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Virtual Reality 101: Your guide to VR

Here's everything you need to know about what VR is and how it will affect your life in the near future.

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<p>The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival has opened it's Virtual Arcade to press. "Into The Now" is a shark-filled underwater experience. Participants sit in these moving pod-chairs to take it all in.</p>

21 different ways VR is thriving as an indie art form

From tech-enhanced installations and theater pieces to fantasy and mystery to CGI and documentary film creations that can be explored through virtual reality headsets, VR is alive and well at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Oculus launches Privacy Center ahead of new EU data laws

While Facebook deals with a privacy firestorm, its VR unit Oculus is moving forward with new privacy tools.

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<p>Researchers found a way to lead players outside their digital boundaries in virtual reality through malware.</p>

Hack a VR system, lead a player astray? Yes, say researchers

A research team from the University of New Haven demonstrates a proof-of-concept attack on virtual reality that could alter what you see.

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Who is Palmer Luckey?

And why does Sen. Ted Cruz care?

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Leap Motion's Project North Star could help solve the missing link in AR

No controllers needed: Will Leap Motion's open-source design help build a future of better hand gestures and even "virtual wearables"?

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<p>Look upon the future and despair.&nbsp;</p>

I played real-life soccer in VR. Watch me fail

I have now experienced the trauma of not being picked for the soccer team… in virtual reality!

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Spotify's big stock debut, Mozilla releasing AR/VR Firefox

Today's major tech stories include Spotify's soaring stock debut, Mozilla's AR/VR version of its Firefox browser and HTC Vive VR headset update reviews.

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<p>Busy shooting zombies with my buddies.&nbsp;</p>

Sandbox VR's haptic vest lets you feel every zombie scratch

Virtual reality gaming just got a lot more realistic, thanks to the addition of touch for feedback.

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It's time to break up with VR

Commentary: More than two years into the current virtual reality era, it feels like we've hit a brick wall.

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Dear VR: It's not me, it's you

Virtual reality faces real-life problems.

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Spotify saved the music business. Can it save itself? (The 3:59, Ep. 379)

We talk about Spotify's quirky IPO, breaking up with virtual reality and prosthetic limbs.

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<p>Mozilla's Firefox Reality browser is for exploring WebVR content and later the more elaborate WebXR, too.</p>

Mozilla's Firefox Reality browser is where VR meets the web

The new Firefox Reality will run on several leading headsets, but it's not clear yet how well the web will spice up today's virtual reality.

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