Facebook-owned Oculus is curtailing an experiment that let Best Buy shoppers try out the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset before buying one, the company told Business Insider this week. The ...

Best Buy's North Austin store is one of only 48 in the country offering hands-on demos. The Oculus Rift, a $599 virtual reality headset, is an impressive piece of technology, but not something that's ...

Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus virtual reality demo stations at Best Buy locations across the US, Business Insider has learned. The scaling back of Facebook’s first big retail push ...

There was a moment during our brief experience with the new Oculus Rift 'Crystal Cove' prototype that our brain genuinely started to believe we were inside the game. So accurate is the motion tracking ...

Virtual reality system Oculus VR is launching a new platform called Oculus Share for the hundreds of Oculus Rift demos that have already been created. "We're going to be launching a developer sharing ...

If you think about it, flight simulators, with their fully-realized cockpits and scenic locations, are a perfect fit for the Oculus Rift. So are space sims, for the same reason. Developer Boone ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

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The Oculus Rift, a $599 virtual reality headset, is an impressive piece of technology, but not something that's within reach of everyone. For one thing, it requires a very powerful Windows PC to run.