EditorialThe son of Vijay Ravindran, founder of technology startup Floreo, plays with a VR headset in Washington, on June 11, 2022. (Valerie Plesch/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador hands President Joe Biden a translation headset during the Summit of the Americas, in Los Angeles, June 10, 2022. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times)
EditorialWith his children Jonathan and Layla to either side, Alex Lugo, who learned to trade cryptocurrencies and flips NFTs for profit, wears an Oculus headset at his home in Lindenhurst, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2022. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman tries out a virtual reality headset at VR World NYC, an amusement arcade in midtown Manhattan, on Nov. 1, 2021. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialThe virtual reality headset used by Wolf Heffelfinger, a musician who has been exploring virtual reality for a decade, in Missoula, Mont., Sept. 16, 2021. (Jessica McGlothlin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe virtual reality headset used by Wolf Heffelfinger, a musician who has been exploring virtual reality for a decade, in Missoula, Mont., Sept. 16, 2021. (Jessica McGlothlin/The New York Times)
EditorialBrian Krzanich, CEO of Intel, speaks during the Intel Press Conference ahead 2017 International CES , Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - 04 Jan 2017
EditorialAttendees experience virtual reality during the Intel Press Conference ahead 2017 International CES , Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - 04 Jan 2017
EditorialStaff Sgt. Annette Hartman dons a virtual reality headset used in a suicide prevention and awareness exercise at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, May 17, 2021. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialA new virtual reality headset from Oculus, which allows more degrees of freedom to interact with a virtual environment. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)
EditorialBrian X. Chen tests Facebook's new Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset and controllers in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 14, 2020. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialHayden Marlowe sanitizes a gaming headset before a tournament, in which one team competes from his establishment and five others competed from their homes, in Newnan, Ga., on Saturday, March 21, 2020. (Kevin D. Liles/The New York Times)
EditorialWith the aid of a virtual reality headset, Ramona Thomas escapes to a “tropical beach” while getting a pedicure in Chicago, Jan. 2, 2020. (Evan Jenkins/The New York Times)
EditorialDeirdre O'Connell poses with the headset that helps her portray the title character in Lucas Hnath's "Dana H." in New York, Feb. 3, 2020. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialA visitor holding a Chinese national flag uses a virtual reality headset in the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall museum in Jiaxing, China, Sept. 21, 2019. (Yan Cong/The New York Times)