{"id":100056,"date":"2018-04-18T21:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=100056"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:32:44","slug":"ready-to-browse-the-web-in-vr-chrome-supports-the-oculus-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ready-to-browse-the-web-in-vr-chrome-supports-the-oculus-rift\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to browse the web in VR? Chrome supports the Oculus Rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, you had the web on your desktop. Then you could browse on your phone. Now, you can fill your entire field of vision with it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oculus\/comments\/8d6lsp\/just_found_that_google_chrome_stable_have_a_flag\/\">A Reddit user discovered that Chrome offers support for the Oculus Rift VR headset.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Redditor noted, &#8220;Just tried it and yep, it works (had a quick look at the\u00a0Google\u00a0Mars surface demo). Without the flag enabled, you just get an option for a desktop 360 view. Enable the flag though and an option to view in VR is there, and it launches it straight to the headset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That user continues: &#8220;For those that don&#8217;t know how, in your Chrome address bar, type:\u00a0<strong>chrome:\/\/flags\u00a0<\/strong>then do a search on that page for &#8216;Oculus&#8217;, and set it to enabled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Right now, Chrome supports the Oculus Rift, but when <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/digital\/news\/google-chrome-oculus-rift-vr-support-1202757568\/\">Variety asked Google<\/a> if Samsung&#8217;s Gear would also get support, there was no answer. 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