Facebook, parent company of Oculus, is beginning to flex its virtual reality arm. The company wants to use the technology revolutionize how social interactions happen across the web, and we may see the first stages of that plan earlier...

At Oculus Connect's opening keynote today, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to drive home the company's commitment to the virtual reality space. How much commitment? Some $500M worth. Amid a flurry of announcements at Oculus Connect 3's...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect, the company's annual developer conference, to show off Facebook's latest social VR prototype. Zuckerberg toured the newest features of the app including more lifelike avatars complete with facial expressions triggered...

Remember that friends list you made back when you got your Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift? Yeah. It's been pretty useless. Today Oculus announced that they'll soon be turning on social with the help of two new social...

Facebook is plugging away on creating their perfect VR app that promises to integrate the social platform into 3D virtual worlds. Last we saw of the prototype in April that introduced a number of features, all of which hinge on Touch,...

VRChat, a social VR platform that allows users to create, publish, and explore VR worlds, have announced a $1.2 million seed investment round. Investors include HTC, Rothenberg Ventures, GREE VR Capital, and Brightstone Venture Capital. Supporting Oculus Rift and HTC...

Connect, Oculus's annual developer conference, is already in full swing, but if you didn't manage to book the flight and hotel to San Jose, CA, you can still pop your head in to see what this year's hubbub is...

Michael Glombicki goes hands-on with VREAL's VR live streaming platform that puts viewers inside the game, right next to their favorite streamers. I took a short break during my time at PAX West this year to checkout VREAL’s new streaming platform...

vTime, the social VR platform from Starship Group, today released an update to their avatar creation tool that now gives users access to thousands of avatar customization options, promising to "let you reflect more of yourself inside vTime." The new...

TheWaveVR is a social VR music platform which allows DJs to mix tracks live in VR in front of a virtual audience which can connect to experience the performance from around the world. The company announced today that it's raised...

Dota 2 today released free DLC that lets you watch live and recorded matches from SteamVR compatible headsets. The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never...

Casino VR, a free multiplayer poker game for Gear VR and Oculus Rift, now allows you to buy chips to fuel your need for table dominance. And no, you can't spend them (yet). Users who've signed up with a valid email...

Social media company Snapchat have just appointed a Hollywood effects artist Raffael Dickreuter who joined in June as a "Concept and Augmented Reality Designer." Snapchat is a rising giant in social media platforms, and it seems the company is serious about keeping...

The immensely fun virtual reality wizarding simulator Waltz of the Wizard for HTC Vive has been updated with a new two player feature that lets a second non VR player join you in your spell-casting shenanigans. Social features are seemingly...

Rec Room is a new social VR platform for HTC Vive from indie studio Against Gravity, and as a project currently in Early Access for the low low cost of absolutely free, it's quickly becoming a success on Steam. At the time of this writing, more...