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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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Nintendo Labo VR kit review: The Switch makes virtual magic

The Virtual Boy's descendent is Google Cardboard with ducks and elephants, and a whole lot more.

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9 great reads from CNET this week

We learn how deepfakes may ruin the world, wonder if we're feeding too much intimate data to AI systems and see how a test of Verizon's 5G almost made a CNET editor cry.

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Star Wars in VR for date night? Yes, please

Thanks to virtual reality, how we spend our evenings out could soon change dramatically.

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Valve Index VR headset preorders start May 1. Look out PlayStation, Oculus

As if there weren't enough virtual headsets out there, the game maker Valve is throwing a hat into the ring.

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HTC's new Vive Focus Plus VR headset is twice the price of Oculus Quest

The Vive Focus Plus arrives April 15, for $799.

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Apple's new iPads, Google enters game-streaming

This week's major tech headlines included Apple's new iPad Air and Mini, Google's entry to the world of game-streaming with Stadia and how telecom companies are tackling robocalls.

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Microsoft headset patent puts a new spin on mixed reality

A holodeck on your head?

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<p>Which is which? (Rift S on left, Quest on right)</p>

Hands-on with Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest: What's the difference?

Facebook's VR strategy has a split identity.

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Nintendo Labo VR had us playing with duck butts and foot fans

Nintendo takes a creative -- OK, weird -- approach to virtual reality.

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Google fined $1.7B in EU, Oculus debuts Rift S

Today's major tech stories include a massive fine given to Google in the EU, Apple's debut of its updated AirPods and a new Oculus VR headset that tracks-out, eliminating the need for external sensors.

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HP Reverb gives Microsoft VR a high-res boost

The new $600 VR headset doubles up on the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro, arriving late April. We gave it a test drive.

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Oculus Quest may have its first killer app with Beat Saber

The hit fitness VR music game is heading to the upcoming wireless Oculus Quest for portable sabering.

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