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NEW YORK — I went to Westworld IRL. Ok, not actually. But for a brief 15 minutes on Friday afternoon, it definitely felt like I had.  Comic Con is home to dozens of themed activations designed to promote various shows and movies. Many of these experiences now include some kind of virtual reality element. So...

On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the Oculus Connect conference in San Jose, Calif. with a virtual reality demo which included nifty ways to socialize in virtual reality.  In the demo, Mark and a couple of friends visit various virtual arenas, including the bottom of the ocean, the surface of Mars, Facebook’s offices, and even...

SAN JOSE, California — As far VR has come and as good as the experiences have gotten, there still aren’t many options for those who don’t own a high-end PC. But during the keynote at the Oculus Connect developer conference on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg briefly teased an all-new headset: a standalone viewer that doesn’t rely...

Virtual reality will soon be a lot more affordable. Oculus will be compatible with lower-end PCs, including an upcoming $499 laptop, the company’s CEO Brendan Iribe announced Thursday during the Oculus Connect conference in San Jose. Oculus introduced a new set of minimum specs required to run its Rift headset, making it compatible with much...

Virtual reality may soon be less of a lonely experience for Oculus hardware owners, as the company outlined how people can see each other and play together inside of virtual reality. Oculus announced a new party system during its Oculus Connect developers conference in San Jose, California, Thursday. The party system will allow friends to...

VR fans will finally wrap their hands around the Oculus Touch controllers starting on Dec. 6 for $199, Oculus announced Thursday. Oculus Touch, a set of controllers that lets virtual reality users bring their hands inside simulations, was announced in June 2015 — just prior to E3. The controllers were first promised to arrive a...

There are two kinds of VR headsets right now: smartphone-based ones like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View, and PC-based ones like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The two offer low-end and high-end VR experiences, respectively. There’s really nothing in the middle yet, but at the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference, Facebook CEO...

“Summer Lesson” raises some interesting questions about intimacy in virtual reality, but it’s also just a boring nothing of a game. The post Let’s Play Summer Lesson, PlayStation VR’s Most Unexpectedly Creepy Game appeared first on WIRED. Source: Let’s Play Summer Lesson, PlayStation VR’s Most Unexpectedly Creepy Game

There are a lot of screws in Sony’s forthcoming VR system—and none of them can escape the discriminating eye of the hardware designer. The post Like Entropy? You’ll Love Watching This PlayStation VR Teardown Video appeared first on WIRED. Source: Like Entropy? You’ll Love Watching This PlayStation VR Teardown Video

Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4-driven VR shooter gets a humorous makeover, and it’s free. The post Epic’s VR Shooter Bullet Train Is Now the Wacky Robo Recall appeared first on WIRED. Source: Epic’s VR Shooter Bullet Train Is Now the Wacky Robo Recall