Here's everything you get with your $600 Oculus Rift headset
The long-awaited Oculus Rift virtual reality headset begins shipping on March 28, the company announced Wednesday.Oculus VR priced the Rift at $600 — even though operating the device actually costs...
View ArticleVideo games for Oculus Rift will cost about the same as tradional ones
Games for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will cost about as much as non-VR games: $60.That's the same price you pay for most games on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U. Many PC games cost...
View ArticleWhy the Oculus Rift is so expensive
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is available for pre-order now for $600 and begins shipping on March 28 with two games, "EVE Valkyrie" and "Lucky's Tale."That's a steep price tag for the...
View ArticleIt sounds like there's going to be a new Oculus Rift every couple of years (FB)
Facebook-owned Oculus VR on Wednesday revealed the final price and release date for the Rift, its first consumer virtual reality headset.That night, the company’s founder Palmer Luckey hosted an “Ask...
View ArticleFacebook's virtual reality headset will support over 100 games by year's end...
The first virtual reality headset from Facebook-owned Oculus VR, the Oculus Rift, is shipping in just a few short months.Since its landmark Kickstarter campaign in 2012, the Oculus Rift has been the...
View ArticleOculus founder says the $600 Rift is 'obscenely cheap for what it is'
Facebook's Oculus VR unveiled the price of its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset on Wednesday morning: $600.This had some folks balking, many whom were previously interested in buying the Oculus Rift...
View ArticleThese photos prove how popular the Oculus Rift has become (FB)
2016 is being touted as "The Year of Virtual Reality," but many — mostly those who have yet to try it out — still doubt whether products like the $600 Oculus Rift have the mainstream appeal to truly...
View ArticleVR is the future and it's officially here
You see a lot of strange stuff walking the show floor of CES.But Samsung's demo of its virtual reality headset, Gear VR, stuck out to me the most:Ever since trying the Oculus Rift virtual reality...
View Article6 things you should know before buying a virtual reality headset
Beyond television, beyond smartphones, the "next big thing" is virtual reality.2016 is the year that the first high-end, immersive VR headsets go up for sale, starting with Facebook's Oculus Rift...
View ArticleThe price of PlayStation’s virtual reality headset has apparently leaked, and...
The price of PlayStation VR, the virtual reality system built for Sony’s PlayStation 4, apparently leaked when Forbes spotted an early listing for the device on Amazon.The listing was promptly removed...
View ArticleThere is no way the PlayStation 4 VR headset costs $800
There is no way Sony's virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4 costs $800. None.But that's the number being reported as leaked from an Amazon Canada listing that went up (and got subsequently...
View ArticleYou might not know it, but I’m watching VR porn right now
I watched VR porn in a room full of strangers having a cocktail party at CES, the huge annual tech trade show in Las Vegas.People were standing around, talking, drinking, and eating. It was like any...
View ArticleThe main competition for Facebook's VR headset just got a release date
Yet another high-end virtual reality headset is going up for sale in the very near future.The HTC Vive — a collaboration between Taiwanese hardware company HTC and American gaming company Valve...
View ArticleThis is the virtual reality device we’ve been waiting for
Oculus may be in big trouble thanks to the HTC Vive. First seen at Mobile World Congress in March 2015, the Vive was created in partnership between HTC and Valve. This system uses a combination of a VR...
View ArticleThis Disney-backed startup wants to be the YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix of...
While the rest of the world gets stoked for the forthcoming Facebook Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Pre virtual reality headsets, a handful of startups are trying to make sure there's actually something to...
View ArticleHere's why I think the HTC Vive is going to be the best VR headset
I tried two of the most popular VR headsets last week at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, including the final production model of the Oculus Rift and the latest developer model of the HTC Vive.On paper, both VR...
View ArticleOne huge reason Google just created a new virtual reality group (GOOG)
Google is turning up its focus on virtual reality, creating a new division led by former Google Apps VP Clay Bavor which will be dedicated to developing VR products like Google Cardboard, Re/code's...
View ArticleThis giant simulator was all the rage at the biggest tech conference — but...
At this year's Consumer Electronic Show, virtual reality headsets were one of this year's big trends. With company's like Oculus, the Disney backed Littlstar, HTC, and even Lowes having big VR ideas;...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs says VR will be bigger than TV in 10 years
In an analyst note published on Wednesday, Goldman Sachs predicted that the virtual reality (VR) market will outpace the TV market in annual revenue by 2025, making VR bigger than TV.The banking firm...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs explains why virtual reality will explode instead of...
In an analyst note today, Goldman Sachs explained the thinking behind its belief that virtual reality — which notoriously flopped hard in the early nineties — is going be such a huge success this time...
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