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Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 63): Karl Krantz Talks SVVR Expo and VR Communities

The first ever Silicon Valley VR Conference & Expo is happening very soon. This will be the first time that the ultimate collection of VR minds will be assembled in such an intimate environment. Karl Krantz is the man...

How Two Indie Devs Snuck a Concealed Oculus Rift and Laptop onto a Roller Coaster for...

It's an overcast morning at an undisclosed theme park in the UK, the temperature is just right—wearing a sweatshirt won't be conspicuous. Good thing too, lest security find the device strapped around Edmond O'Driscoll's chest. After passing through security and making...

Road to VR’s Ben Lang to Speak and Moderate at First Annual SVVR Conference & Expo

Road to VR Founder & Executive Editor, Ben Lang, has been asked to speak and moderate at the first annual SVVR Conference & Expo hosted this month in Mountain View, CA. The first annual SVVR Conference & Expo is pulling...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 62): Orange County VR Meetup Founders Discuss Their Success and Future Plans

Mich Haddad and Dylan Watkins join me in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast. They talk about planning the Orange County VR Meetup, the interesting way they got Oculus to show the Oculus Rift DK2, and their own vision...

Oculus VR Responds to Legal Claims, Says Zenimax Cancelled Doom 3 BFG VR Support After Refusal...

Today Oculus VR offers up a candid response to Zenimax's recent and very public claims that the maker of the Oculus Rift VR headset infringed upon its intellectual property. Plus, why Doom 3: BFG for the Oculus Rift was...

Sony Morpheus VR Headset Shown in Public for First Time at SVVR Meetup #10

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...

Yay3d VR Viewer Turns Your Tablet into a Hand-held VR Headset (video review)

There have been several smartphone/tablet VR viewers making their way into the virtual reality market lately which take advantage of an Android phone or iPhone screen, as well as their gyroscopes and accelerometers. Since mobile phones are on the forefront of...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 61): Lawyer Eric Greenbaum Discusses ZeniMax Claims Against John Carmack and Oculus...

ZeniMax, John Carmack's former employer, is claiming that Carmack and Oculus VR owe them for technology that was developed while Carmack was still with id Software. Eric Greenbaum, New York lawyer and VR developer, joins me to discuss the...

Go On Safari with the Award Winning Cyberith Virtualizer, Kickstarter Campaign Coming (video)

Cyberith has released a new video demonstrating its unique omni-directional treadmill being used to go on safari on the wildlife rich plains of Africa. Plus, hints of an incoming Kickstarter campaign. Update: More Kickstarter details from Cyberith emerge With the development making...

The Faces of SVVR Conference & Expo 2014 – New Speakers and Panellists Announced!

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...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 60): A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of Virtual Reality...

Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment specialist, Kevin Williams joins me in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast. We discuss virtual reality's rocky history, some interesting developments in the Arcade world, and make a few predictions for the future. When I last...

Billionaire ‘Shark Tank’ Investor Mark Cuban Flip-flops on Virtuix Omni, Joins $3 Million Investment

After initially shunning the product during an appearance on ABC's investment reality show, Shark Tank, billionaire investor Mark Cuban joins other venture capitalists in raising $3 million in seed funding for the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill. A few months...

New Unreal Engine 4 VR Roller Coaster Demo Shrinks You to the Size of a Mouse...

Well, it looks like the legendary RiftCoaster may well finally have a successor. Teddy Lipowitz knocked up this coaster demo, based on the new Unreal Engine 4 platform, over the Easter Weekend. The twist? You're avatar is the size...

Xing switches to Unreal Engine 4, “Unreal Engine 4 is awesome” Says Dev Team (Screenshots)

In their latest update to Kickstarter backers, the Xing team have announced that they're in the process of migrating Xing: The Land Beyond to Unreal Engine 4 and have posted candid details and screenshots on he process. UDK to UE4 I've...

Latest Darkfield VR Release Shows Huge Progress, Early Access Download Available Now

The latest release from the Darkfield VR team shows how quickly the team are shaping this space dogfighting sim into a slick, polished virtual reality showcase. Space Shooter, The Genre of VR So it seems that Oculus VR's plans for the...
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