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10 Virtual Reality Games to Watch in 2016

robinsonthejourneySony used its annual PlayStation Experience two-day fan event in San Francisco to unveil new virtual reality games for its upcoming PlayStation VR headset. While some of these games are exclusive to Sony’s 2016 virtual reality platform, others will also play on competing PC platforms like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which runs on Valve’s SteamVR.

Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster forecasts sales of virtual reality headsets will grow from 12.2 million in 2016 to 100.2 million by 2020. That gives game developers a very large audience to tap into. There are over 30 million Sony  SNE -1.18%  PlayStation 4 consoles in the market today, all capable of running the new PlayStation VR. Munster believes approximately 10% of current PCs will be able to run virtual reality platforms like HTC Vive and Facebook  FB -3.24% -owned Oculus Rift out of the box, with another 10% requiring a $300 graphics card upgrade.

With over 50 games in development for PlayStation VR, and dozens in production for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, there will be plenty of new content for gamers. Here’s a list of 10 virtual reality games to look out for in 2016.

See the full story here: http://fortune.com/2015/12/11/virtual-reality-games-2016/

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