Welcome to the New Road to Virtual Reality July 16, 2012 | Posted by Ben Lang | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments: 13 Hi and welcome to the new Road to VR. If you’ve been a regular reader, you’ll notice that things look at bit different. Fear not, looks are indeed the only thing that have changed. This refresh of the site represents my commitment to continue covering all things virtual reality. As you can see I’ve added some ads to help fund this site a little (I don’t expect it to earn more than pocket change). Regardless, I started this blog back in October of 2011 and have wrote in my free time for 10 months purely because I’m enthusiastic about the topic, and that hasn’t changed one bit. You can continue to expect the same quality coverage that you’ve seen from me. There is some very exciting stuff about to happen in the field of virtual reality gaming and I will be here every step of the way to keep you up to date on the developments. Thanks for reading, and please feel free to get involved in the conversation! A note to email subscribers: If you were previously subscribed to the www.roadtovr.com, you’re email has been automatically subscribed to the new site. All you have to do is accept your confirmation email. Share this: Facebook Twitter Google +1 Reddit Pinterest StumbleUpon Email
Outer July 16, 2012 6:10 pm Log in to Reply Loving the new site man! Could I get your thoughts on these Augmented Reality Contact Lenses? They sound amazing! http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-05/2012-invention-awards-augmented-reality-contact-lenses
Ben Lang July 17, 2012 12:56 am Log in to Reply Hey Outer, I wrote about iOptik a little while back. They aren’t actually wearable displays in themselves but rather a component of glasses-mounted setup: http://www.roadtovr.com/2012/04/23/innovega-working-on-multi-focal-contacts-to-compliment-ar-eyewear-and-hmds-available-by-2014-says-ceo/ As for contacts which have an actual display and could show a HUD; this technology is possible but still much further off. The biggest challenges are wirelessly powering the display in lenses and focusing the image correctly. This technology has been demonstrated with a single-pixel display and I wrote about it here: http://www.roadtovr.com/2011/11/25/contact-lens-displays-one-step-closer-to-reality-thanks-to-recent-live-testing/ In order for that sort of tech to come alone we need to enhance the wireless power (or shrink the power requirement) and create more pixel-dense displays so that we can show useful information. Usable contact lens displays for AR are probably at least 10 years away.
Yossi Preminger July 18, 2012 1:07 pm Log in to Reply Love the new design but I got to tell you, I hate sites with itsy bitsy fonts… I end up zooming and making the the graphics and layout look bad.
Ben Lang July 18, 2012 1:09 pm Log in to Reply Thanks for the feedback, Yossi. The appearance isn’t final just yet and I’ve been considering doing something about the font. I think it’s a pretty standard 14 currently, does it seem too small?
John Doe July 19, 2012 8:58 pm Log in to Reply Like the site, but the road to VR looks a bit creepy in that photo, I think I saw in on the news once, along with a phrase like “…before turning the gun on himself” lol ; )
Ben Lang July 19, 2012 9:24 pm Log in to Reply Haha, in fact I took this photo myself on a backpacking trip, no gun involved!
Stefan Larsson August 2, 2012 3:27 am Log in to Reply This is a nice site, but the RSS-flow went broken after the update. There is only one entry in Google Reader from the 17th of July 2012 (Psychological Relativity) and no updates. I have tried to remove and add the RSS-flow several times without success. You should investigate the problem…
Ben Lang August 2, 2012 8:01 am Log in to Reply Thanks for pointing this out. I am aware of the problem and working on a fix!
