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Virtualitics Closes $7M Series B Round to Further Develop VR/AR Data Visualization Platform
Virtualitics, a big data visualization and analytics company, announced the successful close of a $7 million Series B round of equity funding led by investment group Centricus, and participated by existing investor the Venture Reality Fund (‘The VR Fund’) and...
Owlchemy Labs’ New VR Game ‘Vacation Simulator’ is Headed to GDC
Owlchemy Labs, creators of Job Simulator (2016) and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) tonight announced their latest VR title, Vacation Simulator.
Update (3/5/18): Owlchemy Labs has confirmed that it'll be bringing Vacation Simulator to GDC 2018 later this month where the studio will...
Exploring Near-Future Moral Quandaries with INVAR Studios
Rose Colored by INVAR Studios & Adam Cosco won the award for best live-acton VR experience at the Advanced Imaging Society's Lumiere Awards on February 12th. I previously interviewed Cosco at VRLA last year, and I had a chance...
Hardware Developers Are Now Receiving SteamVR 2.0 Base Stations
It was only a few weeks ago that we saw our first SteamVR 2.0 base station in the wild, shown off at this year's CES working with Vive Pro, HTC's upcoming high-resolution VR headset. Now, it appears some developers...
‘Ready Player One’ is Getting a Massive SXSW Event Powered by HTC Vive
Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Ready Player One—based on Ernest Cline's eponymous New York Times Bestseller—is getting plenty of buzz at South by Southwest (SXSW) this year ahead of the film's March 29th release. According to Warner Bros., SXSW attendees...
‘Rec Room’ Gets New ‘Isle of Lost Skulls’ Quest Alongside Substantial Update
Rec Room (2016), the social VR app from Against Gravity, now has a brand new Quest (a four player co-operative mission) alongside a number of other improvements thanks to a new update.
Update (3/2/18): It might not be Sea of Thieves...
Volkswagen Group to Train 10,000 Employees in VR This Year
Volkswagen Group and VR studio Innoactive revealed the global, multi-brand automotive company is planning to train 10,000 employees this year alone using virtual reality.
Volkswagen Group first deployed its Volkswagen Digital Reality Hub Group last year, a VR platform designed to help the company’s employees...
Varjo Announces AR Pass-through Capability for Its ‘Bionic Display’ Headset
Varjo, the Finland-based headset manufacturer, today announced the company's upcoming high resolution VR headset will have AR pass-through capabilities powered by Socionext image signal processors.
Varjo’s headset is basically taking what some consider a shortcut to retina resolution with its 'bionic...
Hands-on: HTC Vive Focus Brings Best-in-class Displays to Standalone VR, For a Price
Now available in China, and quite possibly on its way to a wider release, HTC is prominently showing its new standalone Vive Focus headset at MWC 2018 this week. The company says the Focus is positioned as the premium option among...
‘Moss’ Review (PSVR) – The Opening Chapter of an Adorable Adventurer
Moss, the promising puzzle platformer from indie studio Polyarc, has finally arrived on PlayStation VR. You'll guide Quill, an undeniably adorable mouse, on the start of what could become a grand adventure.
Moss Details:
Official Site
Developer: Polyarc
Available On: PlayStation VR (PlayStation Store)
Reviewed...
Win a Nintendo Switch & ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ in ‘Rec Room’ Creators Contest
Rec Room, the social VR app, recently updated to include the ability to create your own customized environments. To celebrate the 'custom rooms' addition, developers Against Gravity are putting on a contest and offering up the grand prize of a...
After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future
At this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, HTC CEO Cher Wang took the stage to outline the company's big picture approach to the future. The company is ostensibly putting increased focus on VR/AR with their newly coined...
HTC Shows Off Vive Pro with Vive Wireless Adapter at MWC 2018
Though both products were announced back at CES, HTC showed off the Vive Pro and the Vive Wireless adapter used together for the first time today at MWC 2018.
Back at CES, we went hands on with the Vive Wireless...
Updated Vive Tracker With SteamVR 2.0 Tracking Shown at MWC 2018
This year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is underway, and while the event's main focus is inevitably on the newest batch of smartphones to hit the market this year, VR's presence can definitely be felt. Visiting HTC's booth,...
Samsung Galaxy S9 Will Support 2017 Gear VR, No 2018 Model Announced
Samsung officially launched its new S9 and S9 Plus smartphones today. Though Gear VR wasn't mentioned during the reveal, the company has confirmed to Road to VR that both the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will support the 2017 Gear...



















