In recent months, I've done a fair bit of complaining about the deficiencies of mobile virtual reality headsets like the Samsung Gear VR versus higher end options, but some of those complaints were ...

The Oculus Rift is heading to consumer hands in Q1 of 2016, but that won’t be the first official consumer VR hardware launch that Oculus takes part in: Oculus’ VP of Product Nate Mitchell told me ...

After two rounds of developer kits for both devices, the consumer versions of the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR are either here (Gear) or almost here (Rift). Sounds like a good time to compare the ...

The Oculus Rift ship date is still a few weeks away, but Oculus VR isn’t sitting still. The company recently announced Oculus Social, a new social platform for Samsung’s Gear VR that will let you play ...

Oculus today announced a number of new social features and two multiplayer games coming to Samsung’s Gear VR headset this week. Among the new features is Facebook 360 video integration and private ...

While the new Gear VR that's launching next week isn't much changed from the 2016 model, there are a few differences – including a new controller. Let's see how the specs and features of the 2017 Gear ...

At its Oculus Connect 2015 conference, Oculus announced a bunch of new content coming to the Gear VR and Rift headset, including Oculus Arcade, Oculus Video, and Twitch support. All the new apps and ...

Head to select Best Buy and AT&T stores (and soon T-Mobile) to demo and purchase the Gear VR. In what Oculus is calling "a historic moment for VR," the new Samsung Gear VR is now shipping in the U.S.

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Oculus wants people to think of virtual reality as more than a ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Facebook-owned Oculus is one of the two giants in VR right now, ...

Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Carmack, whose ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's not the next Oculus Rift, but Oculus and Samsung began taking orders today for the ...