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Oculus Quest 2: Facebook gives consumers good reason to upgrade from the original

The Oculus Quest 2 VR headset is now equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset paired with 6 GB of RAM.

Facebook Connect: New technology and products expected to debut at event

Those who own Oculus VR headsets can watch the Facebook Connect event through the Oculus Venues app for a more immersive experience.

Apple might be developing VR video conferencing platform after acquiring Spaces

Software used by the startup, Spaces is supported by Facebook's Oculus lineup, the HTC Vive, and Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality products as well.

Call of Duty and Titanfall creators Respawn are working on a secret VR shooter for Oculus

Respawn Entertainment and Oculus announce partnership which will see the Titanfall creators develop a VR combat game for release in 2019.

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Facebook's Oculus slashes price of virtual reality gear by $200

'This price drop was as inevitable as it is beneficial,' Oculus' Jason Rubin said.

PlayStation VR surprises Sony with nearly 1 million headsets sold since launch

Sony's internal goal was to sell 1 million units within its first six months of release.

VR Desktop for Mac brings Oculus Rift virtual reality to Apple computers

App works with the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 and lets users enjoy macOS in virtual reality.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg shows off prototype Oculus gloves for typing and shooting webs in VR

"We're working on new ways to bring your hands in virtual and augmented reality," Zuckerberg said.

Facebook loses Oculus virtual reality case, ordered to pay $500m in damages

ZeniMax filed the lawsuit against Oculus in May 2014 for $2bn, just months after it was bought by Facebook.

How virtual reality is redrawing the rules of filmmaking

IBTimes UK speaks to the CTO of visual effects company The Foundry about filmmaking in the VR era.

Mark Zuckerberg testifies in $2bn lawsuit, says Oculus VR technology was not ripped off from ZeniMax

'Like most people in the court, I've never even heard of ZeniMax before,' Zuckerberg said while testifying.

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in $2bn lawsuit claiming Oculus stole VR technology from ZeniMax

Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax said they will prove allegations that Oculus stole VR trade secrets and destroyed evidence.

Facebook Oculus expert held after allegedly soliciting sex from cop posing as teen

Dov Katz reportedly offered $360 for unprotected sex with a girl believed to be underage.

Ark Park will let you walk with dinosaurs on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in 2017

Players will be able to get virtually up close and personal with over 100 various dinosaurs and creatures.

The ten best VR headsets for all budgets

Our guide to the best virtual reality headsets you can buy.

You'll soon be able to play Xbox One games through an Oculus Rift headset

Microsoft announces Rift owners will be able to stream non-VR games to their headsets.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says VR won't come to Scorpio until it's more than 'demos and experiments'

'I think we're a couple of years before we'll really see that hit mainstream.'

Macrophilia: Virtual reality enabling men to fulfil fetish of having sex with giants

Fantasies of having sex with giants is possible with help from virtual reality and the Unity game engine.

China would welcome Facebook and Google return 'if they play by the rules'

Will the American tech giants return to the world's biggest internet market?

Facebook to tackle mid-range VR market with Santa Cruz wireless headset

The company wants to offer a more affordable headset that will appeal to wider audiences.

Oculus bosses speak out on Palmer Luckey's apology and funding of anti-Clinton memes

"It is important to remember that Palmer acted independently in a personal capacity," CEO Brendan Iribe said

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey secretly funded pro-Trump group posting anti-Clinton memes

Virtual reality pioneer and inventor of the Oculus Rift anonymously backed "s**tposting" campaign group.

Is Apple working on augmented and virtual reality? Tim Cook praises new technologies yet again

Cook raves over virtual and augmented reality technologies in new interview.

How VR and video games are selling London apartments before they are built

London property developer Higgins Homes is UK's first to replace show apartment with VR.

Intel Project Alloy: 7 things you need to know about new merged reality headset

The new Intel Project Alloy is a mixed reality platform which blends VR with the real world.

Oculus Rift available at UK high streets in September – here's where you can buy it

Facebook's VR headset comes with a free game and can be pre-ordered from select retailers from today.

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