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The Drive Toward Virtual Reality in the Commercial Entertainment Sector
Alongside being a guest contributor to RTVR through his A Wider FOV article series; Kevin Williams is a well-known figure in the immersive entertainment community—steering his consultancy KWP, he also is the chairman of the Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment Network Association...
Samsung Reveals ‘Gear VR’ Headset—Breaking
Samsung, at the company's 'IFA Unpacked' event in Berlin today, have officially revealed their 'Gear VR' headset.
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Rewind FX Uses Lidar-scanning and UE4 for Red Bull Air Race VR Experience
Road to VR was invited to an event at Red Bull Studios London to be among the first to try the latest version of the Red Bull Air Race VR Experience with positional tracking and the Oculus Rift DK2, an...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.77): Adventures in Kickstarting with Justin Moravetz, the Creator of Proton Pulse and...
Now that both of our Kickstarters are over, Justin Moravetz, the creator of Proton Pulse and Vanguard V, and I decide to go back and examine what worked, what didn't, and give some tips to potential Kickstarters in the...
Exclusive: Homido Launches VR Smartphone Adapter and Sleek App for VR Video with Web Browser on...
Today Homido is launching a new VR smartphone adapter along with a sleek app designed to play 360 degree, cylindrical, 3D, and 2D videos in a virtual reality format on iOS and Android smartphones.
The Homido VR smartphone adapter is...
VorpX Update Released – DK2 Support, Early Positional Tracking, DX11 G3D Support and More (video)
The new version of VorpX, the 3D driver that lets you play non-VR games on your Oculus Rift, has just been released and it adds early support for the DK2, Geometry 3D support for DirectX 11 games and positional...
$227,000 Worth of Oculus Rift DK2s Sold on Ebay Despite Oculus VR Prohibiting Resales
As with any free-market system, the law of supply and demand will drive prices up when supply is short and demand is high. The Oculus Rift DK2 is a hot commodity, and even with the company pumping out the...
Gamescom 2014: Morpheus Interview – Sony Had Prototypes Earlier Than You’d Expect
At Gamescom 2014, Road to VR Editor Paul James got to sit down with Anton Mikhailov who works in Sony's 'Magic Lab', an R&D division tasked with creating innovative experiences for PlayStation. Mikhailov revealed that the company has had prototypes...
Gamescom 2014: Oculus VR Interview – Oculus Connect, DK2 Launch, and Smash Bros. Rivalry
Oculus VR are, arguably, the most exciting company in the tech industry right now. In the 12 months since I last met Palmer Luckey (Founder) and Nate Mitchell (VP of Product) at Gamescom, their business has exploded. Facebook's acquisition has...
The ‘Birdly’ Experience: Earning My Wings in Virtual Reality
"The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? —it is the same the angels breathe."
– Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter XXII, 1886
In my mind, I'm a free...
Gamescom 2014 – Oculus Talk Connect, War Thunder on Morpheus and Great New VR Games
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so," Douglas Adams once wrote, and it's a fitting way to summarize how fast the last 12 months have felt since I was at Gamescom in 2013. Visiting the biggest games show in...
Gamescom 2014: Sony Shows War Thunder Running with Project Morpheus and HOTAS Support
At a Sony press event today during Gamescom 2014, the company showed the flight combat game War Thunder running on Sony's VR headset, Project Morpheus, and with a 'HOTAS' joystick accessory.
War Thunder has had support for the Oculus Rift...
Nintendo’s ‘Virtual Boy’ HMD Could Get a New Game 19 Years After Discontinuation
The Vanguard V Kickstarter is raising funds to bring the sleek virtual reality arcade shooter to a bevy of VR platforms, with the potential to support one platform that hasn't been available for nearly two decades. Developer ZeroTransform has...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 75): VRcade and The Nightmare Machine Kickstarter
Jamie, Dave, Mark, and Ivan from VRcade join me in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast to discuss their role in the VR industry, their recent Kickstarter, and the future of VR Out-of-Home entertainment.
http://reverendkyle.com/media/com_podcastmanager/revvr_podcast_75.mp3
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Preview: Eden River HD Early Access Release for Oculus Rift DK2
Eden River HD launches today in early-access form. While the game is pending some optimization updates before its full launch on Steam in late August, we got an early glimpse at this serene title which is being launched with...
