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Oculus Go Black Friday deal: Save $50 at Amazon


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TL;DR: The Oculus Go might just be the best standalone VR headset, and it’s on sale for $149 at Amazon — a savings of $50 and a record low price.
VR headsets in 2019 are like the Wii in 2006. Your cool friend has one and you’re always trying to go to their house to play it, but you haven’t gotten around to buying your own yet.
This Black Friday is your chance to stake out your own spot in the VR landscape for cheap. You can grab the Oculus Go, potentially the most important VR creation yet, for $149 at Amazon — its lowest price on Amazon ever and $10 cheaper than its Prime Day price.
People tend to stay away from VR headsets for two reasons: Having to connect to a phone or PC is more of a hassle than it’s worth, and spending $300+ to do so is a steep investment for the average person. And until the release of the Oculus Go in spring 2018, your options were basically that or the Google Cardboard.
The Oculus Go provides an affordable way for anyone to ease into the VR landscape, and it’s so damn easy to use. It took the high-quality graphics and crisp 360-degree movements that you typically needed a gaming laptop for and combined them with a strap-and-go headset that doesn’t require external apps (or hands). People who hate messing with instructions will appreciate the simplicity of setup, and you’ll have the gist figured out within minutes.
The software is killer, too. Over 1,000 VR apps work with the Go and everything looks like you’re playing on a movie theater screen. Both the headset and the controllers are wireless, and your movements are picked up by the sensors to mirror your actions within the game. (Pour one out for the Wii.)
Regularly $199, you can save $50 and get the 32GB Oculus Go at Amazon and Best Buy for $149.
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