DIY VR: How to build your own headset, and why you probably won't want to

A primer on the joys and pains of building your own head-mounted display.

The short version

• Virtual reality is in a bit of a weird place right now.
• After a lot of unfulfilled promise in the 1990s, it came back strong with the 2016 release of the Oculus Rift .
• For a while, it looked like VR, AR, XR, the metaverse, or whatever you wanted to call it, was going to be huge.

What happened

Mark Zuckerberg was certainly convinced , and even Apple got in on the hype with its Vision Pro . But by then momentum for alternate realities of every acronym was already in steady decline, and it only dwindled from there.

Why it matters

The rate of development of new headsets has slowed, with many companies (including Apple) scaling back or shelving their efforts.

Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.