Oculus Go Is the $200 Headset That Could Make You Try VR

Facebook-owned Oculus finally made a virtual-reality headset with no cables, smartphones or gaming PCs necessary

The latest virtual-reality headset from Facebook’s Oculus isn’t the most immersive, but since it costs $200 and doesn’t require a computer or smartphone, it’s a good portal into the VR world, says WSJ’s David Pierce. Photo/Video: Emily Prapuolenis/The Wall Street Journal

I spent last Saturday night in my very own movie theater. It seats a hundred, but nobody else was there. Technically, I wasn’t even there: I was lying on my couch staring toward the ceiling, wearing a virtual-reality headset. I spent the night binge-watching “The Office” on an enormous screen nobody else could see.

As VR continues through the same ups and downs of any other “Is it the future?” invention, the technology itself is evolving fast: HTC recently released the new and hugely improved Vive Pro, while Microsoft and...