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Lenovo’s Daydream Standalone VR Headset ‘Mirage Solo’ Approved by FCC
Ahead of any official announcement, Lenovo's upcoming Daydream standalone headset was recently approved by the FCC, suggesting the company is gearing up for launch soon.
First discovered by Lets Go Digital, the FCC test report (seen below) reveals little about the headset. Besides the...
IKEA is Gifting 14,000 VR Headsets to Its Employees This Holiday Season
The Swedish flat-pack furniture giant has made some impressive strides into virtual and augmented reality in the past few years, and to celebrate its success, the company is gifting VR headsets to its employees this year for the holidays.
According...
After 3 Years in the Making, ‘Blade Runner 9732’ Fan Experience is Finally Coming to VR
More than three years in the making, Quentin Lengelé's Blade Runner 9732 VR fan project is finally set to hit Steam on January 7th. The experience, which lets you stroll a screen-accurate replica of Blade Runner (1982) neo-noir protagonist Rick Deckard's entire apartment,...
‘MuX’ Lets You Build Wild Musical Instruments from Scratch, Now in Early Access
Described by Danish developer Decochon as a “revolutionary music sandbox for VR”, MuX features virtual, low-level synth components that can be connected together and adjusted to generate unique sounds. The various tools allow the creation of complex electronic instruments,...
‘Light Strike Array’ Fuses PVP Combat with Novel Locomotion, Now in Early Access
For some games, VR locomotion is simply ends to a mean; getting you from point A to point B in an efficient manner so other game mechanics can take the spotlight. Not so in PvP battle arena Light Strike Array, which...
Road to VR’s 2017 Game of the Year Awards
It's been a fantastic year for virtual reality games, and with VR titles hailing from ambitious indie studios and well-established developers alike, the prospect of having truly great games in VR is decidedly here. We at the Road to VR editorial staff,...
Studio Behind ‘Surge’ Launches First VR Game ‘KIN’ on Gear VR, Headed to Rift in January...
House of Secrets, the Amsterdam-based studio behind acclaimed real-time VR music videos Surge (2015) and Apex (2017), have released their first full VR game, a puzzle platformer titled KIN. Now available on Gear VR for $10, the game will also be headed to Oculus...
KFC Releases Its Wacky VR Chicken-Frying Escape Room for Oculus Rift
When we first saw KFC created a bizarre BioShock-esque VR training experience, we weren't sure if it was the company's next attempt at creating a brand engagement advert, or if KFC really intended on using the wacky chicken-frying escape room...
Jaron Lanier’s Journey into VR: “Dawn of the New Everything”
Jaron Lanier is a pioneer of the first commercially-available virtual reality systems with his VPL Research Inc startup that was founded in 1984. He has written a memoir called Dawn of the New Everything about his life leading up...
Go Touch VR Raises $1 Million for Haptic VR Tech, Shows off DK1 Design
Go Touch VR, which is developing a simple haptic device that's surprisingly effective, has raised €837,000 (approx. $1 million) in venture capital for ongoing development. The company has offered a look at the latest version of the VRTouch DK1 dev...
‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Adds Support for Windows VR Headsets and Non-VR Players – 50% Sale
Ubisoft's cooperative VR bridge sim, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, is hoping to bolster player populations with a new update which opens the doors to both Windows VR headsets and non-VR players on PC.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew is a well produced and...
Pimax Completes $15M Series A Funding Round
Pimax, the Shanghai-based VR headset manufacturer known for their upcoming wide field of view headset Pimax '8K', have raised nearly $15 million in their first post-Kickstarter investment round.
According to China-based tech publication YiVian, Pimax announced on December 19th that...
‘Pokémon GO’ Now Uses Apple’s ARKit on iOS 11, Bringing Pokémon Closer to Reality
Pokémon GO, the massively successful location-based mobile game, just got an update on iOS 11 thanks to Apple's ARKit that gives iPhone 6s and above more realistic Pokémon-catching encounters.
Since it was released in summer 2016, Pokémon GO has been hailed as an augmented reality...
Magic Leap AR Headset Hands-on Offers Details on Field of View, Weight & Content
In a surprise move, Magic Leap finally released images and info regarding their upcoming Magic Leap One AR headset today. Hard specs are still thin on the ground at the moment, but it appears that press embargoes on information are finally being lifted as the...
Magic Leap Finally Unveils its First AR Product ‘Magic Leap One’, Shipping Starts in 2018
After the long wait, Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality startup, finally unveiled its first AR headset. Releasing first as a 'Creator Edition', the so-called 'Magic Leap One' AR headset is said to start shipping in 2018.
While the company has...




















