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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...

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...

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 with Pinć VR Prototype, the VR Headset Hidden in a Smartphone Case

'The best camera is the one that's always with you,' so goes the saying. The folks from Cordon, a Canadian digital agency, are hoping that the same will be true about virtual reality; that's why they're making a...

Second Life Developer Invites First Creators to Next-gen Made-for-VR Virtual World

Linden Lab, the developer behind Second Life, has announced the invitation of a select group of engineers and creators to trial the company's next generation virtual world, Project Sansar. Project Sansar aims be an early competitor in the race to develop something like...

NVIDIA Announces “Ansel” a New Tool that Captures In-Game 360 3D Photos

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang today announced a new tool at the company's 'Special Event' that will allow users to natively capture 360 images in-game, and then view them in VR headsets. The news accompanied the long-awaited announcement of the company's newest...

Microsoft Reveals IllumiRoom, A Projector-based System for Immersive Gaming

At CES this week, Microsoft has revealed a research project called IllumiRoom. The system combines a Kinect with a projector to scan your TV room and show content that extends beyond your TV. The goal is to create a...

$50M VR Venture Fund Announced by Japanese Mobile Game Giant COLOPL

COLOPL, mobile game giant in Japan, announced that they've opened a $50 million fund to invest in VR companies worldwide. Guest Article By Shun Kubota Shun is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of Mogura VR, the largest VR publication in Japan, aiming to...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep.90): It’s Not Just Gaming – Corporate Applications of VR with Stefan Pernar

It's easy to see that virtual reality will change the face of gaming. We can see just by the volume of VR developers that have stepped into the spotlight over the course of the last year that video games...

Oculus’ Joseph Chen Leaves to Join VR Video Specialists VRSE.Works

One of the longest serving members at Oculus, Joe Chen will be a familar face to anyone who has followed that company's meteoric rise over the last few years. But now, he's moving to pastures new, jumping ship to VRSE.Works, an...

‘VRLO’ Gathers Virtual Reality Industry Creatives for New London Meetup on 15th July

VRLO, a London, UK based virtual reality meetup has it's inaugural event on 15th July with the likes of Two Big Ears, RewindFX and VRSE.Works scheduled to speak. The virtual reality community continues to blossom and as the industries that have...
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