Virtual Reality

Angela Lang/CNET When you hear about virtual reality, whether or not you've ever used it, you probably think of video games that transport you to a far-off space ship, or to an underwater cavern, or some mythical dungeon. Ready Player One, or Black Mirror. S…

Facebook unveils Horizon, a VR massive multiplayer world coming in 2020, and will shut down existing VR experiences Facebook Spaces and Oculus Rooms on Oct. 25 (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Facebook has pumped billions into virtual reality and it may be a long way from making that investment back, but it is making a little money. Onstage at Oculus Connect, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company had surpassed $100 million in revenue in the O…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote at the VR developer conference Oculus Connect. Angela Lang/CNET Facebook is still betting that virtual reality will be the next big computing platform and part of that plan involves getting developers to cre…

Facebook today announced a virtual reality sandbox game where you can build your own environments and games, socialize with friends, and more. Launching in 2020, Facebook Horizon will allow users to create their own diverse avatars and hop between virtual loc…

The Oculus Quest will have hand tracking to improve interaction with virtual reality.The new feature will roll out to users in the near future.Hand tracking will allow users to interact with games in a new way on the Oculus Quest.

Facebook is creating a new social VR experience called Horizon. Angela Lang/CNET The future of virtual reality for Facebook is more social. On Wednesday, the world's largest social network said that it's launching a test version of an app called Horizon th…

Oculus is going to be further blurring the lines between its standalone virtual reality headset and what it’s built on PC with a new software update in November, Mark Zuckerberg announced onstage at the company’s Oculus Connect 6 conference. Oculus Link will…

Enlarge/ Not pictured here: the USB Type-C cable needed to connect the Quest to a gaming PC to take advantage of today's announced news. 6 with 6 posters participating SAN JOSE, CalifAt Wednesday's Oculus Connect conference, the virtual reality company too…

Tilt Five has picked up where CastAR, the augmented reality startup that shutdown in 2017, left off. And now Tilt Five, run by CastAR cofounder Jeri Ellsworth, is launching a new Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a new set of AR goggles for tabletop board…