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Facebook hosted the F8 conference this week where they revealed a number of new features and projects from augmented reality to mind-reading technology.

PlayStation VR, despite being one of the latest to market out of current virtual reality offerings, has enjoyed sales performance that has managed to startle even Sony itself.

ZeniMax has asked a judge to ban Oculus from using their code in virtual reality headsets.

According to Valve, only 30 out of more than 1,000 virtual reality (VR) titles on the Steam marketplace have earned more than $250,000.

(Reuters) — A U.S. jury in Texas on Wednesday ordered Facebook Inc., its virtual reality unit Oculus, and other defendants to pay a combined $500 million to ZeniMax Media Inc., a video game publisher that says Oculus stole its technology.

Resident Evil 7, one of the first triple-A titles to support VR, is a major success for the platform.

In a YouTube video posted on January 19, CloudGate Studio demonstrated an experiment in full-body virtual reality tracking with the HTC Vive.

Despite the transformative nature of the technology, the debut of virtual reality products in 2016 was notably hesitant.

Venice, California-based Snapchat completed its first acquisition in Israel this week, buying an augmented reality platform named Cimagine for between $30-$40 million.

More than one in ten women are interested in having virtual reality sex, according to a new report.

When Microsoft revealed their own virtual reality headsets in October, they announced they would be much more affordable than competitors’ sets. Now, it appears they also won’t stress users’ computers too greatly.

Kento Yoshida, the president of “adult video maker” VRG and the organizer of a virtual reality event that took place in Tokyo in June, claimed in an interview that VR is “the best way to satisfy” customers’ sexual needs.

On October 26, Microsoft doubled down on virtual reality by announcing their own VR headsets at the Windows 10 event.

RimWorld developer Tynan Sylvester shares his thoughts on indie gaming, innovative design, virtual reality, and where he hopes gaming is headed.

Fear VR, a virtual reality Halloween haunted house at California’s Great America and Knott’s Berry Farm, has been closed down just days after its launch following complaints that the hospital-set haunt was “hurtful to those who suffer from mental illness.”

Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu will team with his Oscar-winning Revenant and Birdman cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki on a virtual reality short film showcasing the plight of illegal immigrants crossing the border between Mexico and the United States.

ZeniMax has updated their intellectual property lawsuit against Oculus Rift to explicitly accuse legendary developer John Carmack of theft.

Breitbart Tech interviews futurologist and inventor Dr. Ian Pearson on everything from sexbots to virtual reality contact lenses.

The story of Jesus Christ’s life will be the subject of a new virtual reality film set for release this Christmas.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed that there is only a “one in billions” chance we are not living in a Matrix-style computer simulation at Recode’s annual Code Conference this week.

A new virtual reality film promises to take viewers inside the attic where a young Anne Frank hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam in 1942.

Ratchet & Clank creators Insomniac Games are going all-in on VR via the Oculus Rift. Insomniac will debut three new titles for the popular but troubled VR platform, spanning a range of themes, genres, and gameplay concepts.

The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset launch isn’t going very well, with multiple reports of delayed shipments.

The NFL is pursuing plans to introduce virtual reality “diversity training” with its employees and players later this year, during which they will be required to play as a simulated black woman who gets harassed by a white male.

McDonalds have announced a new Virtual Reality headset that can be constructed from your cardboard Happy Meal box with the accompaniment of a smartphone. The foldable cardboard headset is currently only available in Sweden, and was developed for the annual winter holiday of

Leading investment bank Goldman Sachs has declared virtual reality and augmented reality technology as the future of the industry and the “next generation computing platform” in a video released by the company.

With CES 2016 opening at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, the world is on the cusp of “virtual reality everything” with the launch of the Augmented Reality Marketplace.

On Saturday’s “College Gameday” on ESPN, the Stanford football team showed off its use of virtual reality with quarterbacks to help read defenses and pick up blitzes.  This technology being used with quarterbacks also allows coaches to get in the

Democrat presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – VT) has taken his campaign into the realm of virtual reality.

Google has released its Google Cardboard viewer, a cheap alternative to the Oculus Rift in the virtual reality market. Interested consumers can purchase a Cardboard from these retailers or make their own.

While Kudo Tsunoda, development head of Xbox, revealed that the company is “working closely with Valve” to offer Windows 10 as the optimal gaming platform for the Vive Developer Edition of Valve’s SteamVR virtual reality headset, which is to be released in spring 2015, Valve was not at E3’s first-ever PC Gaming Show on Tuesday, June 16.

The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, created by Facebook subsidiary Oculus VR, will be capable of showcasing pornography and other X-rated material.

It is not clear whether Oculus VR, sold to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, will release its flagship virtual reality headset named the Rift this year.

Some of us dream about what the future will be like. Others have billions of dollars at their disposal to make it a reality. When one of these few ultra-rich technology folks opines about the future, my ears perk up.

Every new futuristic sex toy is “perfect” for a specific demographic–this one is “perfect” for the troops, that one is “perfect” for involving a partner, the other one is “perfect” for a discreet solo session. The sex toy industry is worth $15 billion in annual global revenue; with the industry’s embrace of innovative technology, that number is only going to grow.

Virtual reality firm Oculus debuted its first ever VR motion picture at the Sundance Film Festival this week. Called Lost, the film puts the viewer in the middle of a spooky, darkened forest when a giant, robotic hand begins moving through the woods, reports TechCrunch’s Josh Constine, who viewed the film.