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Looks like the market for third-party heatsinks is about to explode. Almost all of the megacorps will have all-in-one (or as close to all-in-one) headsets out by the end of the year.

https://vr.google.com/daydream/standalonevr/
https://www.vive.com/us/product/standalone/

In their Creators Update released last month, Microsoft gave everyone a demo of their "Mixed Reality" portal, the shell for what they're calling 'Windows Holographic." soykaf looks like fallingwater; they have even more OEM partners releasing their own headsets as soon as August.

http://www.roadtovr.com/an-in-depth-look-at-microsofts-hololens-and-mixed-reality-ecosystem/
http://www.roadtovr.com/acer-vr-headset-microsoft-mixed-reality-hands-on/
http://www.roadtovr.com/microsoft-reveals-motion-controllers-mixed-reality-headsets-coming-holiday/

Vive is trudging along, and we probably won't hear much from Oculus until Connect in September. But have any of you lainons been getting into VR? What are your thoughts on it, preliminary and otherwise?