Best-Selling VR Devices In 2016; Prices & Review; See Virtual Reality, AI Device Predictions For 2017
Technology innovators offered a lot of exciting things to everyone this year. one of the most notable is the Virtual Reality integration to gaming. Immediately after its invention, many VR devices emerged in the market and these are the top picks.
Sony's PSVR has been tagged as the best-seller among all of the other VR gadgets available in the market. Its demand can be associated with PlayStation 4's wide gamer acceptance, holding a big record of 45 Million units sold worldwide.
Not just that, though. The PSVR is also dubbed as the cheapest high-end device in the virtual reality market; it is priced at $400 per unit. With the developers of PlayStation 4 finally putting virtual reality features into the consoles' game features, users which do not have the VR device will get curious and will finally get their own VR gadget soon.
Aside from the PSVR, critics also look into Samsung's Galaxy Gear. Since there are millions of Samsung Galaxy series users worldwide, it is more likely that users who own the gadgets will get the VR device to experience the current trend. Samsung's Galaxy Gear is priced at $100 per unit.
HTC Vive has also become very interesting and attractive to consumers. Although the device did not get the third spot in the best-selling chart, it is listed as one of the best in the market because of the way the device require the user's active participation. Some users just think the HTC Vive consume so much time in its initial set up and it has some integrations that are quite expensive. HTC Vive VR set is really quite pricey, though. It costs $799 per unit.
Reviewers are not sure, though, if VR devices will stay popular in 2017. There are already a lot of technology predictions sprouting. Since Artificial Intelligence has been quite a hit in the past recent years, technology experts expect that innovators will soon release handy devices that will work on their own while being connected to the internet.
An evidence will be the recent release of Amazon Echo and Google Home - the AI devices which have immediately been hyped because of their unique ability to control things inside your home and their speedy response to most users' queries. 2017 will certainly an exciting year for innovators. Is there a possibility that they will link Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence through a deeper concept? Who knows?
