The upcoming Oculus Rift virtual reality display is set to revolutionize PC flight simulators by overcoming traditional viewing limitations, offering a seamless and immersive 360-degree cockpit view.

Ever have the sneaking suspicion that some academics get to have loads of high-tech fun under the flimsy excuse of publishing a few explanatory papers about it? If you do happen to think this way — ...

Fabian Troxler is one of the three inventors from Switzerland of the Birdly flight simulator, which uses Oculus Rift to turn riders into a bird. He talks about the creation of this cool new simulator ...

The Oculus Rift is, by most accounts, the most realistic virtual reality headset ever made. It’s already being used for gaming and high-budget films, and it’s making inroads into exposure therapy and ...

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"Hmmm, upgrades!" The first Oculus Rift Developer Kit will hopefully be viewed fondly in retrospective articles of the future citing its, at the time, revolutionary impact on the gaming industry and ...

Oculus isn’t giving up on PC-based virtual reality yet. It’s been three years since the original Oculus Rift launched, and you’d be forgiven for thinking Oculus’s attention was elsewhere. All we’ve ...

Oculus’ new and improved Rift S comes with many improvements, like higher-resolution screens, a more comfortable headset, and redesigned Touch controllers. But its biggest enhancement is actually an ...

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, ...

Palmer Luckey had not been born when The Lawnmower Man was released in 1992, but the movie, with its vision of computer-generated sensory immersion, helped seed his interest in virtual reality as soon ...