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XR Gaming is Shaping the Military, Could Consumers Also Benefit?

It is a long-held fact that many modern technologies that we take for granted today started life in the military. From microwave ovens to the internet, the military complex spends a vast amount of money developing next-generation tech, only for us, everyday folk, to use it to heat soup. Even with all those lucrative governmental contracts filling corporations’ pockets, sometimes, civilian companies make breakthroughs that have military capabilities. Now two XR gaming veterans could reshape the future of warfare.

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Palmer Luckey “blown away” by Sony’s PlayStation VR 2  

Of the many virtual reality (VR) veterans out there, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey’s opinion carries substantial weight. Even if he’s no longer directly involved in VR, when he says something is good people tend to listen. With CES taking place earlier this month plenty of attendees got to sample Sony’s PlayStation VR 2. Having also tried the upcoming headset, Luckey gave it his seal of approval.  

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