During yesterday's WSJD technology conference, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz finally broke the silence since the mysteriously cancelled TED appearance scheduled back in March, where he was to give insight into the company's 'Digital Lightfield' technology. The Google-backed Magic Leap, which...

Magic Leap debuted some footage of their mysterious tech at WSJDLive today, a yearly conference held by The Wall Street Journal featuring some of the biggest names in tech. Update: A much better quality video was posted by Magic Leap after publishing this...

Faceboook's move to position itself at the forefront of immersive technologies with the acquisition of Oculus VR last year, may have implications beyond Virtual Reality. During a talk at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg...

At Microsoft's 'Windows 10 devices event' today, it was revealed that a HoloLens development kit, the company's augmented reality headset, will be available for purchase in Q1 of 2016 for the hefty price of $3,000. The HoloLens development kit is coming...

Microsoft have just dropped word of a special Windows 10 event focussing on devices built around the new OS, stating that "We have some exciting news to share", seemingly about their augmented reality device, HoloLens. It's been a little while since...

Pantomime, the company founded by VPL-alumni David Levitt and Sims-developer Don Hopkins, released its Playground app for iOS today. Pantomime describes the app as a “Consumer Immersive 3D Platform” that does not require a headset—think a radically mobile VR display...

Rumours surrounding Apple's entry into the immersive technology sector have been circulating for years. But as both AR and VR retail products begin to ship this year, Apple's latest hire has lead an analyst at Piper Jaffray to suggest that...

Having just announced a large injection of cash in the form of a $15 million Series A investment, AR glasses company CastAR says that the funds will help them fulfill commitments to their Kickstarter backers and push forward to a...

Stress Level Zero, the developers behind forthcoming HTC Vive / Steam VR title Hover Junkers, have come up with a series of concept titles for the Microsoft Hololens which we'd love to see become a reality. Remember long journeys in...

Microsoft is reaching out to US-based universities and research institutions with a new program that will award $100,000 and two HoloLens development kits to 5 carefully chosen projects. In a bid to work closer with academic institutions and push the conceptual boundaries of the yet unreleased...

Magic Leap recently announced that Rio Caraeff, former president and CEO of Vevo, has assumed the role of the company’s Chief Content Officer. Like many recent hires at Magic Leap, the first order of business is usually to explode somehow. Rio...

The 2015 AWE (Augmented World Expo) is around the corner and it's set to feature over 200 companies that are blazing trails in the augmented and virtual reality industry. Better yet, Road to VR readers get 50% off the...

Microsoft has recently released a video showing some of the architectural applications of HoloLens, the company's untethered AR headset. The prototype app shows the device's ability to improve communication between industry professionals through the use of immersive 3D models. Trimble, a company focused...

Unity has officially joined Microsoft in its quest to render the world around us with fantastical interactive 3D imagery, an endeavor made possible by HoloLens, Microsoft's as yet unreleased augmented reality visor. The game engine will fully support HoloLens and just like the...

HoloLens, Microsoft's forthcoming AR headset, was today revisited at the company's 'Build 2015' developer conference. Along with a number of tantalizingly smooth on-stage demos, the company also released a video showing some early prototypes, as well as an exploded model of...