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‘Ai Weiwei 360’ is an In-Depth Tour of the Artist’s Most Important Works
The works of Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei have been featured in exhibitions all around the world, and now you can step into the mind of the man himself with the new Ai Weiwei 360 experience.
The stereoscopic 3D tour is...
Vive Pre-orders to Open February 29th as HTC Pivots From Smartphones to VR
Speaking with The Telegraph, HTC CEO Cher Wang confirms that pre-orders for the company's Vive VR system will open February 29th. Wang also indicates that HTC is turning its focus primarily to virtual reality.
The Telegraph reports HTC CEO Cher Wang...
Carmack on Gear VR: “Hold Off” on Buying New Phone Until Connect 2
John Carmack, CTO at Oculus, has tweeted advice to those considering a new phone for VR that they should wait until after Oculus' 2nd Connect conference next month.
Samsung's 'Unpacked' event has now been and gone, without much of a...
Sony to Give ‘PlayStation VR’ Keynote at UK’s VRTGO Conference, November 12th
It's perhaps easy to forget that Project Morpheus, now known as PlayStation VR, would be 'just another VR headset' were it not for the vision and talent of Sony's UK game developers and designers. It's appropriate then that they're now...
IGN Talks Future of Gaming, Tries out the Oculus Rift and Interviews Creator Palmer Luckey
IGN is running a series of segments talking about the future of gaming, their latest episode takes a brief look at where we are on the road to virtual reality gaming. Naturally the Rift is mentioned; IGN interviewes Oculus Rift head...
Ubisoft Fart Simulating “Nosulus Rift” South Park Ad Pokes Fun at VR Headsets
Ubisoft have taken immersive hardware peripherals to the next logical level for the new South Park game with a fictional, but completely functional, nose-mounted odour generator, the Nosulus Rift.
Subtlety, taste and class - three words you'll never hear associated...
Now Playing: Kent Bye’s ‘Voices of VR’ Podcast Comes to Road to VR
We're excited to announce that the Voices of VR podcast by Kent Bye will now be syndicated through Road to VR. Kent began his journey in May, 2014, seeking to catalog the insights of experts working in the core of the virtual...
RiftVR.com to Merge with Road to Virtual Reality
Today I'm pleased to announce that Paul James of RiftVR.com will be joining me here at Road to Virtual Reality. Paul and I have a similar passion for the world of virtual and augmented reality and have decided to...
Sundance and Jaunt Announce Immersive Video Residency Program for VR Storytellers
Sundance Institute and Jaunt Studios announced recently a new collaborative cinematic virtual reality residency program that will allow story tellers to create unique VR-based works of art.
The program will allow four artists a residency period of six months to create short films, the...
Valve Denies Working on Its Own Head Mounted Display for Virtual Reality Games Despite Internal Research
It's no secret that Valve is internally researching virtual reality. Michael Abrash is publicly known to be Valve's virtual reality and augmented reality researcher. Valve recently put out a job posting for an industrial designer noting that the company...
Oculus Founder to Make ‘Special Announcement’ at The Game Awards on December 3rd
Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey is set to take the stage of The Game Awards this Thursday, December 3rd to make a 'special announcement'.
The Game Awards 2015 marks the second year for the ceremony, produced by game journalist and host Geoff...
Survios Breaks Stealth With Debut of Action-packed Title Headed to Rift and Vive
Survios, one of the earliest companies to spin up in this new era of VR, is today debuting gameplay from a new VR title that's coming to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Inside, players battle robots in an...
‘Elite Dangerous’ Support Coming to Oculus Rift at Launch
Frontier Developments, makers of Elite Dangerous, today announced that the open-Universe space sim will be supporting Oculus Rift on day one of its March 28th launch. The good news: if you already own the game, you'll be getting Oculus support for...
‘The Gallery’, new Kickstarter funded game supports Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra
We take a look at a new, Kickstarter-funded title from indie developer CloudHead Games that promises not only to support the Oculus Rift but to actively develop the core experience around it. In the game's first Kickstarter update, Denny...
I Still Can’t Tell If Oculus Touch Controllers on the End of ‘Rock Band’ Guitars Is...
With the announcement of Rock Band VR comes an interesting question: how will the guitar be tracked? One method—as seen in the announcement promo video—may be to stick an Oculus Touch controller to the end.
I've watched the announcement promo for...
















