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Hand Tracking Coming to Oculus Quest in New Update

By Andrew E. Freedman

Oculus VR unveiled a wave of new features coming to the Oculus Quest—including hand tracking—expected to release by early 2020.

Oculus Rift S Review: First-Gen VR Gets a Reboot

By Kevin Carbotte

The Rift S isn’t a second-gen headset, but more like a do-over of the original, with improvements and compromises. If you have a headset, you can skip this one.

Community Questions: On the Road to VR?

By Joshua Simenhoff

What do you think of the state of VR? Have you bought in yet, or still in wait and see mode? Let us know in the forums.

Oculus Quest Review: VR Just Ditched the PC

By Kevin Carbotte

The Oculus Quest could be the device that turns the VR market around and attracts the masses. It’s basically a game console built into a headset, done right.

Oculus Controllers Tell Users 'Big Brother Is Watching You'

By Nathaniel Mott

Oculus shipped "tens of thousands" of Touch controllers with messages like "The Masons Were Here" and "This Space For Rent" inscribed on the inside.

Oculus Unveils $399 Rift S Headset Made With Lenovo

By Nathaniel Mott

Oculus today announced a new Rift S headset with a higher resolution display, integrated audio and other features meant to improve on the original Rift.

Oculus Brings Facebook Streaming and Public Homes to Rift

By Nathaniel Mott

Oculus released a platform update that introduces live-streaming to Facebook and new "Public Homes" to let strangers gather in each other's virtual abodes.

Facebook Finally Settles $250 Million Oculus Lawsuit

By Nathaniel Mott

ZeniMax Media and Facebook have finally settled a $250 million lawsuit alleging that Oculus was based on virtual reality tech stolen from id Software.

Oculus Co-Founder Quits as VR Firm Promises a New Rift Headset

By Nathaniel Mott

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe departed amidst reports that he butted heads with Facebook execs, who may also have canceled the Rift 2 headset.

Oculus (Finally) Rolls Out Rift Core 2.0 to All

By Nathaniel Mott

Oculus released the Rift Core 2.0 update to all Rift owners exactly one year after announcing the overhauled software at Oculus Connect 4.

Oculus Quest Hands-On: Freedom to Explore VR

By Sherri L. Smith

The Oculus Quest is an exercise in carefree exploration that shows if nothing else, that virtual reality isn't dead (for now).

Oculus Adding Custom Avatars, Hybrid Apps

By Sherri L. Smith

Oculus announced a new platform chockfull of useful features during its developer conference.

$399 Oculus Quest Offers Premium Standalone VR

By Sherri L. Smith

Scheduled to ship next spring for $399, the Oculus Quest headset is the company's first standalone headset to launch with Oculus Rift-level graphics.

A Look Inside the Rig of VR/AR Art Director, Vladimir Ilic (aka VRHUMAN)

By Joshua Simenhoff

In the first of our Power User Profile series, we talk to a professional VR/AR developer about what hardware and software he uses to create 3D worlds.

Going Hands On With The Oculus Go At GDC 2018

By Paul Alcorn

Oculus’ new $199 Go has been shrouded in secrecy as the company prepares it for a formal launch, but that didn’t stop us from testing it at GDC 2018.

How To Patch Your Oculus Rift

By Seth Colaner

The Oculus Runtime Service is not working, which is preventing people from using their headsets.

Oculus Now Sells Individual Touch Controller Replacements

By Kevin Carbotte

Pressure Mounts For Oculus Ahead Of OC4

By Seth Colaner

Oculus stands at a crossroads. It’s facing market threats from all sides, and its more or less walled-garden strategy looks more tenuous than ever.

Oculus Open Sources DK2 HMD Designs

By Kevin Carbotte

Comparing The PC Reqs For Windows Mixed Reality, Vive, Rift, And OSVR

By Nathaniel Mott

Soon we’ll have more options for XR than ever—and that means it’s time to start comparing the platforms. Before you can decide on an HMD, though, you need to know what your system can run.