The long-awaited virtual reality headset opens pre-orders today for $599, £499 or AU$649 and will ship this March. When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega ...

The idea behind using VR for healthcare is to completely immerse patients in a computer-generated world where they can undergo therapy and training in a safe, artificial environment controlled by a ...

Reviews are in for the much-anticipated virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift, as it ships out to consumers this week. Reviews are in for the much-anticipated virtual reality headset, the Oculus ...

After four years of hype, high-end virtual reality is coming to consumers' living rooms next week with the release of the consumer edition of the Oculus Rift. The debut will be followed by the ...

Following the announcement in September that Facebook will discontinue the Rift product line in 2021, it appears the company is gearing up for a final sendoff by offering its latest PC VR headset, ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. Facebook ...

Already in the wild for over a month now, Rift Core 2.0 Beta has seen its first substantial update since launch. The January update addresses performance and general ease-of-use of Home and Dash, but ...

Facebook is ending its iconic Oculus Rift line of virtual reality headsets, the company announced on Wednesday. The company said it would stop making wired VR headsets — like the Rift — in favor of ...

VR gaming wouldn't be where it's at now without the designer of the Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey. Luckey left Meta (then Facebook) in 2017, three years after Oculus VR's buyout. While he works in ...

One limitation of the Oculus Rift virtual reality platform was the lack of room-scale tracking, but that has changed with release 1.15 of the Oculus App. The new version introduces full room-scale ...

It isn't easy being in high demand. Just ask the people behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles. The head-mounted gaming glasses — which immerse players into their digital gaming environments ...

The Oculus Rift now works with Steam. Valve, the company that owns and operates the world’s most popular digital-distribution portal for PC games, has updated its SteamVR software to work with Oculus ...