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JAN. 7, 2016 • Oculus VR, LLC this week announced that it would begin taking preorders for its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at $599. The first deliveries are expected to ship in March, [...]

NOV. 17, 2015 • A new player in the growing virtual reality hardware arena is Absentia VR in Bangalore. The firm recently secured ₹12 million ($182,000) in a round of investment financing from [...]

JULY 17, 2015 • Startup Pebbles Interfaces, the gesture-based interface firm in Israel, has been purchased by Facebook Inc.’s Oculus VR. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Wall [...]

MAY 6, 2015 • The Oculus Rift VR device has been given a release window during the first quarter of 2016. Preorders will be taken later this year, and in the run-up to the Electronic [...]

MARCH 26, 2014 • In a major surprise, Facebook Inc. has acquired Oculus VR Inc. for $400 million in cash and $1.6 billion in stock. The latter is the virtual reality technology company founded by [...]