What Is Virtual Reality and How Does It Work?
 

What Is Virtual Reality and How Does It Work?
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Facebook recently acquired Oculus VR, the company behind the next generation virtual reality headset Oculus Rift, for a hefty $2 billion. Before the purchase, Oculus raised more than $91 million in venture funding after an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign put them on the radar of techies and gamers alike. With all of this attention and all of this money **w being invested, it looks like virtual reality is making a huge comeback.

But what is virtual reality, and how does it work? Well, we're here to explain.

See also: What Facebook Might Look Like Using Oculus Rift


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