I had the chance to give the keynote at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference where I provide some historical context for virtual reality tracing the evolution of communications mediums in order to contextualize my elemental theory of presence....

Some of the inner workings of Valve's Lighthouse base station, an infrared laser-emitting device used for 'room scale' positional tracking, were revealed today by Valve developer Joe Ludwig. Ludwig's SVVR Conference talk entitled "OpenVR and You" addressed a number of issues dealing...

AltspaceVR is hosting another Beta Access Weekend on April 24-26, and this time the social VR space has added a few more features to watch out for, features that when you say them out loud, could alienate you from casual acquaintances and...

The Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup (SVVR), one of the first of its kind back in May 2013, has announced the date and venue for its 2015 Conference and Expo and is aiming to triple attendees. May of 2013. Oculus was...

Attendees to one of the longest running VR meetups around, the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality event, had an extra special treat in store for them this thanksgiving as Oculus dropped by with their latest feature prototype, the Crescent Bay....

On August 19, the Cyberith team debuted their Virtualizer virtual reality device for the first time in the United States at an event sponsored by Silicon Valley VR and Road to VR, with LinkedIn graciously providing meeting space in...

Road to VR's Brian Hart will be live streaming the 11th gathering of the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Meetup tonight, starting at 7:00pm PDT. The event will be broadcast online and in virtual reality through Riftmax.SVVR, one of the...

In this episode of the Rev VR Podcast, I am joined by Matt Carrell and Brian Bullard who host the PodVR podcast. Both of them were part of the SVVR Ubercast, and are pioneers in the VR community. We...

I’ve been home for a week, but I am still riding the high from the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference & Expo.  There are so many wonderful experiences to talk about, so I invited a fellow attendee, Forest Gibson,...

The final panel of the first Silicon Valley VR Conference and Expo 2014 is entitled "Creating the VR Metaverse", and attempts to answer some of the key questions around what the future metaverse might look like: One global metaverse or...

Being based in Silicon Valley, I'm fortunate to have Maker Faire Bay Area practically right in my back yard. Maker Faire describes itself as an "all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists,...

Sony Computer Entertainment surprised last evening's Silicon Valley VR meetup #10 with the first public display of their Project Morpheus VR headset prototype. Morpheus, unveiled at this year's Game Developers Conference in March, was only shown to a limited audience...

The first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference and Expo is gathering serious momentum with a flood of new speakers, exhibitors and panellists now confirmed. SVVR Expo Attracts Industry Leading Lights The SVVR movement has swiftly positioned itself as one of the leading gatherings...

The SVVR Conference & Expo is next month and the organizers have kindly extended a $100 discount to 50 lucky Road to VR readers. SVVR started as a humble meetup for virtual reality enthusiasts, but the well attended gathering is...

Tickets are now available for the first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) Conference and Expo event. To mark the event, Karl Krantz walks us through the short but already history of the social event from which it was born. SVVR...