The Totem headset from Montreal-based Vrvana, Inc. has launched its Kickstarter this week with a very promising debut — more than $100,000 raised in the first 24 hours.
The project is now more than a third of the way to its $350,000 goal with 26 days still left in the campaign.
The main difference between the Totem and the Oculus Rift is that the Totem has a forward-facing camera right on the device to allow fr positional tracking and to allow users to switch to the camera view so that they see their keyboards without having to take off the headset.
It is also designed to work with more than just PCs, promising support for the PlayStation and the Xbox 360.
Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.
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