There are two front-runners in the race to claim the virtual reality crown. Oculus, founded by the modern virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey, has been leading the charge and even convinced Mark Zuckerberg to buy the company for $2 billion.

But there’s also HTC and Valve, two companies who combined their skillsets — HTC’s hardware manufacturing and Valve’s gaming software and fanbase — to be the first true competition for Oculus and its much-hyped Oculus Rift headset.

It’s a good-natured race for the most part. Oculus and Valve even helped each other in the early days before Facebook bought Oculus, and both read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com