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Scattered around Earth, you and other audience members slip on VR headsets and convene in a common virtual world. As you explore, you’re approached by a character different from avatars you’ve met in VR before. It reacts to you like somebody in the same room would, but this isn’t a creature of our world. It’s …

On this podcast, we talk about: Sprint and T-Mobile unveiling a $26 billion merger deal Facebook’s Oculus and its big plans for immersive VR theater What to expect from Facebook’s F8 developer conference, which kicks off Tuesday Now playing: Watch this: Sprint and T-Mobile are getting married… well, maybe…… 4:11 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the …

Oculus, the virtual reality unit of Facebook, is getting its ducks in a row for the upcoming European Union privacy rules.  The VR unit on Thursday introduced a new “My Privacy Center” with tools to view your information and the data you’ve shared with Oculus. It will launch on May 20. It’s also updating its terms of service and privacy …

Virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are so immersive that they require digital barriers so you don’t run into a real wall in the middle of an intense game. But there’s nothing stopping an attacker from changing what you see in VR, according to researchers from the University of New Haven in Connecticut. The researchers found …

This is Palmer Luckey. You might have heard his name earlier today, when Sen. Ted Cruz asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his grilling by Congress why he fired Luckey last year. Zuckerberg said he wasn’t fired for his political views. It was kind of a weird question, for three reasons: Zuckerberg was there to answer questions about the Cambridge …

Dear VR: It’s not me, it’s you.  We’ve had some good times, we’ve had some motion sickness, we’ve bumped into a few walls. But after giving you the benefit of the doubt for the past two years, it’s time to throw in the towel. Virtual reality may yet become a massive mainstream hit, but it’s not going to happen with …

Facebook Spaces – Spend Quality Time Together, Wherever You Are We’re excited to announce that this week we’re rolling out new, fully redesigned avatars in Facebook Spaces that are more expressive and customizable than ever! Get a preview of the new avatar styles with a new Facebook Spaces video! Posted by Facebook Spaces on Monday, April 2, 2018 The Facebook …

It was soft. It didn’t leave marks on my face. And the VR looked just fine. That’s my first-impression feel of Oculus Go, an upcoming bid by Facebook to get new people interested in VR for a sub-$200 price, no phone necessary. That $199 roughly converts to £150 or AU$255. The Oculus Go is a VR headset that’s self-contained. In …

HTC Vive Focus, a mobile standalone VR headset first launched last year in China, is now going worldwide by year’s end, according to an announcement by HTC during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The headset has built-in 6 DoF (six degrees of freedom) tracking that allows movement in a room without added external sensors. It runs software compatible …

I’m standing in front of a mirror, looking at an avatar of a woman that isn’t me. “Blink,” I’m told. But it’s not working for me. One eye is permanently shut. Maybe it’s my glasses? I try lifting the goggles away from my face a bit. Now, it tracks. I roll my eyes around, and my virtual eyes in the …