Will 2016 be the year virtual reality gaming takes off?

The first wave of VR headsets flopped, but soon the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR will go on sale - and they're going to be much, much better

Virtual reality is coming. 2016 will see the release of the first serious consumer VR headsets for 20 years.

In the first quarter of the year, VR pioneers Oculus (a subsidiary of Facebook, since a $2bn (1.3bn) buyout in March 2014) will launch the consumer version of their Rift headset to the world. In April, Taiwan's HTC will launch the Vive, another PC peripheral developed in conjunction with gaming firm Valve. And at some point in the year - likely to be the first half - Sony will launch its PlayStation VR, an add-on for the Playstation 4, which will bring VR into the living room.