As VR headsets start appearing on store shelves, the very real differences between them will start to matter — a lot. Let our guide help you get started with VR.

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The wait is finally over. After three years, Facebook-owned Oculus is finally replacing the original Rift VR headset for PC with the Rift S coming out in the spring. The $399 Rift S isn't a minor ...

Who needs the Rift S, really? That's the question I kept asking myself as I tested out the latest PC VR headset from Oculus. It's not a sequel to the original Rift, which helped kick off the modern VR ...

Three years ago, Oculus and HTC launched their first VR headsets and kicked off... the slow, gradual rise of VR technology in gaming? Yeah. It's not the most dramatic headline. But today, we're ...

SAN FRANCISCO—One thing was conspicuously missing from the Oculus demos at GDC 2019: cameras. You need at least two (if not three) of the company’s signature webcams to run its PC headset, the Oculus ...

Oculus Rift S uses a single display panel and fixed lenses. Unlike the original Rift and upcoming Oculus Quest, it does not feature mechanical lens separation adjustment. This means Facebook’s newly ...

Nearly four years ago, the Oculus Rift was little more than a smartphone screen duct-taped to a set of ski goggles which claimed to transport you to a virtual world. Now, after years of anticipation, ...

Virtual reality is still a relatively new concept with plenty of room for improvement, but the Oculus Rift headset is one of the top competitors. With the introduction of the Oculus Quest headset, ...

The story of how John Carmack found Palmer Luckey is something more worthy of a book than an article, but it may be this meeting of the minds that changes consumer gaming hardware. Creating a good ...