Editing Atari Jaguar (section)

===Jaguar VR===
A [[virtual reality]] headset compatible with the console, tentatively titled the Jaguar VR, was unveiled by Atari at the 1995 Winter [[Consumer Electronics Show]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Iida|first1=Keita|last2=Goldberg|first2=Marty|title=Atari Jaguar VR Headset|url=http://www.atarihq.com/museum/jaglynx/jagvr.html|website=AGH Museum|publisher=Atari Gaming Headquarters|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418190341/http://www.atarihq.com/museum/jaglynx/jagvr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The development of the peripheral was a response to [[Nintendo]]'s virtual reality console, the [[Virtual Boy]], which had been announced the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetvb.com/modules/advertising/?r17|title=Nintendo introduces video game players to three-dimensional worlds with new virtual reality video game system|publisher=[[Business Wire]] / Planet Virtual Boy|date=November 14, 1994|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628124825/https://www.planetvb.com/modules/advertising/?r17|url-status=live}}</ref> The headset was developed in cooperation with [[Virtuality (gaming)|Virtuality]], which had previously created many virtual reality [[arcade game|arcade systems]], and was already developing a similar headset for practical purposes, named [[Virtuality (gaming)#Project Elysium|Project Elysium]], for [[IBM]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dye|first1=Lee|title=The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Virtual Reality Applications Expand : Imaging: Technology is finding important places in medicine, engineering and many other realms.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-22-fi-34851-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 22, 1995|access-date=June 10, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925105508/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-02-22/business/fi-34851_1_virtual-reality |archive-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref> The peripheral was targeted for a commercial release before Christmas 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Quartermann|title=Gaming Gossip|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=70|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=May 1995|pages=54}}</ref> However, the deal with Virtuality was abandoned in October 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1995: The Calm Before the Storm?|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=13 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=January 1996|page=56}}</ref><ref name="vr">{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Clint|title=Jaguar VR|url=http://jagcube.atari.org/jaguarvr.html|website=JagCube|publisher=Atari.org|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-date=April 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409174210/http://jagcube.atari.org/jaguarvr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After Atari's merger with [[JT Storage|JTS]] in 1996, all prototypes of the headset were allegedly destroyed. However, two working units, one low-resolution prototype with red and grey-colored graphics and one high-resolution prototype with blue and grey-colored graphics, have since been recovered, and are regularly showcased at [[retrogaming]]-themed conventions and festivals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Incredibly Rare Working Prototype 'Atari Jaguar Virtual Reality Headset' Hardware Surfaces On eBay|url=http://www.retrocollect.com/News/incredibly-rare-working-prototype-atari-jaguar-virtual-reality-headset-hardware-surfaces-on-ebay.html|website=RetroCollect|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200514/http://www.retrocollect.com/News/incredibly-rare-working-prototype-atari-jaguar-virtual-reality-headset-hardware-surfaces-on-ebay.html|archive-date=March 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Plafke|first1=James|title=Atari Jaguar had a VR headset?! One of the two left intact is up for auction|url=http://www.geek.com/games/the-atari-jaguar-had-a-vr-headset-auction-1536947/|website=[[Geek.com]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis|Ziff Davis Media]]|date=January 23, 2013|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726140540/https://www.geek.com/games/the-atari-jaguar-had-a-vr-headset-auction-1536947/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Only one game was developed for the Jaguar VR prototype: a 3D-rendered version of the 1980 arcade game ''[[Missile Command]]'', titled ''[[Missile Command 3D]]'', and a demo of Virtuality's ''[[Zone Hunter]]'' was created.<ref name="vr"/>