Originally Posted by cordoba

I was going to buy this if it was under $1,500, but not at that price, especially as it costs over 1700 Euros in Europe. Plus the fact that it ony has 1 or 2 hours battery life. That means you can't even watch a movie on it in one sitting. I thought the benefit of having a lighter and more comfortable headset would be so you could have longer sessions in virtual reality.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63200153

One benefit of these mixed reality VR headsets will be that you could do some adult work in cafes or on the plane, and nobody would be the wiser. I imagine anybody wearing these in public would get a few stares though, at least until they become mainstream.