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Apple’s route to virtual reality

A series of subtle indicators hint that Apple is indeed taking VR seriously, and is laying the groundwork for a future product in the space.

Meet the duo who left DreamWorks for their own virtual reality startup

It's not just the technology that needs to grow up; it's also the storytelling tools.

Is storytelling the key to VR’s future?

Virtual reality may be the closest to teleportation we will ever have in our lifetime.

Facebook bought a startup to make its 360-degree videos sound better

Facebook wants more VR content. This acquisition might help.

Google's Jump virtual reality platform is adding cameras from Hollywood and China

IMAX and Chinese camera maker Yi Technology join GoPro.

Google will compete with its partners and sell its own Daydream virtual reality headsets

Think Nexus, but for VR.

What's inside Google's new Daydream virtual reality headset

It really is Cardboard 2.0.

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Virtual reality brings new life ... to desktops?

Brands like Dell are developing complete new lines of desktop PCs specifically for VR.

Facebook is using Apple’s playbook for virtual reality. Google is using Google’s.

Here comes Google's big VR splash.

Oculus says one million people used Gear VR's virtual reality headset last month

This number doesn't mean much. Just yet.

Welcome to The Void, a full-body virtual reality simulation

Illusion built on the age-old techniques of magicians.

Live concerts could be just the ticket for virtual reality

NextVR is teaming up with music promoter Live Nation to offer hundreds of concerts in virtual reality. Could this be the non-gaming experience the industry has been waiting for?

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.

The guitarist from heavy metal band KISS is doing a kids' storybook app

Due out this summer, Ernest Hummingbird tells the tale of a bird who just wants to sing.

HTC launches $100 million VR startup accelerator

Vive X will launch in Beijing, Taipei, and San Francisco.

Nobody Is Too Important for Sleep, Arianna Huffington Says

She calls smartphones "kryptonite for sleep." Turn them off, people!

Facebook Shows Us What It Means to Be 'Social' in Virtual Reality (Video)

Gatherings of avatars.

Facebook dreams of its own Google Glass-like future

Could a Facebook Glass be in the 10-year plan?

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

The camera has 17 lenses.

Magic Leap wants to let you drink coffee in an augmented-reality jungle

Turn your cup o' joe into a cinematic reality bonanza.

GoPro unveiled its virtual reality camera for Google a year ago. It's still not here.

Whither the GoPro Odyssey?

Virtual Reality and the Cloud Belong Together

Expect to see several efforts that allow VR/AR capabilities to be delivered in a thin computing-style application delivery model over the next 12 to 18 months.

Oculus Apologizes for Shipping Delays, Will Waive Shipping Fees for All Orders to Date

An "unexpected component shortage" is to blame.

StubHub Will Use Virtual Reality to Let You Preview Your Seat

It's the first of many "experiments," eBay President Devin Wenig said in an interview.

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

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

The Oculus Rift reviews are in: Gamers rejoice, but it won't be cheap

Oculus Rift is for gamers. And even then it may be too pricey.

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.

Virtual Reality Startup Jaunt Builds Sales Team to Become the 'Netflix for VR'

The former CEO of gaming startup Ouya comes aboard.

Steve Wozniak and Palmer Luckey: Virtual Reality, Yes. Augmented Reality, Not Yet.

"Some of us just like to be early adopters and play with what the future could be."