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Oculus Rift
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Review: Oculus' New Controllers Fix the Rift's Biggest Shortcoming
By Matt Peckham
Which Virtual Reality Headset Should You Buy?
By Lisa Eadicicco
Oculus' Virtual Reality Touch Controls Finally Have a Release Date
By Matt Peckham
It's About to Get Easier to Buy an Oculus Rift
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The Biggest Differences Between the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Samsung Gear VR
Which VR headset is right for you?
By Lisa Eadicicco
April 5, 2016
Watching Movies in Virtual Reality: Wow! Followed By a Why?
The technology is promising, but do viewers really need it?
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 28, 2016
This Virtual Reality Fan Got a Very Special Delivery
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey traveled to Alaska to deliver the first Rift pre-order
By Lisa Eadicicco
March 28, 2016
5 Amazing Experiences I Had in the Oculus Rift
Games that launch you into space and give you telekinetic powers
By Lisa Eadicicco
March 28, 2016
The Oculus Rift Revolution Is Expensive, Complicated, Wonderful
The $600 virtual reality headset is out March 28
By Lisa Eadicicco
March 28, 2016
7 Hilarious Reactions to Trying Virtual Reality for the First Time
We put first-timers in the new Oculus Rift and their reactions are priceless
By Josh Raab
March 28, 2016
Everything You Need to Know About the Oculus Rift
Answers to: Where can you buy one? What can it do? Will it make you sick? and much more
By Matt Peckham
March 28, 2016
These Are the 5 Best Oculus Rift Launch Games
Oculus Rift comes out March 28—along with 30 launch day titles
By Matt Peckham
March 28, 2016
Here Are All the Oculus Launch Games in One Place
The Rift virtual reality headset is out soon
By Alex Fitzpatrick
March 16, 2016
This Virtual Reality Game Made Me Lose My Mind and My Lunch
Well, almost. It’s a gorgeous, dizzying game called Eagle Flight
By Matt Peckham
March 16, 2016
10 Incredible Experiences I Had Playing the Final Oculus Rift
The long-awaited virtual reality headset arrives Mar. 28
By Matt Peckham
March 16, 2016
Microsoft Shows Off Virtual Reality
Minecraft
Microsoft is bringing the uber-popular block builder to Oculus Rift
By Matt Peckham
March 1, 2016
Video Game Designers Say Virtual Reality Is Here to Stay
Though adoption rates or ramp up times remain anyone's guess
By Matt Peckham
January 20, 2016
Here's What Computer You'll Need to Use Virtual Reality
A quick breakdown of everything we know so far
By Matt Peckham
January 6, 2016
Here's How Much the Oculus Rift Will Cost and When You'll Get It
The website is apparently getting slammed with traffic
By Lisa Eadicicco
January 6, 2016
This Virtual Reality Game Could Help Treat Lazy Eye
Vivid Vision founder James Blaha hopes his virtual reality games will create new solutions for vision therapy
By TIME Video and Diane Tsai
January 5, 2016
The Oculus Rift Will be Available for Preorder Starting This Week
It will come with two games.
By Lisa Eadicicco
January 4, 2016
These Guys Created a Real-Life Holodeck. Here's What It's Like to Use
The Void has plans to become the IMAX of virtual reality
By John Gaudiosi
November 2, 2015
11 Things We Learned By Trying Every Virtual Reality Headset Out There
It's going to be a wild ride—and it starts this Christmas
August 6, 2015
Why Virtual Reality Is About to Change the World
It promises to revolutionize the way we live, play and learn
August 6, 2015
How the Oculus Rift Could Help Xbox Crush PlayStation
It's all about Windows 10
By Matt Peckham
June 11, 2015
Here's When You Can Buy Oculus's Long-Awaited Virtual Reality Headset
Oculus is also working on its own controllers
By Dan Kedmey
June 11, 2015
The Best Virtual Reality Headset Goes on Sale Early Next Year
Oculus Rift has put a release date on the commercial version of its device
By Victor Luckerson
May 6, 2015
See How Virtual Reality Could Be the Future of Photojournalism
The Enemy
, a virtual reality experience, puts you in the middle of a face-to-face encounter between combatants of opposing sides
By Laurence Butet-Roch
April 17, 2015
Terrifying Simulation Shows You What It’s Like to Be Buried Alive
Sounds fun!
By Jack Linshi
March 11, 2015
Solving Virtual Reality's Most Vexing Problem
This is shaping up to be the most important year in the tumultuous, not-quite-there-yet history of virtual reality. A number of companies, from Facebook and Samsung to Google and Microsoft, are making significant pushes into...
By Matt Vella
March 2, 2015
Here's the $200 Competitor Oculus Should Worry About
You can even build one yourself if you're so inclined
By Matt Peckham
January 6, 2015
You'll Be Able to Buy Oculus Rift in 'Months, Not Years,' CEO Says
Coming soon to a forehead near you
By Laura Stampler
November 4, 2014
Here's What It's Like Inside the First Virtual Reality Documentary
Is virtual reality the future of documentary work? Danfung Dennis seems to think so as he unveils his first immersive film designed for Oculus Rift
By Josh Raab
October 28, 2014
Oculix, Netflix’s Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Demo, Looks Pretty Boring
Virtual reality interfaces should be more than clumsy-looking design transplants.
By Matt Peckham
August 22, 2014
Google Just Released Its Most Low-Tech Product Ever
Google ended its annual I/O developer conference keynote with the peculiar announcement that it would be giving all attendees a piece of cardboard. It’s in support of a new virtual reality app for Android phones,...
By Victor Luckerson
June 25, 2014
Oculus VR Company Sued By Game Maker Over Copyright Claims
Game publisher goes to court for its chunk of change after Oculus gets bought by Facebook.
By Jared Newman
May 21, 2014
Chuck E. Cheese Tests Oculus Rift VR Game
Virtual reality headset Oculus Rift will get a six-week trial fun in three markets for the birthday party haven known for its motto 'where a kid can be a kid'
By Laura Stampler
May 20, 2014
Fly like an Eagle with Oculus Rift and This Funky Contraption
'Birdy' bills itself as an attempt to fly using virtual reality and a weird-looking table
By Matt Peckham
May 8, 2014
Oculus Calls ZeniMax's Allegations of Theft False, Disappointing and Not Surprising
Oculus VR just sent across an email outlining in seven points what it views as ZeniMax's specious claims about Doom-creator John Carmack and Oculus' virtual reality technology.
By Matt Peckham
May 5, 2014
Doom Creator Accused of Stealing Virtual Reality Tech, Taking It to Oculus
ZeniMax claims id Software co-founder John Carmack pilfered virtual reality tech when he quit to join Oculus VR last year, though both Carmack and Oculus are flatly denying the charges.
By Matt Peckham
May 1, 2014
Now You Can Explore the Star Trek: Voyager Deck With the Oculus Rift
The virtual reality headset Oculus Rift already allows users to enter far-flung lands such as Tuscany, Game of Thrones’ Westeros and Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment. Now Oculus owners can beam up to the famous spaceship from...
By Victor Luckerson
April 21, 2014
Jaunt Wants to Help Hollywood Make Virtual-Reality Movies
Last week, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg made a $2 billion dollar bet that virtual reality is going to be a big deal, by acquiring the maker of the Oculus Rift VR headset. In explaining the deal,...
By Harry McCracken
April 4, 2014
Xbox Co-Founder Is Skeptical About Virtual Reality. Me Too.
Virtual reality's as inevitable today as it was two decades ago, but getting the timeframe right for wide-scale adoption is still a guessing game.
By Matt Peckham
April 2, 2014
Like It or Not, Virtual Reality Is Big Business Now
Because of Facebook and Oculus, top talent and huge investments are now table stakes.
By Jared Newman
March 28, 2014
Raph Koster on Facebook-Oculus: You're Just Another Avatar in Someone Else's MMO
The Facebook-Oculus deal, for all the good it might do, requires that we all start paying much closer attention to ownership and control of virtual spaces.
By Matt Peckham
March 27, 2014
With Oculus, Facebook Can Reinvent Itself -- and Its Reputation
If there's ever been an opportunity for Facebook to earn some trust back, this is it.
By Jared Newman
March 27, 2014
Inside Facebook's $2 Billion Virtual Reality Machine
How a 19-year-old hacker behind Oculus Rift set out to invent a gaming headset but ended up reviving a dead technology and building a global communications platform, worth $2 billion to Facebook in a surprise deal announced this week
By Lev Grossman
March 26, 2014
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