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Interview: Oculus Head of Mobile – Gear VR is ‘Designed for 5 to 20 Minute Experiences’

At Oculus Connect 2014 last weekend in Hollywood, CA, I spoke with Oculus VR's Head of Mobile, Max Cohen, about his work on the Android SDK and Samsung's Gear VR. Among other topics, Cohen noted that Gear VR is...
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‘Skywand’ Uses VR and Autonomous Drones to Capture the Perfect Shot

Once upon a time if you were a filmmaker who wanted an aerial shot, you paid a hefty fee to charter a helicopter and brought a camera along for the ride. Today, filmmakers can use virtual reality to pre-plan...

More Hints That Sony Is Working on a PS4 Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display

After Sony's somewhat embarassing reveal of the HMZ-T3Q HMD at CES 2014, new unconfirmed info from Steam Dev Days reveals that the company may actually be working on a true Oculus Rift competitor in the form of a PS4...

Oculus Rift Units to Arrive Earlier than Planned, “Really Big Names in the Game Industry” Getting...

The VR community seems to be holding its collective breath to see what impact the Oculus Rift head mounted display will have on the future of virtual reality gaming. Patiently folks are waiting for the Kickstarter funding round to start...

News Bits: Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta Released – New Firmware, Chromatic Aberration Fix, and More

Oculus VR has released an updated version of their SDK, the Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta. The update includes new firmware, with a fix for the Rift DK2's built-in latency tester, a chromatic aberration fix for headsets using the minimum...

Samsung Launches ‘Milk VR’ Service for Curated 360 Video on Gear VR

Today Samsung has announced that it's adding a new member to the company's family of curiously named 'Milk' services. 'Milk VR'—joining Milk Music and Milk Video—aims to offer a destination for curated VR video on the company's Gear VR...

Get a Taste for Samsung’s Milk VR 360 Videos Without a Gear VR

We reported recently on Samsung's initiative in 360 degree VR videos when it launched its dedicated content portal Milk VR last week. Well, the website is now online, allowing those not fortunate enough to own a Gear VR to take...

Experimental VR Interfaces in Dave Buchhofer’s Oculus Rift Playground [video]

Recently I had a chance to meet with Dave Buchhofer, a 3D artist and developer, who has been working to find intuitive VR control schemes. Part of this requires a functional user interface, and I got to see some...

CES 2014: Oculus VR and Eve Valkyrie Have Intel’s Attention

In a surprising appearance, the team behind Eve Valkyrie showed up at Intel's CES 2014 booth with four Oculus Rift HD prototypes connected in a networked environment running multiplayer matches of the forthcoming virtual reality space dog-fighter. Early yesterday morning...

Oculus Rift Razer Hydra Tuscany Demo Now Available from Sixense

Sixense, developers of the Razer Hydra, have officially released the Razer Hydra enabled 'Tuscany' demo that Ben had an exclusive hands-on with at GDC just a few weeks ago. The demo is a heavily customised version of the 'Tuscany'...

Photo Surfaces of Samsung’s VR Smartphone Adapter, Codenamed ‘Project Moonlight’

Samsung's long rumored VR smartphone adapter just left the rumor mill and entered into (virtual) reality. The Verge has published a photo of the device allegedly codenamed 'Project Moonlight'. Here it is in all of its blurry low quality glory...

Google Launches ‘Works With Google Cardboard’ Certification for VR Smartphone Adapters

Today Google is taking the wraps off of a new certification program for VR smartphone adapters. 'Works with Google Cardboard' will allow Cardboard VR apps to adjust specifically for a given VR smartphone adapter and help users see which adapters...

Oculus Rift E3 News Roundup: 1080p Prototype, EVE-VR, and Sony’s Love for the Oculus Rift

Looking for a summary of all Oculus Rift E3 news so far? Road to VR has got you covered! Oculus Rift E3 news: 1080p HD prototype Undoubtedly, the biggest piece of news was the Oculus Rift HD prototype that was unveiled...

Free Vireio Perception v2.0 Oculus Rift Driver Launches with VR Boost Add-On

A few days ago Neil Schneider, founder of MTBS3D, announced the long delayed launch of Vireio Perception 2.0, an open source 3D / VR Injection driver for VR HMDs. The Community 3D Driver Vireio Perception, a 3D Injection driver designed to...

Sony to Show off HMZ-T2 HMD Prototype with Head Tracking and Pass-through AR [Video]

Sony appears to be finally experimenting with augmented reality and virtual reality on their HMD line. The company has traditionally marketed their HMZ-T1 and HMZ-T2 head mounted displays as a "personal 3D viewer" rather than anything to do with...
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