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 ...

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 ...

The retail Oculus Rift will cost $599, Oculus VR announced today, and pre-orders for the virtual reality headset are now live on the company's website — although as you may have expected, a flood of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: Click here to check out our review of the Oculus Touch controllers. Virtual reality isn't a recent invention, but thanks to the efforts of ...

Everything old can be new again, once you strap on the Oculus Rift. After years of prototypes and promises, Oculus has finally unveiled the consumer version of its Rift virtual reality headset, which ...

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 ...

Oculus VR has revealed the recommended and minimum PC requirements for the first consumer version of its Rift headset, and has detailed what comes bundled with each ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The hype around virtual reality has been building for years. On Monday, the Oculus Rift finally started shipping to folks who pre-ordered the ...

After years of development (and hype), the Oculus Rift is finally coming out March 28. The $600 virtual reality headset is the first in a series of mainstream devices coming out this year. Here’s a ...

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Two years and 357 days ago, the current age of virtual reality began in earnest. That was the day—March 28, 2016—that the Oculus Rift headset became available. And sure, yes, people had been waiting ...

The first Oculus Rift units purchased by players, or given to early adopters as a reward for believing in the Kickstarter, begin arriving today. These aren't development kits, or "Innovator's Editions ...