VR

It was apparent pretty quickly after I started messing around with it: Oculus Quest is the best virtual reality platform out there and it isn't even close. But I still wonder how far it can really go. In video games, graphics tend to get the most fanfare. If…

To be clear, Gymnasia isn't the first stop-motion piece in VR. Felix & Paul Studios had previously worked on other VR projects with stop-motion elements, like last year's Isle of Dogs: Behind the Scenes. But Gymnasia's creators Chris Lavis and Maciek Szcz…

A quieter period for iPhone sales.Apple's services are making more money than ever Apple raked in over $31 billion thanks to iPhone sales, compared to $37.6 billion this time in 2018. As you might expect, that had a pretty significant effect on Apple's overa…

The Oculus Rift S (left) and Oculus Quest (right) are both arriving this spring, and both cost $399. John Kim/CNET Facebook has two new VR headsets coming May 21: one is the Oculus Rift S, a new version of the PC-connected Oculus Rift that adds self-contain…

The Oculus Quest (left) and Oculus Rift S (right) are both arriving in May, and both cost $399. John Kim/CNET Oculus ignited people's interest in virtual reality when it announced a Kickstarter for the Rift headset in 2012, promising high quality VR for $30…

Facebook has bet a lot on its VR dream. The industry has become the butt of a few jokes in the past couple years as hype has deflated, but there’s been no question that the tech is interesting, the question has been whether it’s sustainably cool. Oculus made …

Facebook’s new VR headsets, the Oculus Rift S and Quest, are both now live for pre-orders today at $399 and will ship May 21. Oculus released the original Rift just over three years ago. Fast forward to the present and the Facebook VR product line has gotten…

Facebook’s yearly developer conference kicks off today. The keynote starts at 1PM / 10AM with opening remarks from Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg. As in past years, the event will last several hours and feature updates from various Facebook departments. Th…

A YouTuber decided to experience another world and to do this, he loaded up Minecraft in VR on his PC and spent 24 hours inside the game. He then shared the results of his experiment in a recently released short documentary, revealing what happens to the brai…

If Magic Leap fails, the skeptics will at least have to admire the AR startup’s keen ability to raise vast amounts of capital. The company announced today that it has locked down another $280 million in a deal with Japan’s largest mobile operator, Docomo. Th…