Sony reveals new Silver Wired Headset.  

Sony has revealed a new official PlayStation headset, the Silver Wired Headset for PS4, PS3.

Due out 'this fall' (autumn) for $69.99, the unit will differ from the current range of PlayStation headphones with its wired connection and extended microphone input. 

Like other models, the Silver Wired Headset will use Sony's official 'virtual surround' software to create a claimed 7.1 surround sound effect, and is compatible with the free Headset Companion app (downloaded via the PS Store) which lets you load it with game-specific custom sound profiles.

It will also have a universal 3.5mm jack for use with the Vita and other generic audio devices.

Samsung Prices Gear VR Headset: $200 (Plus Smartphone)

Virtual reality—once that thing that you might be able to check out on a huge, bulky headset at the local arcade—is slowly transitioning to the living room, thanks to a number of headsets in the works by everyone from Oculus VR to Sony.

We've already teased what Samsung's been up to lately: partnering up with Oculus, the very makers of the Oculus Rift headset, to release its own virtual reality headset. The headset itself is built around the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone. Which is to say, it requires it—the smartphone snaps into the Samsung Gear VR and two built-in lenses focus one's vision onto the Galaxy Note 4's screen.

It's an ingenious concept for a kind-of "homemade" virtual reality setup—one that doesn't require a connection to a desktop or laptop computer to work, that is. And until today, we had no idea how much the Samsung Gear VR was going to cost, nor whether it would be sold in the U.S. (or when).