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Guest Lineup , Attendance Instructions, and Live Stream – Road to VR Live Roundtable Happens Tomorrow,...

Tomorrow (Friday the 18th), Road to VR is hosting a live roundtable discussion inside of virtual reality. Anyone is welcome to be part of the live virtual audience, whether you have access to VR hardware or not. We will...

The Next Version of Crashland Looks Amazing

As my personal favorite Oculus Rift demo, I've been watching Crashland's development closely. The forthcoming version, which will include a ferocious "Hell Worm," among other additions like powerups and new weapons, looks absolutely amazing. Crashland is the hobby project of...

Improved View-Master DLX Coming This Fall

A the 2016 Toy Fair conference in NYC this weekend, Mattel showed the first glimpse of the new and improved View-Master DLX. Seemingly signaling a positive response to the company's View-Master VR viewer, Mattel is prepping a second version of...

‘SuperHyperCube’ Devs Explain Design Legacy Behind Their PSVR Puzzler

SuperHyperCube from Kokoromi is a curious title from a developer formed by the founder of Fez studio Polytron. But what exactly is it and why should you care? A new video incliding both answer and fresh gameplay has just...

VR Visual Novel ‘Angels and Demigods’ Hits Kickstarter

The first chapter of Angels and Demigods, 7 Keys Studios’ lightly gamified, anime-style “VR visual novel,” is out, and four more chapters are waiting on funding from a Kickstarter launched September 28. Available for Vive via Steam, Cardboard via...

GameStop Bringing Valve’s Steam Hardware to Stores

Hot on the heels of US game retail giant GameStop's CEO Paul Raines announcing that "We’re going to be the destination for VR", come news that the company has also cut a deal with Valve to stock the forthcoming wave...
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‘Evolution Pinball VR’ is the ’80s Style Pinball Showdown You Always Wanted as a Kid

Pinball machines are a dying breed, but Evolution Pinball VR: The Summoning aims to put you back in touch with the arcade classic with the help of virtual reality. Now in its first Steam Greenlight campaign, The Summoning promises to deliver physics...

Rev VR Podcast – Episode 54: Road to VR Discusses the Facebook Acquisition of Oculus VR

With the big news breaking today that Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion dollars, the Road to VR team assembled quickly to discuss this astonishing news. Cymatic Bruce, Brian Hart, and Ben Lang join me in this episode to...
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New CastAR Promo Video Shows a Vision of an Augmented Home

Technical Illusions, the company behind the CastAR augmented reality glasses, have just revealed a new promo video showing their vision of an augmented home. "We're committed to not making "high concept" videos that most people do. For our Kickstarter we...

The First Oculus Rift Has Shipped, Deliveries Begin Monday

It's been a long time coming, but the very first Oculus Rift consumer headset is due to arrive to customers starting this Monday the 28th. Anticipation is palpable for the first deliveries of the Oculus Rift VR headset which began...

Following $23 Million Series A, Meta 1 Developer Kit Hackathon to Be Held March 6

On the tail end of this year's GDC, Meta will be hosting their very first 24-hour AR hackathon centered around their Meta 1 Developer Kit, a crowdfunded augmented reality headset that is now shipping out to backers. The event comes after...
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‘Earthlight’ Astronaut VR Sim Puts You on the ISS, NASA Collaborates on Realism

Opaque Media Group, a Melbourne-based VR studio, recently announced Earthlight, an upcoming first-person space simulator that places you in the flight suit of a current day astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS). If Earthlight's 360-degree teaser trailer is any indicator,...

‘The VOID’ Latest Impressions from a Theme Park Industry Veteran

The latest in a semi-regular series of features where Kevin Williams covers the wider aspects of the re-emergence of virtual reality development in consumer and commercial entertainment. In this special feature Kevin gets a chance to try one of the most...

Darkfield VR Launches Kickstarter, Hands-On and Developer Interview

Darkfield VR is one of the earliest members of a new resurgence in the Space Combat genre - seemingly brought back from the dead with the advent of the Oculus Rift. It's a pure multiplayer dogfighting game which pitches...

Review: Infinity Runner—The Game Nobody Thought Would Work with the Oculus Rift (for good reason)

Today Wales Interactive launches Infinity Runner, which is exactly what it sounds like—an infinite running game like many found on mobile platforms. The team appears to have successfully ported the genre from mobile to PC, but does it work...
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