Editing Sega VR (section)

==Development==
Sega of America, flush with funds from the success of its [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]], announced the peripheral in 1991.<ref name="Horowitz">{{cite web|last=Horowitz|first=Ken|title=Sega VR: Great Idea or Wishful Thinking?|url=http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=5&title=Sega%20VR:%20Great%20Idea%20or%20Wishful%20Thinking?|publisher=Sega-16|date=December 28, 2004|access-date=August 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114191355/http://sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=5&title=Sega%20VR%3A%20Great%20Idea%20or%20Wishful%20Thinking%3F|archive-date=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later seen in [[1993 in video gaming|1993]] at the [[Consumer Electronics Show]] (CES) in Chicago, where it was demonstrated by [[Alan Hunter (VJ)|Alan Hunter]] and appeared close to a finished product.<ref>{{Citation |title=Sega V.R. U.S. Debut @ 1993 Summer CES in Chicago |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwY-EaUQ_Yc |access-date=2023-11-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SegaVR |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd98RGxad0U |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/yd98RGxad0U |archive-date=2021-12-11 |access-date=December 30, 2013 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The event stated that the headset was planned to use the Genesis hardware and would be released in late 1993 at {{US$|200|1993|round=-1}} with four confirmed [[launch game]]s and the possibility of a port of [[arcade game]] ''[[Virtua Racing]]''.<ref name="egm_wces93">''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'', [https://retrocdn.net/images/9/96/EGM_US_Supplement_037_1993VideoGamePreviewGuide.pdf Video Game Preview Guide], 1993</ref> Sega later announced release was slated for early 1994, according to ''[[Electronic Games]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/Electronic-Games-1994-01/Electronic+Games+1994-01#page/n33/mode/2up|title=Electronic Games 1994 01|website=archive.org}}</ref>

The Sega VR headset was never released to the general public and it vanished from release schedules in 1994. There are conflicting reports as to why the product was cancelled. Sega officially claimed to have terminated the project because the virtual reality effect was "too realistic", so users might move while wearing the headset and injure themselves.<ref name="Horowitz" /> However, [[Tom Kalinske]], then president and CEO of Sega of America, stated that the system would not be released due to reports of it inducing motion sickness and severe headaches in users.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vinciguerra|first1=Robert|title=Tom Kalinske Talks About His Time Overseeing Sega As Its CEO in the 90s; Reveals That Sega Passed on Virtual Boy Technology, Considered Releasing 3DO|url=http://revrob.com/sci-tech/264-tom-kalinske-talks-about-his-time-overseeing-sega-as-its-ceo-in-the-90s-reveals-that-sega-passed-on-virtual-boy-technology-considered-releasing-3do|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024256/http://revrob.com/sci-tech/264-tom-kalinske-talks-about-his-time-overseeing-sega-as-its-ceo-in-the-90s-reveals-that-sega-passed-on-virtual-boy-technology-considered-releasing-3do|archive-date=September 24, 2015|access-date=September 21, 2015|website=The Rev. Rob Times}}</ref><ref name="Horowitz" /> [[Mark Pesce]], who worked on the Sega VR project, says a [[SRI International]] conducted research on the product and warned Sega of the "hazards of prolonged use".<ref>{{cite web |last=Robson |first=Wayde |title=WARNING: 3D Video Hazardous to Your Health |url=http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/warning-3d-video-hazardous-to-your-health/ |access-date=July 14, 2010 |publisher=Audioholics}}</ref>