Science-fiction writers have a challenge: describe the potential future. It’s exciting to read about our possible coming realities, but it’s often better when we actually catch up. That is what’s ...

When the Oculus Rift consumer edition virtual reality headset was first released in March 2016, it debuted alongside a portable alternative: the Samsung Gear VR. One required just a Samsung smartphone ...

Oculus has released other virtual reality headsets since the original Oculus Rift launched to consumers in January 2016, but now we have its true successor. The Oculus Rift S increases the optical ...

Oculus have released update 1.11 for the Rift VR headset and Touch motion controllers that bring promised enhancements for the system’s “experimental 360” degree roomscale support with multi-sensor ...

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 ...

The Oculus Rift’s official consumer release is still months away, but that hasn’t stopped developers from getting excited about the virtual reality headset and forging deeply innovative software that ...

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 Oculus Rift celebrates its one-year anniversary this week, following its commercial debut on March 28, 2016. Happy birthday, Oculus, your growing pains are showing. But the awkward baby steps ...

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. When the ...

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 ...

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 ...