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Tactical Haptics’ Will Provancher Talks Updated ‘Reactive Grip’ and We Go Hands-on
As Ben Lang says in his interview introduction, Will Provancher is one of the OG's of virtual reality. Tactical Haptic's 'Reactive Grip' controller was one of the few peripherals shown back at GDC 2013 that aimed to enhance...
HapTech is Bringing Realistic Weapon Recoil to a VR Controller for $60
HapTech, formerly Striker VR, are specialising in haptic and recoil simulation for use in gaming peripherals. Ben Lang got to try out the company's new prototype and chat with Founder and President Kyle Monti.
We first covered HapTech, formerly known as...
Valve Reveals Timeline of Vive Prototypes, We Chart it For You
Welcome to Valve's Steam VR Mini-museum
Virtual reality is still in its infancy. Many hard problems are being worked through and thus, the hardware to deliver compelling VR experiences is still evolving. Anyone who's followed the VR space for a while...
Face to Face With Smaug: Inside Weta’s New Lord of the Rings Oculus Rift Demo
What happens when you take an iconic movie franchise and combine it with UE4, latest Oculus Rift prototype, and the most advanced GPU that Nvidia has ever released? Well, it turns out this combination can transport you to the...
Anyone Who Says ‘You Can’t Do VR on Console’ Hasn’t Tried Sony’s 2015 Morpheus Prototype
On the one year anniversary of the device's unveiling, Sony has revealed a substantial upgrade to the Morpheus PS4 VR headset, a version which they say has nearly reached its final form for a launch by Q2 2016.
Everything about...
Sponsored: Intel Developer Lab Explores Gesture Input With Latest RealSense Depth Cameras
On February 18th Intel held a developers lab in Rocklin, CA (north of Sacramento) in the new 'Hacker Lab' space at Sierra College. The event sought to teach devs the in's and out's of developing with Intel's latest RealSense...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.95): Apollo 11 Kickstarter and Education in VR with Drash, David, and Sandra
Several folks emailed me and asked, "Where is the podcast with the Apollo 11 developers!?" Great idea. I reached out to the developers, David and Sandra Whelan, and Drash, to talk about their hot new Kickstarter campaign.
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Why Social Virtual Reality is Worth Celebrating
When I opened my eyes I suddenly found myself in an art gallery that had been transformed into a full-blown party with thumping music, bright red helium balloons pulling at the furniture, and a menagerie of life forms, humanoid...
GDC 2015: The Games Industry is Gearing Up for VR’s Arrival – Road to VR will...
GDC is once again upon us, and on March 2-6 the people responsible for creating the games we love come together at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to talk shop. This year, virtual reality dominates the conference agenda. Here's...
Apple Granted Patent for Gear VR-like Mobile Headset, Could Have “Broad Ramifications” for Such Devices
Yesterday, Apple was granted a patent for a Gear VR-like mobile headset which would use a portable device (like a smartphone) as the primary display. The patent strikes similarities between both Samsung's Gear VR and a swath of VR...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 94): Discussing ‘NUREN’, A New VR Experience with Jake Kaufman and Jessie...
I love it when developers send me their stuff to try before it goes live. When I am intrigued by what I see or experience, I immediately try to get them on my podcast to discuss their project. Thus...
I Went Mountain Biking*
Not like taking a few jumps on a raked path in the woods behind my house like I used to do as a kid—I mean really mountain biking, the kind of thing you'd see on a GoPro commercial. The kind...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 93): What is OSVR? with Razer’s Chris Mitchell & Sensic’s Yuval Boger
I am a big fan of open source stuff, so when I heard that Razer and Sensics have decided to team up to bring an open source virtual reality platform to the VR space, I knew I had to...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 92): Interview with Sky Nite, Author of ‘Virtual Reality Insider’
We've all seen those 'books' about VR that seem to be nothing more than a quick cash grab, taking advantage of a burgeoning industry and hoping to dupe a few suckers into spending a few dollars. I am here...
‘VR Casters’ – the 24 Hour Podcast Radio Station, Broadcasts Today from 12:00pm EST
I am pleased to announce that VR Casters, the world's first and only 24/7 streaming VR podcast radio station is turning on its servers today at 12:oopm EST, and is ready to broadcast the future to you.
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