Dublin-based Keywords Studios makes second acquisition this week

Video gaming firm snaps up Localizadora Latam just days after buying Sperasoft

Irish game developer Keywords Studios buys US firm in $27m deal

Keywords has bought Sperasoft, which employs 400 software engineers and artists

Facebook to sell portable headset for virtual reality

The Oculus Go is billed as simpler than the Oculus Rift, which went on sale last year

Facebook’s Oculus cuts price of virtual reality headset

Rift’s new price of $399 matches Sony’s VR headset PlayStation VR

Oculus shutters VR movie studio

Parent company Facebook to close Story Studio, which launched two years ago

Reality bites as Oculus Rift inventor moves on from Facebook

Cantillon: Palmer Luckey leaves social media giant two years after it bought his business

Not quite so Luckey? Oculus founder departs Facebook

Social media giant bought Palmer Luckey’s firm in 2014 for $2bn in virtual reality push

Facebook’s court loss won’t dim a stellar quarter

User growth on social network at an all-time high

Facebook-owned Oculus hit by $500m judgment over ‘stolen code’

ZeniMax claims it was responsible for key breakthroughs in virtual reality software

Oculus to recruit 9 engineers for new Cork office

Facebook-owned virtual reality company expands new LED research base in Cork

‘Fanciful story’ behind virtual reality firm Facebook bought

It began as a rift between geeks but is now a messy $2bn dispute set to involve Zuckerberg

Oculus acquires Cork-based InfiniLED

Deal will see Irish-developed LED technology applied to virtual-reality devices

Oculus brings virtual reality closer to home

Tech Tools: Rift headset maker drops minimum spec, meaning it is now possible to use a laptop

Oculus Rift: ‘Remember: no pterodactyl arms’

Hands on with the latest in virtual reality

Tech Tools: Go Pro Omni brings virtual reality to action photography

GoPro Omni Camera allows you to shoot360 degree action footage

Analysis: Rumours of Facebook’s demise greatly exaggerated

Latest results show benefits of bold moves made by company

Google pushes further into world of virtual reality

New smartphone headset is expected to be similar to Samsung’s Gear VR

Getting accustomed to the virtual life at tech-heads’ big consumer show

A few days trying out VR clobber has us convinced: virtual reality is no fluke

Web Summit: Facebook’s getting smarter at recognition

CTO Mike Schroepfer showcases an ever-smarter streamlined network

Will virtual reality become a real thing in 2016?

Oculus Rift, Vive, Samsung’s Gear and Microsoft’s HoloLens – here come the headsets

Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift probably isn’t something that will appeal to everyone

Oculus unveils consumer Rift headset, new controllers

Company also links up with Microsoft to integrate Oculus with Windows

Virtual reality ready for reboot as Oculus Rift headset comes on market

Oculus Rift will bring VR into your living room next year – thanks to Kickstarter

No ordinary film: The Doghouse gives audiences a seat at the table

A Danish short film lets the viewer inhabit one of five characters around a dinner table by wearing an Oculus Rift headset. And so this thirtysomething Irish female journalist becomes a middle-aged Danish man

Irish researchers working with Facebook’s new 3D acquisition

UCD researcher sees privacy concerns with Oculus but Facebook buyout gives ‘needed’ investment

Facebook sees the future in a 3-D world

Facebook $2bn deal for virtual reality company maps a potential future for social media

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