cell phone in it) from hip height onto the ground, where it squashed and bounced harmlessly due to the soft foam—the same property that makes it both lighter than most headsets and easier to fit on a user. "The gyros in the iPhone are good enough," Lyons told me, speaking of getting accurate head tracking off of the phones. "And Samsung's are almost as good. I talked to them recently about getting the accuracy they have for Gear VR, but haven’t heard back yet." Samsung may not want to get back to Lyons, since he’s producing a non-proprietary version of the same tech as their own Gear VR, created with Oculus support to house Samsung Galaxy phones. But with the addition of the controller and an app store for early cell phone VR gaming apps. This is also Merge VR’s greatest asset, with the foam headset simplifying the process. Lyons told me their goal was to have as few parts as possible, and that they removed 31 parts from the set once it was properly molded.

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Sean Hollister writes: "Summer Lesson, a VR experiment for Sonys Project Morpheus headset produced by Namco Bandai, is a powerful virtual reality experience. Its also disturbing and awkward and, well, kind of pornographic."

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Destructoid: There's something to be said about preserving old games. As we move into the digital era and publishers start putting less and less emphasis on physical media, many classic games and pieces of hardware will cease to exist. For instance, it's almost impossible to find a full Virtual Boy unit right now unless you're willing to shell out a lot of cash and have the dedication of a collector.

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"It's not fun, and it's not social. It's just tech"

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The entire gaming industry is consumed with Virtual Reality euphoria, but not Nintendo. Nintendo of America's Reggie...

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Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are some of the most exciting technologies of the near future and both have...

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The entire gaming industry is consumed with Virtual Reality euphoria, but not Nintendo. Nintendo of America's Reggie...

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SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida is one of the main proponents of new experiences like Virtual Reality, and today he got to try something a bit different at E3: Microsofts holographic experience, HoloLens.