More than 160 University College Cork employees earned average payouts of €3,400 for contributions to a campus tech firm that sold to a Facebook subsidiary.

University College Cork paid nearly €4.5m to 39 suppliers for goods and services in one year without going through proper procurement, new accounts have revealed.

A WELL-SET St Patrick Street Cork city retail investment directly opposite the completed and fully occupied Capitol mixed use development, which is let to Boots Chemists and earning a current annual income of €540,000 is for sale, guiding €5.75 million.

Facebook has lodged planning documents to facilitate its use of The Capitol offices development in the centre of Cork city.

Intel boss Brian Krzanich has said the company will issue security updates for all its products affected by the Meltdown and Spectre flaws by the end of the month.

WarDucks, the firm behind the ‘Sneaky Bears’ game, plans to conquer virtual reality, writes Trish Dromey.

The €45.6m purchase of the John Cleary Developments’ Capitol development in Cork city by a German pension fund “is a major confidence boost for the city” and a positive omen for new development, according to Goodbody investment analyst Colm Lauder.

THE €45.6 million purchase of the John Cleary Developments’ Capitol development in Cork city by a German pension fund “is a major confidence boost for the city” and a positive omen for new development, according to Goodbody investment analyst Colm Lauder.

Alien: Isolation is definitely one of the most terrifying games of recent years, and now a modder has found a way to make the PC version of the game even scarier: by adding VR support.

Oculus yesterday announced the addition of Deadpool to the company’s upcoming Marvel Powers United VR co-op game.

Google yesterday launched a brand new app designed to assist in the creation of virtual reality and augmented reality experiences.

Experts are warning that social media is weakening our grip on our positive virtues, from honesty to self control, writes Ailin Quinlan.

Great news for virtual reality loving web-heads: Sony is launching a specially created VR trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming on June 30 in honour of the film’s July 7 release.

ZeniMax Media Inc. has filed a second virtual reality related lawsuit following the company’s successfully suing of Facebook.

For the second time in 18 months, Ian Poulter was spared at the last minute from losing his tour membership. And both times, it was an American to the rescue.

Google has updated its Chrome browser with new WebVR features so Google Cardboard users can now access the program.

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-Ality,a new virtual reality experience based on the hit Adult Swim cartoon will be released next week.

Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Oculus VR and creator of the original Oculus Rift headset, is leaving parent company Facebook today as reported by UploadVR.

Facebook has launched Facebook 360, a new 360-degree video app designed exclusively for the Samsung Gear VR and the first official VR social app from Facebook.

Video-sharing website Vimeo has added support for 360-degree videos on Vimeo’s website and mobile app, with support for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive coming soon.

If 2016 was when virtual reality finally took off, this year will see it go mainstream. Here are the top five devices to lock eyes with, according to David Gilbert

American chipset company Qualcomm has announced a new VR accelerator program aimed for VR headset manufacturers.

Sólfar Studios and RVX have released an exciting new virtual reality experience for the Oculus Rift sure to strike a chord with hill walkers and hiking enthusiasts everywhere; Everest VR.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a Dallas court this week as part of an on-going lawsuit between the Facebook owned VR company Oculus and American media company ZeniMax.

Virtual reality may be the big buzz word of the moment but there's another future tech on the way in the form of Augmented Reality.

FOR most of us, Facebook is the place we go to see other people climb mountains and have children. 

The advent of virtual reality has been slowly coming to life in 2016 with systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift but the real moment is going to come with the arrival of the PlayStation VR in October.

The future of gaming is almost here with the launch of the PlayStation VR- and there are loads of games on the horizon.

Virtual Reality is here to change the way you watch movies forever, by giving you the chance to feel like you're really there. And now, Jesus VR is in the works.

2014 horror hit Ouija has spawned a sequel, and this time you're going to find out where it all began.

Facebook really, really wants you to get into virtual reality - after all the social network paid a lot of money to buy up Oculus Rift a few years back.