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Embedding a Story Within a Place with Rand Miller, Creator of ‘Myst’, ‘Riven’, and ‘Obduction’

When Rand Miller was a kid, he played Dungeons & Dragons with his brother Robyn where they would go on adventures together exploring and creating imagined worlds. They wanted to embed that same sense of wonder and awe of...

These Tiny Sensors Will Let You Build Lighthouse Tracked Headsets and Peripherals

With Valve's move to open up its Lighthouse tracking technology to third parties, Triad Semiconductor is soon to be selling specialized chips which companies can use to create new VR headsets and peripherals with SteamVR Tracking. Last month Valve finally made the...

Exemplar 2 VR PC Now Available, Save $100 Through Labor Day

Today marks the launch of Exemplar 2, the second generation of our high-end VR gaming PC designed for those who want to push the limits of immersion. Exemplar 2 Ultimate is Road to VR’s internal test bench for VR reviews...

Using VR Revolutionize Sports Training with STRIVR Labs

When Derek Belch was a kicker on Stanford's football team in 2007, he took a class with the Virtual Human Interaction Lab's Jeremy Bailenson where he was exposed to virtual reality technologies for the first time. Belch asked Bailenson...

VR at PAX West 2016: What’s There and How to Find It

Seattle's annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. So, here's a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor...
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Confronting the End – ‘The Last Moments’ Gives You the Choice to Live or Die

The Last Moments immerses users in the discussion about euthanasia with a VR film that reveals the process of an assisted death. Virtual reality and empathy go hand in hand. The very nature of being closed off to the world,...

‘Damaged Core’ Review

Damaged Core is a first-person shooter set in the dingy near-future of a robot uprising. The Core, an artificial intelligence recently gone rogue, is destroying the Earth, and you, an AI program fighting on behalf of the humans, must hack your way closer...

Viacom VR Summer Fellowship Fosters Fresh Talent in NYC

The park is green, the mother behind me. She pushes my stroller perfectly straight; we glide across the pavement, green at either side. I face forward and listen to her voice, the only one audible in the park. On...

Oculus Explains Why They Didn’t Launch Touch with the Rift (Even Though They “Could Have”)

Oculus says they could have shipped Touch alongside the launch of the Rift back in April, but explains why they've been biding their time. Despite delaying their Touch VR motion controller to the latter half of 2016, Oculus says the...
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Sos Sosowski’s ‘Mosh Pit Simulator’ is Disturbing, Funny, and Unapologetically Terrible

A video game is a reflection of its maker, and usually the smaller the developer team, the more clear it is to see something of its creator within. I think I caught a glimpse of project creator Sos Sosowski somewhere in Mosh...

Dexta Shows Off Latest Exoskeleton Gloves That Let You Touch VR

Dexta Robotics are looking to create the next generation VR input device, one that not only lets you interact with virtual objects but also lets you sense the size and solidity of them, letting you touch virtual reality. This is...

Hands-On: ‘Ripcoil’ for Oculus Touch Has Fast Locomotion That Really Works

Ripcoil is a two-player duelling game from Oculus Studios and Sanzaru Games, and as one of 30 titles coming to Touch later this year, it's poised to help fill the growing VR eSports genre. I got a crack at the demo at this...

Oculus: Touch is “Fully Capable” of Roomscale Tracking, But Skeptical It’s “Absolutely Necessary for VR”

As the launch of Oculus Touch approaches later this year, the company is sticking firm to its plan to focus on standing, front-facing VR experiences for motion input. Though it's claimed that Touch can match the 'roomscale' tracking of...

‘iRacing’ to Expand VR Support to HTC Vive in September Update

With a couple of weeks remaining in the current season, sim racing enthusiasts are beginning to anticipate iRacing’s next quarterly update, and Road to VR has received confirmation that it will include expanded VR support. Having rolled out its...

Hands-on: ‘Crossout’ VR – Customize and Steer Your Death Truck with Oculus Touch

Crossout, the upcoming free-to-play vehicle combat game from the makers of War Thunder (2012), is coming to VR, and while there isn't a verifiable timeline for public release on the table just yet, we got a first look at an early version...
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