Facebook demos taking selfies in VR
Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer just showed how to take a selfie of yourself and a friend inside a virtual reality 360-degree photo....
This flying saucer is Facebook’s virtual reality 360-degree camera
Facebook has created a 360-degree camera to capture virtual reality imagery from its Oculus Rift headset. The Facebook Surround 360 camera solves a problem that...
Oculus is OK with free-to-play on Rift, but even a VR ad startup doesn’t like that idea
Two high-end virtual reality devices have launched, and now we live in a world where we need to figure out how these headsets fit...
5 free games to try when you get your Oculus Rift
Today, Oculus VR cofounder and chief executive Palmer Luckey made the first delivery of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset....
Facebook’s Oculus adds new social games and video features to Samsung Gear VR
Oculus today announced a slew of new features for the Samsung Gear VR. The Facebook-owned company is unsurprisingly focusing on social, and in this...
How virtual reality feels
We tossed around toys like kids. We played tetherball; I instantly sank back in time to elementary school, the last time I knocked a...
Facebook is opening an Oculus research office in Pittsburgh
Facebook is opening an office focused on research for its Oculus virtual reality platform in Pittsburgh, of all places. An Oculus spokeswoman confirmed that...
Oculus’ pricing ‘misstep’ was a clever marketing ploy
The big mystery behind Oculus’ $599 preorder fiasco was how a savvy company like Oculus, owned by a savvier company called Facebook, could fail...
Palmer Luckey apologizes for Oculus Rift pricing: ‘I handled the messaging poorly’
Today was a historic day for Facebook-owned Oculus VR as the virtual reality company began accepting preorders for its inaugural headset. Within hours, the...
I’m building a PC just so I can use an Oculus Rift
I’ve been a Mac user for more than a decade. But my next computer will run Windows. I want a computer that can power...