Remember when pretty much all the major tech company started suing each other over their phones, software and wireless intellectual property? Microsoft and Google are calling that fight quits. Last September, the two companies settled their long-running patent feud, and on Friday, representatives from both companies told Recode said they’ll stop sending complaints to regulators, …

Only three journalists have ever seen Magic Leap and lived to tell the tale. None have been allowed to share precisely why its secret technology is amazing enough to have raised $1.4 billion. But if you read between the lines of Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly’s epic 8,500-word feature story on Magic Leap — published today — there are a …

Call it virtual scarcity. Thanks to shipping delays, the $600 (£499, around AU$1,150) Oculus Rift and $800 (£689, AU$1,340) HTC Vive virtual reality headsets are currently fetching up to $2,000 (roughly £1,400, AU$2,575) on eBay. That isn’t just the asking price — headsets are actually selling for those sums. Which means if you’re one of the lucky few buyers who’ve …

The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive aren’t as different as you’d think. Both top-tier VR headsets use a pair of lenses to magnify a pair of screens that display images from similarly powerful gaming PCs. And now, you can play games designed for the Oculus Rift on the HTC Vive, too — even games that were supposedly exclusive to the …

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I’ll let you in on a little secret. You don’t need to build a brand-new gaming PC to use a virtual reality headset. Sure, it would help — but with the right upgrades, your old gaming rig might be good enough. I spent most of my time reviewing the Oculus Rift with a five-year-old processor, and every game played like …

Kudo Tsunoda’s job is to dream. And dreams don’t always become reality right away. Specifically, the Microsoft executive’s job is to dream up all the reasons people might want computer-generated objects to coexist with the real world. He’s part of the team behind Microsoft’s HoloLens, a marvel of technology that allows the wearer to see virtual animals hop up on …

If an inexpensive $300 Xbox game console could double as a Windows computer, would you use it that way? This summer, Xbox One owners will finally be given that option. Microsoft will turn the separate Windows 10 and Xbox One app stores into a single shared marketplace, the company confirmed at a developer conference Wednesday. What that means: Users should …

A podcast about virtual reality. Does that even make sense? We’re about to find out. Welcome to our experiment — a podcast from CNET’s resident virtual-reality experts Scott Stein and Sean Hollister. One of the weirdest things about virtual reality is describing the experience. It’s a challenge in print, it’s tough with video and photos and screenshots don’t really do …

If you spend $800 on an HTC Vive virtual reality headset, you’re going to want something to play. And so far, we’ve seen fewer games for the Vive than for the rival headsets from Oculus and Sony. But Valve has a couple new pieces of Vive content that will be totally free — and they’re some of the best, most …