What Began as April Fool’s Day Joke is Now $49 VR Headset
Pockulus is based on another Next Thing invention, PocketChip, which combines the Linux-based CHIP computer with a 4.3-inch screen and QWERTY keyboard. CHIP also has a Web browser, word processor, built-in Wi-Fi, storage, a battery and programs to make music and games.
Currently, people are using Pockulus to play “homebrew 3D games, as well as some 3D games that Nintendo made in the mid-1990s for its Virtual Boy system.” In fact, although Virtual Boy was Nintendo’s least successful system, a group of enthusiasts have continued to code games for the system — and all of them are compatible with Pockulus.
“Armed with the knowledge that Pockulus does in fact work, we’re really excited to see what the people do with it.”
Among the “crazy things” that hackers have done with it are to make a $10 version of the Amazon Echo or an old Teddy Ruxpin doll that says nutty things.
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