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Crytek and Oculus on How VR Made “The Climb” Possible

Crytek just announced its new virtual reality rock climbing game The Climb, coming exclusively to the Oculus Rift platform next year. We sat down with Crytek and Oculus to discuss the new title. At a special event in California this...

GDC 2014: Oculus Session ‘Working With the Latest Oculus Rift Hardware and Software’ Live Blog @...

We're here at GDC 2014 waiting for Oculus VR's first session 'Working With the Latest Oculus Rift Hardware and Software' to begin at 11am PST. Join us as we live-blog the talk! //

Cyberith Omnidirectional VR Treadmill Launches ‘Virtualizer’ Kickstarter on July 23rd

We've been following Austrian company Cyberith and its virtual reality locomotion 'controller'  the 'Virtualizer' for a while now. The Virtualizer is an omnidirectional treadmill which uses a flat base with low friction which enables a user to run, crouch...

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...

‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Now on HTC Vive, Joins Rift and PSVR Players

EVE: Valkyrie has now launched on the HTC Vive, completing its full roll-out on the three major VR headsets, allowing cross-platform dogfighting. Update (11/18/2016): EVE: Valkyrie has now launched on the HTC Vive. The original article, published before the launch, stated...

Watch Palmer Luckey’s Oculus Rift GDC Presentation and Q&A Here

At GDC 2013, Oculus VR Inc. gave a series of presentations on virtual reality. The company has now posted Palmer Luckey's talk, 'Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming' online for your viewing pleasure. Palmer Luckey's Oculus Rift GDC 2013...

Oculus Rift News Bits: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Production Factory Photos, Johnny Chung Lee Visits,...

The Oculus Rift VR headset made a guest appearance on the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday and we've got the video for you. Oculus Inc. has posted a few photos of the production factory and Johnny...

Oculus Rift USB Power Hack Eliminates Need for a Wall Adapter

The Oculus Rift developer kit is driven by an external power source – but a resourceful modder has found a way to power the unit through USB, making the wall plug obsolete. As detailed in a blog post by Michael...

Unity is Making Big Improvements to Their VR Rendering Pipeline

Unity is making a huge push to position itself as the leading game engine in the virtual reality space today at its Vision Summit where they made a series of new partner announcements and previewed big improvements coming to...

AMD Acquires Valve-invested Wireless VR Company Nitero

AMD has announced that it's acquired Nitero, a company lately focused on creating technology to eliminate the tether from VR and AR headsets. In a rare move, Valve—co-creator of the Vive and creator of Steam—invested a “significant amount” in the...

Welcoming New Members to the Road to VR Team

Today we're pleased to introduce three new members to the Road to VR team. I'll be honest, when I started Road to VR back in October of 2011, I never thought the site would grow to where it is today...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 87): Gear VR Release with Ritchie D and Ben Lang

Well, it's finally here! After much anticipation, Samsung and Oculus have finally made their Gear VR headset available for purchase. I took the opportunity to sit down with Ben Lang, editor and chief of Road to VR, and Ritchie...

Hands-on: LucidCam Captures Surprising VR Imagery From a Sleek and Pocketable Package

In a world all too full of crowdfunding campaigns built on an idea and some rendered mockups, I was impressed to see LucidCam CEO Han Jin pull a polished and functional VR camera out of his pocket—even more so when...

Google’s VR Head Now Focusing Full Attention on Virtual Reality Efforts

After continually dipping its corporate toe in the waters of immersive entertainment over the last couple of years, Google is finally committing to VR (and by turns AR) by appointing former VP of Product Clay Bavor to head up...

Moto Z and Moto Z Force: Now Daydream-Ready

The Moto Z and Moto Z Force smartphones are the first devices after the Pixel and Pixel XL  to be recognised by Google as ‘Daydream-ready’. Daydream VR is Google’s new mobile VR platform built into the latest version of...
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