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Gameplay Video: ‘Moss’ is an Adorable Adventure Coming to PSVR

Now that E3 is in full swing, we had a chance to get our hands on the newly announced third-person action-adventure game Moss, a title for PSVR from Polyarc Games that follows the adorable but fierce little sword-wielding mouse Quill. Seated in a great library with vaulted...

E3 2017 ‘Day 1’ Roundup: Xbox One X, Fallout 4 VR, Doom VFR and Xbox’s VR...

Here’s a quick summary of all the VR-related news from the first day (or more accurately, ‘day zero’) of E3 2017. Following EA’s early keynote on Sunday, yesterday saw presentations from Microsoft and Bethesda, with some surprising no-shows and...

NBA Finals Prove That VR Sports Broadcasting is Maturing, But There’s Still Missing Pieces

Sports in VR is squarely in the realm of low-hanging VR that you often hear rattled off on five fingers when broaching the topic of industries VR will revolutionize. And while it's easy to imagine, actual execution is a...

Apple Embraces VR: Every Virtual Reality Announcement From the WWDC 2017 Keynote

At Apple's World Wide Developer Conference today, the company made a major shift in their embrace of virtual reality with several new VR announcements during the event's opening keynote. Though well loved, Apple's computer lineup got somewhat left in the dust...

Taking After ‘Sword Art Online’, Oculus Founder Wants to Make a VR Game With Serious Consequences

Having recently departed Oculus after founding the company in 2012, Palmer Luckey has assured the world that he's still very interested in virtual reality and has hinted at some of the things he's pursuing for future projects. Taking a cue...

Four Kits to Get Into VR Sim Racing on Any Budget

Virtual reality is a natural fit for the sim racing genre, bringing high visual immersion in line with detailed and realistic driving physics. But if you're playing with a controller (or worse, a keyboard!) you're missing out the depths...

MindMaze’s MASK is a Practical and Promising Approach to VR Face-tracking

MindMaze, a neurotechnology startup, is developing a simple, low-cost approach to face-tracking called MASK—claimed to be compatible with any VR headset—that can map significantly more life-like expressions onto your virtual avatar. I recently met with MindMaze at their San Francisco working...

‘FORM’ Review

The word 'surreal' invariably falls short when it comes to trying to lift the shroud surrounding the VR first-person puzzler FORM. Transporting you to a strange inner universe via an enigmatic black obelisk, you experience what it must feel like to...

Road to VR Partners with Eurogamer Parent Company Gamer Network

Road to VR, the internationally respected resource and leading independent publication for virtual reality coverage, today announces a new partnership with international games media specialist Gamer Network. The partnership will see Gamer Network leveraging its expertise in digital media monetisation,...

Vive Deluxe Audio Strap Review – I Can’t Go Back

We have all experienced, while in VR, moments of discomfort. When it comes to the Vive, these moments mostly revolved around the stock headstrap. It was either too tight, too loose, or hung the headset too low on my...

Oculus Founder Expects No Next-gen VR Headsets From Market Incumbents Before Mid-2018

Oculus' founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company in March, recently opened up on record for the first time in an interview since September 2016. Among a range of topics discussed, Luckey spoke of the timeline of future VR headsets...

First Look: ‘Everspace’ is a Stunning VR Space Shooter That Scratches My Freespace Itch

Rockfish's take on the still barren genre of epic space shooters is not only a wonderfully addictive arcade blast, it's also one of the prettiest games available with VR support there is. I've waffled on about my hopes for Rockfish...

‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Review

Ubisoft's long-awaited Star Trek: Bridge Crew, the co-op space sim that puts you at the bridge of your very own Federation vessel, is nearly here (coming out May 30th), but we've had our mitts all over a pre-release copy for a...

How Google’s Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus’ Mobile Strategy

Last week at Google's I/O 2017 developer conference the company made a number of new announcements which are very exciting for VR consumers. Within the industry though, the announcements represent somewhat of a repositioning of industry players, one that...

Best Steering Wheel & Pedals for Newcomers to VR Sim Racing

Haptic feedback is one of the toughest challenges for general-purpose VR input, but for the driving simulation genre, dedicated controllers have been addressing the problem for over two decades. Now that 'cockpit view' makes so much sense for VR...
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