The fifth Oculus Connect conference is going on now, and it gave viewers their first look at the next iteration of Facebook's VR headset: the Oculus Quest. The device launches next spring and will ...

One of the most difficult aspects of VR is how hard it is to actually convey the experience of using the device. It's not the first time we've had this problem -- both 3-D and multi-monitor ...

The social networking giant's $2 billion bet on the virtual reality pioneer is bringing into focus the real costs of becoming a mass market consumer electronics maker. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former ...

VR headsets haven't taken off with the boom that many game developers and publishers expected. In fact, VR headsets have proven to be more popular with companies than consumers; for instance, Walmart ...

The Oculus Rift has been in the prototype phase for three years, but its final form was unveiled today alongside a new prototype controller made specifically for virtual reality. The consumer version ...

An Oculus update posted today quietly removes a feature that blocked Oculus software from being played on other headsets — something that the community has been up in arms about for a month. The ...

It seems like we’ve been waiting for a consumer version of the Oculus Rift for an absolute eternity now, but new tidbits this week provided a tantalizing glimpse at what we can expect from the VR ...

The launch date for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset draws closer, although details on exactly when that may be remain guarded. The hardware team is looking at display ...

In a new update to the Oculus Rift PC runtime, the company has removed a controversial DRM provision which checked to ensure that users running Rift games were actually using a Rift headset. In a ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

With all of the VR attention firmly sitting with HTC and the Vive right now, with headlines like HTC and Valve have made a "very, very big technological breakthrough" with the Vive - Oculus has been ...

For a while, it looked as if Oculus wouldn’t stand in the way of users hacking Oculus games to run on other hardware. A recent Oculus software update, however, may have put the kibosh on that.