Unyaka esisandula ukuwushiya yayingunyaka okhethwe ngabavelisi ngokwenyani yokuba yindlela entsha yokonwabela imidlalo ukongeza kumxholo odlayo. Kuqala kwafika i-Facebook isungula i-Oculus Rift kwaye kamva i-HTC yenze ngemodeli yayo yeVive, Umzekelo osinika umgangatho ophezulu phantse kuzo zonke iinkalo, Kwaye ke yi-100 euros ebiza kakhulu kunomntu okhuphisana naye ubuninzi. Ukuba sishiya ezona zibalulekileyo zibubunyani bokwenyani, sifumana u-Sony kuphela nge-Playstation VR, iiglasi eziyinyani ezihambelana kuphela nePS4 ngokusebenza kancinci.
Okwangoku, zombini i-Oculus Rift kunye ne-HTC Vive zizixhobo ezingafumanekiyo eluntwini, ngexabiso elingaphezulu kwe- $ 700 ngesixhobo esisiseko, ixabiso esimele ukongeza ikhompyuter elinamandla ukuba asifuni Ukuphulukana nokusikeka okanye ukuphoswa ngexesha lokuphuhliswa kwamava okuntywila. Ukusukela oko yasungulwa, khange sibe namanani okuthengisa kuyo nayiphi na inkampani, kodwa kubonakala ngathi intloko ye-Epic Games, uTim Sweeney usisusile kumathandabuzo ukubanga ukuba imodeli ye-HTC ithengisa kakhulu imodeli ye-Facebook Oculus Rift.
Esona sizathu siphambili sikumgangatho ophezulu asinike wona, kodwa inye kuphela, ukusukela Oculus usetyenziso lwevenkile ithintela abasebenzisi abaninzi ukuba bonwabele eminye imidlalo ekhoyo kwamanye amaqonga anje ngeSteam, iqonga elinokufikelelwa kodwa lithathe amanyathelo angaziwa ngumntu wonke, abo iHTC idibene nabo ukwenza iHTC Vive. Olu thintelo lokufikelela kwimidlalo emininzi yenye into eyenzakalisa ukuthengisa iiglasi eziyinyani ze-Facebook, into ekuhambeni kwexesha kuya kufuneka itshintshe ukuba ngaba bafuna ukuba yenye indlela kwi-HTC Vive okanye bafuna ukuhlala kutshintshiselwano lokuqala ngaphandle market okanye njee ngomzuzwana olula.