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Oculus reassures Senator Al Franken that its data collection practices are not at all creepy

The VR company knows how far apart your eyes are, but only to deliver images in sharp focus.

Oculus will sell its virtual reality headset in Best Buy stores beginning this week

It's the first time the Rift has been available for in-store purchase.

Facebook built a 360-degree video camera, and it's giving away the plans

The camera has 17 lenses.

Oculus Security Is Super Tight. Just Ask Mark Zuckerberg. (Video)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg knows everything about Facebook. Or does he?

Watch an Oculus co-founder hand-deliver the first Rift VR headset to a dude in Alaska

"You have to make sure you have fun with it or something." No pressure!

The First Batch of Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headsets Finally Shipped

Oculus on Thursday did something it's never done before: It shipped a consumer product.

Two Years Later: Facebook's Oculus Acquisition Has Changed Virtual Reality Forever

Mark Zuckerberg's $2 billion bet on VR changed an industry.

The Emerging Virtual-Reality Product Parade

It’s too early to call winners and losers for this market -- most of these products aren’t even in consumers’ hands yet.

We're Excited About the Wrong Things When It Comes to Virtual Reality

Games are great, but our workspaces will never be the same.

Google Cardboard May Be Most People's Introduction to Virtual Reality

The Coachella music festival is just the latest in a string of marketing promotions putting the entry-level VR device into the hands of the masses.

The Augmented-Reality Enterprise Opportunity

It is clear, in the long-term view, that there are potentially very few businesses that won’t be impacted by AR technology.

The Price for the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset: $599

Virtual reality isn't cheap.

You Can Preorder the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Starting January 6

We still don't know how much the Rift will cost.

The First Major Virtual Reality Headset Is Here. Should Non-Geeks Buy It?

The Samsung Gear VR is in stores Friday for $99 -- but the actual price is a bit more.

Facebook Poaches Microsoft Engineers to Build Virtual Reality Tools for Facebook

Facebook is pushing deep into virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

Oculus Co-Founder: 'Expensive' Virtual Reality Is Still Happening, and That's a Good Thing

"If we are successful, nobody will question how cool VR is. It will all be a matter of cost."

Making Stuff in Virtual Reality Might Be a Killer App for Creatives

"We have to think of things from the ground up in virtual reality."

Virtual Reality Is 'The Last Medium,' Says Filmmaker and Vrse CEO Chris Milk (Q&A)

"Ultimately, what we're talking about is a medium that disappears, because there is no rectangle on the wall, and there is no page you're holding in your hand. It feels like real life."

No More Waiting: It's Time for Consumer Virtual Reality

It's put up or shut up time, as the first consumer VR devices start to roll out.

Yee-Haw? VR Is the 'Wild West' and Taming It Will Be Tough.

The good, the bad and the nausea-inducing.

Updated: Insomniac Games Says It's Not Using Oculus Touch Controllers, After All

VR isn't just for sci-fi geeks, Insomniac says -- and handheld controllers for VR are a game-changer.

If VR Is Going to Become a Business, We Might Need to Rethink the Living Room

No, seriously.

Oculus Signs Deal to Build Out Its VR Movie Library

Oculus might have put a heavy focus on games for the consumer Rift headset, but it’s also trying to shore up other parts of its catalog before the launch. The company has signed a deal with Felix & Paul Studios — one of the most prominent names in...

Hollywood VR Darling Kite & Lightning Is Moving to Paris

"VR is a contact religion" -- but VR's next sermon will take nine months to write.

You Can Still Get Your Oculus VR Porn, Just Not From Facebook

Oculus may have an official app hub for the Rift, but that won't be users' only option.

Virtual Reality Is Still Not Ready for Prime Time

The true believers say virtual reality will change computing forever. But there's still reason to be wary of the hype.

Code Conference 2015: Oculus Co-Founder and CEO Brendan Iribe

Facebook turned a lot of heads last year when it bought the Kickstarter-funded virtual reality company Oculus for $2 billion. Oculus’ co-founder and CEO, Brendan Iribe, explained what consumer-focused VR looks like and what it means for gaming and...

Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe: The Full Code Conference Interview (Video)

The virtual reality pioneer's CEO preaches potential, advises patience.

Oculus Rift Inventor Palmer Luckey: Virtual Reality Will Make Distance Irrelevant (Q&A)

"Virtual reality has never always been about gaming," Luckey says. It's about the "metaverse," which Facebook can build.

I Was Eaten by a Dinosaur, Twice: Hands-On With the Latest VR Games at E3

Hands-on (eyes-on? head-on?) with some of the software coming soon to a VR device near you.

Welcome to the (First) Year of Virtual Reality

Happy new year. Should VR's old failures be forgot, and never brought to mind?

The Oculus Rift Is All About Games (For Now)

"We're letting the ecosystem right now take care of all the non-gaming [content]."