What Is Virtual Reality and How Does It Work?

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 now 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.

The newest video in our Mashable Explains series covers everything you need to know about the basics of VR. After you watch the video above, subscribe to Mashable on YouTube for more.

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