SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with video games: the virtual reality headset from ...

Facebook's shopping spree continues. The social network, which pad $19 billion for messaging service WhatsApp in February, has made a deal to buy virtual reality game company Oculus for $2 billion.

I’m old enough that I’ve had my heart broken by virtual reality before. In 1992 I waited on line for forty-five minutes for a chance to play Dactyl Nightmare. I’ll never have that time back. And the ...

The consumer edition of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has been released across the UK. Developer SDKs have been available for years, but September 20th marks the first time the consumer ...

Oculus VR's growing list of developers have just received notification that an update to the virtual reality device's SDK is available, and now includes support for the free version of the popular ...

For months now, I’ve been reading raves for Oculus Rift, the virtual-reality gaming headset that’s among the most famous Kickstarter projects. One of them came from my own colleague Lev Grossman. Like ...

Facebook is to acquire Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, it has been revealed. The social media giant reached an agreement worth approximately $2 billion, which ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Most job-related safety training is pretty basic and involves either listening to a presentation about where the emergency exits are ...

When Facebook announced they were acquiring VR pioneer Oculus in early 2014 for $2 billion, I was a bit perplexed. Less than two years removed from its splashy debut on Kickstarter, Oculus' flagship ...

Oculus VR shaped modern virtual reality like hardly any other company and now threatens to disappear for good. It's time for a look back.

Facebook has played an important role in bringing the Oculus Rift to market as the owner of the company that birthed it, but the headset's inventor does not believe the future of VR lies with the ...