Watch dad's DIY virtual-reality bike-racing ride thrill his kid - CNET

Not everybody is ready to shell out $600 for an Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset. If you happen to have a cool dad, you don't really need a Rift anyway. One creative father put together an immersive virtual-reality environment for his daughter and shared a video of the results.

The video originates from the Facebook page of Hong Kong dad Newman Chan, who posted it on Wednesday. It quickly rose to prominence in the videos category on Reddit with the title "Father Of The Year!"

Chan's young daughter sits in a pink tricycle with a push-handle on the back. She wears a full-face BMX-style helmet and has her hands tightly wrapped around the handlebars. She's holding on because dad is lifting and tilting the pink trike to match the movements of some first-person biking footage on the TV screen.