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Hands-on: ‘Obduction’ is VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Myst’

Obduction is an upcoming adventure puzzle game for Oculus Rift from Cyan Inc., the creators of Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), and if the thought of seeing those intensely atmospheric worlds in virtual reality excites you, than I shall say no more. Except I will, because that's why...

CES 2014: First Hands on with CastAR HD Prototype

CastAR, the unique AR/VR gaming headset coming from Technical Illusions, made an appearance behind closed doors at CES 2014. Road to VR is the first to go hands-on with the latest HD prototype. Paul and I were in for some...

Palmer Luckey Explains Why the Oculus Rift Will Cost “More than $350”

As we approach the Rift's Q1 2016 consumer launch, Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey has given us a new minimum for the still unannounced Oculus Rift price. In the humble beginnings of Oculus, the company sought to create an affordable consumer VR...

Sony Confirms New 90Hz Display Mode for PlayStation VR (formerly Morpheus)

Sony wowed us back in March when they announced a 120Hz display mode on the latest version of the PlayStation VR headset (formerly known as 'Project Morpheus'), the fastest available on any of the 'big three' consumer VR headsets soon to hit...

VR Shooter ‘Arizona Sunshine’ Comes to PSVR with PS Aim Support in June

Announced on Vertigo Games’ social media channels and via the PlayStation Blog, VR zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine has been confirmed for a June release on PlayStation VR, along with support for the new PSVR Aim controller. The zombie wave-based shooter...

Unreal Engine and Unity to get NVIDIA’s New VR Rendering Tech

NVIDIA recently took the wraps off of Simultaneous Multi-projection, a new rendering technology built into the company's latest series of 'Pascal' GPUs which is designed to enhance VR rendering performance. Nvidia says the tech is soon to come to...

Google Adds Virtual Reality Street View Mode to Google Maps for Android

With the launch of Google's Cardboard VR smartphone adapter at Google I/O 2014 earlier this week, the company hopes to kickstart VR development for Android. In addition to the Cardboard app, Google has pushed out and updated version of...
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This is Gamecube Classic ‘Super Mario Sunshine’ Running in VR

Another Nintendo classic title from the past makes it into virtual reality courtesy of Gamecube emulator Dolphin VR. This time it's the turn of Super Mario Sunshine, returning here complete with high resolution texture hacks and running at 60...

Inside Look: Jaunt Pulls in $6.8 Million in Venture Funding for Virtual Reality Cinema Toolset

After nearly a year, Jaunt comes out of stealth mode today with what they hope will be the launch of a new content medium: cinematic virtual reality. For many months now, they have teased on their their website: "At...

Google Glass “Graduates” from Google[x], New Dedicated Team Teases ‘Glass 2’

Google has recently announced the discontinuation (or as they put it, "graduation") of its beta phase wearable, Google Glass. As Glass 2 is teased by its (now dedicated) team, Google's investment in secretive 'cinematic reality' company, Magic Leap, has us scratching...

SteamVR Update Adds Asynchronous Reprojection

NThe latest update to SteamVR adds asynchronous reprojection for Nvidia GPUs. Similar to Oculus’ asynchronous timewarp, it mitigates unwanted ‘judder’ when the hardware fails to maintain 90fps. Available via the SteamVR Beta since October 25th, asynchronous reprojection is a much-awaited...

Leap Motion’s New 180-degree Hand-tracking Comes to Qualcomm’s Latest VRDK Headset

Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion's new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during...

Reportedly on the Verge of a $500m Investment, Here’s What We Know About Magic Leap

Earlier this week, Recode reported that Google is "set to lead a huge investment in Magic Leap." The article cites "sources" which say that Google could be leading a $500 million funding round for the company, possibly including capital...

Hands-on: New GTX 10-Series Equipped Notebooks Put Desktop VR Performance in a Portable Package

Nvidia’s rollout of Pascal technology continues at a relentless pace. After a launch presentation that included a live demo of Gears of War 4 running at 4K on Ultra settings on a GTX 1080 notebook, and Doom running on...

“Sony’s PS4 VR Headset Is as Impressive as Valve’s” Says Developer—Can Sony Deliver VR That Gamers...

The existence of a virtual reality headset from Sony for their PS4 console has passed well beyond idle speculation over the past 12 months. We bring you new information from a PS4 developer. Note: This article contains speculation based on...
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