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I’m an Editor at Large for CNET News writing about Apple, Microsoft, virtual reality, video games, internet culture and parenting.

Previously, I wrote for The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and the Agence France-Presse, among others. I’ve also served as an Executive Editor at CNET, managing west coast news coverage.

This site contains some of my best work covering companies such as Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Sony and Electronic Arts. I’ve also written some fun pieces along the way.

If you want to connect with me, I’m on almost any social network under the username iansherr.

   

virtual reality

Date night checklist: Dinner, movie… virtual reality?

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Thanks to VR, how we spend our evenings out could soon change dramatically.

  • Date April 5, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, entertainment, facebook, retail, virtual reality

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 isn’t meant for you, but it could change your tech in the future

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The software giant doesn’t plan to sell its $3,500 augmented reality headset to you and me. Yet.

  • Date February 28, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, internet, virtual reality, xbox

VR’s missing link? A killer app that convinces us to buy in

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Facebook, Sony, Microsoft and many others have bought in on virtual reality. You likely haven‘t, and it‘s starting to show.

  • Date September 24, 2018
  • Tags cnet, consoles, facebook, playstation, politics, scoops, videogames, virtual reality

Here’s what happened to Microsoft’s Xbox VR gaming headset

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The company came close to announcing a VR headset, but it’s been put on ice. Here‘s why.

  • Date August 27, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, entertainment, scoops, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

VR promised us the future. Too bad we’re stuck in the present

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Oculus, the VR company that Mark Zuckerberg bought for more than $2 billion, has a problem: It‘s struggling to convince people to buy its gear.

  • Date October 10, 2017
  • Tags cnet, entertainment, facebook, internet, playstation, retail, scoops, videogames, virtual reality

How to scrub hate off Facebook, Twitter and the internet

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The internet has become a cesspool of cyberbullying, bigotry and hate speech. Here‘s how tech is trying to clean it up.

  • Date July 9, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, crime, facebook, internet, politics, scoops, social issues, virtual reality

Just admit it, we love game sequels

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The video game industry hasn’t run out of ideas or gotten lazy. It‘s just following the money, because we‘re still buying those sequels.

  • Date June 18, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, consoles, economy, playstation, retail, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

A mind-blowing VR arcade won me over. It‘ll get you too

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The VR arcade — yes, an arcade — is designed to get you to try virtual reality headsets without getting sick. You might even like it. I did.

  • Date June 13, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, economy, facebook, playstation, retail, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

Alienware changed the game of making PCs

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The company may not have been the first gaming PC brand, but it is one of the longest lasting and most successful. The reason: outrageously powerful computers with crazy cool designs.

  • Date June 10, 2016
  • Tags cnet, interview, videogames, virtual reality

How Alienware’s gaming PCs kept their cool

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The company, known for its distinctive alien head logo and edgy designs, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Now owned by Dell, Alienware envisions even more of its PCs — thanks to VR — in our futures.

  • Date June 10, 2016
  • Tags cnet, interview, videogames, virtual reality

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