Oculus Rift

Fly like an Eagle with Oculus Rift and This Funky Contraption

By Matt Peckham

Oculus Calls ZeniMax's Allegations of Theft False, Disappointing and Not Surprising

By Matt Peckham

Doom Creator Accused of Stealing Virtual Reality Tech, Taking It to Oculus

By Matt Peckham

Now You Can Explore the Star Trek: Voyager Deck With the Oculus Rift

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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

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

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

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

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

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

When Crowdfunding Goes Corporate: Kickstarter Backers Vent Over Facebook’s Oculus Buy

When Carlos Schulte contributed $300 on Kickstarter to an ambitious project called the Oculus Rift, he never expected this day to come. It’s doubtful anyone did—Oculus VR, the company behind the virtual reality headset, was...

By Victor Luckerson

7 Promises Oculus Made After Getting Bought by Facebook

If you're wondering how the Reddit community is responding to the Facebook-Oculus news, "with skepticism" would be an understatement.

By Jared Newman

The Anti-Hype Guide to the Facebook-Oculus VR Deal

Six quotes deconstructed and stripped of Facebook and Oculus VR's spin.

By Matt Peckham

What Wouldn't Facebook Buy?

The world's biggest social network is no longer satisfied with just being a social network.

By Harry McCracken

Facebook Makes Surprise $2B Virtual-Reality Deal

Facebook is set to purchase Oculus VR, the virtual-reality-headset company best known for its Oculus Rift gaming device, in a $2 billion deal announced Tuesday that is expected to close in the second quarter of this year

By Victor Luckerson

Sony's Project Morpheus Virtual Reality Headset: 10 Things to Know

Let’s get the most important point out of the way: I am, as of this morning, officially an Oculus Rift v2.0 owner. Or I suppose you’d have to say pre-owner: though I’ve put money down,...

By Matt Peckham

Oculus and Leap Motion Combine for Virtual Reality Shark Punching

You’ve probably seen some neat uses for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, like the Seinfeld apartment or 3D Zelda. But I’m not sure any of them can match putting up your dukes and punching...

By Jared Newman

Virtual Reality at Its Finest: Walk Around Jerry Seinfeld's Apartment

If ever you were looking for a sign that virtual reality has hit the big time, this is it.

By Doug Aamoth
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