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It's a PlayStation -- for Your Face

So this is a real thing demoed this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the giant annual event in Las Vegas company in their rights minds would ever send me to in person.

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It’s called Oculus Rift, and it’s the video game console you strap on your face. With a big HDMI cable or something coming out of the top of it. It’s been a big success with Silicon Valley-type Kickstarter investors — but something tells me they’re a lot more likely to strap game consoles to their heads than most other people.

On the other hand, the opportunity to play your favorite first-person shooter or fantasy adventure game in a totally immersive environment…

…would you do it?