Augmented, Alternate and Virtual Realities in Education

We tested Supernatural, FitXR, Thrill of the Fight and Until You Fall to see how virtual reality workouts stack up to common real-world ones. Spoiler: These apps are no joke.

The Oculus Quest 2 headset is the latest step in the construction of a 'mirrorworld' built on high-tech surveillance and targeted advertising.

When Oculus Touch launched in late 2016, it ushered in a new era of consumer VR by introducing hand presence: the sensation that your own hands were actually there with you in a virtual environment. It was the very first time that people could grab, hold, and interact with virtual objects; make gestures like a thumbs up sign; and communicate almost as naturally in VR as they would in real life. Today, we’re marking another important milestone in the evolution of VR input with the announcement of hand tracking on Oculus Quest—enabling natural interaction in VR using your own hands on a standalone device, all without the need for a controller, external sensors, gloves, or a PC to power it.

Last month Facebook announced the next generation of its VR headset technology, and though the previous models have not caught on widely amon

Almost four years after it began as a Kickstarter campaign, the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset has finally started being delivered to customers.

The Oculus Quest 2 is also getting Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell video games.

Virtual reality just became way more accessible with this new one-piece, $200 headset from Facebook's Oculus. What do you with it? Snuggle up to watch TV with a friend far away, for starters.

After spending several days playing with the brand new Oculus Rift virtual reality kit, I can finally understand why Facebook pumped $US2 billion into thi