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Oculus Rift, the massively Kickstarted virtual reality headset and PopMech Breakthrough Award Winner, is going mobile with Android compatibility. Chief executive officer Brendan Iribe announced the integration yesterday during the GamesBeat 2013 conference in Redwood, Calif. 

The mobile Rift headset will be much lighter than its PC-tethered counterpart, and the team announced that it hopes to launch both sets next year. The company's blog also says that Oculus Android development kits are already running. Games will most likely be created around or modified for the device, and Oculus demos like the VR Cinema 3D will allow users to watch movies unrestricted by cables. 

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