Intel's Project Alloy is a "merged reality" headset.
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Up close with Intel’s Project Alloy open hardware AR/VR headset

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel showed off what it believes will be the next generation of virtual reality headsets. Its Project Alloy is intended to be an open platform for “merged reality,” which combines features of both virtual reality and augmented reality.

Intel unveiled the new platform Tuesday, and I was able to get an up-close view of it. I also interviewed Tim Parker, vice president and general manager of marketing for the perceptual computing platform at Intel.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.