There are six main headsets for you to incorporate VR into your events.

Google Cardboard is very much the cornerstone of mobile VR. It's cheap and easy to access which is vitally important. Cardboard doesn't compare to larger systems, but in some cases, we can see how there would be a crossover.

If you're a VR fan, or just VR curious, then Cardboard is a great place to start. In some cases you won't be blown away. In some cases you'll find it irritating that developers haven't embraced better navigation frameworks or offered higher quality video. But in other cases you'll be grabbed, immersed, entertained and educated.

Oculus Go marks a new era for VR, one in which anyone can simply slip on a headset and dive into virtual realms. Though not perfect, it offers a comfortable fit, solid build, excellent visuals and the promise of more great content to come.

The Oculus Touch controllers add impressive finger and hand movement, plus physical buttons for traditional games for the Oculus Rift. The Rift headset is well-designed and compact. A strong collection of software offers many apps to explore.

However, the motion tracking lacks the HTC Vive's full-room scale. It takes a while to adjust to the controls. The Bottom Line is that the Oculus Rift now offers a great combination of controls and apps for next-level VR and some room tracking, but it offers a less expansive experience than the Vive.

The Sony PlayStation VR will let you grab things in VR without requiring a pricy gaming PC as intermediary. Instead, it works with the PlayStation 4 console that you might already own. Just know you’ll need to add controllers, and you shouldn’t expect the graphics to be quite as good as those of the Oculus or Vive.

The Gear VR can provide a head-turning experience, to take in will be to the side, front, and behind. You and your event goers will be impressed with the wonder of what you can experience.

The Gear VR isn't like the wires an' all plugged-in experience of Oculus Rift or others, it's somewhat more liberating thanks to the smartphone integration. But it's also less powerful, so not all the experiences a full headset can offer are available.

The HTC Vive is arguably the most popular of the computer powered headsets. The Vive looks like a device that came straight from the future and paired with hand and feet trackers, you might think you are in the future when you use it. The Vive's graphics have been leading the industry for some time now and can truly transport its user into another world.

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