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Epic Games’ alliance with Oculus VR means virtual reality gaming will be coming to you

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Virtual reality is getting a second wind in the game business, where its failures of the past have made everyone skeptical. But Oculus VR, the maker of the Oculus Rift (pictured at last week’s Nvidia GPU Technology conference) virtual reality headset, is hoping it can convince everyone that VR is back and that the experience will be an awesome one.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.