Virtual reality on the rise as HTC Vive nets 15,000 pre-orders
The Vive was sold at a rate of 25 per second despite its hefty cost

HTC has sold 15,000 of its Vive virtual reality (VR) headsets in just 10 minutes when the devices went available for pre-order yesterday. Selling through the popular Steam games website and its own...
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