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Dexta’s ‘Dextarity Interaction Engine’ Lets Devs Build Tactile VR Worlds

Dexta's exoskeleton glove is a haptic input system which is designed to give users a sense of touch in VR. These new videos which show how the company's 'Dextarity Interaction Engine' gives developers the tools they need to get the virtual...

Intel to Acquire Computer Vision Company Movidius

Intel recently announced the planned acquisition of Movidius Technologies, a company specializing in on-device vision processing units (VPUs) and algorithms involved in a number of areas such as deep learning, depth processing, navigation/mapping, and natural interactions. Movidius will be providing Intel...

These Tiny Sensors Will Let You Build Lighthouse Tracked Headsets and Peripherals

With Valve's move to open up its Lighthouse tracking technology to third parties, Triad Semiconductor is soon to be selling specialized chips which companies can use to create new VR headsets and peripherals with SteamVR Tracking. Last month Valve finally made the...

First ‘StarVR’ 210 Degree FOV Headsets Have Shipped to IMAX

Starbreeze, Acer and the StarVR team are celebrating a milestone this week as the very first headsets, sporting a unique 210 degree field of view, have rolled off the production line and are winging their way to IMAX, who'll...

Exemplar 2 VR PC Now Available, Save $100 Through Labor Day

Today marks the launch of Exemplar 2, the second generation of our high-end VR gaming PC designed for those who want to push the limits of immersion. Exemplar 2 Ultimate is Road to VR’s internal test bench for VR reviews...

VR at PAX West 2016: What’s There and How to Find It

Seattle's annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. So, here's a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor...

Oculus Affirms Commitment to Gamepad Input As Touch Launch Nears, “we don’t believe gamepads are going...

While Oculus has been drumming up its soon to launch Touch VR controller for many months now, the company doesn't expect motion input to supersede the gamepad gameplay that Rift users are using today. The introduction of an Xbox One...

Qualcomm’s New VR Headset Could the Reference Platform We’ve Been Waiting For

For a while now we've been waiting for the industry to coalesce around a standard VR hardware platform. Now Qualcomm, a leading semiconductor company which regularly releases smartphone 'reference' platforms from which companies build their products, aims to fill that...

Crazy Camera Rig Captures Volumetric VR Video with 14 Cameras and LiDAR

HypeVR is working to bring live-action volumetric 360 video to VR. The company's crazy camera rig, built to capture the necessary data, is a mashup of high-end cameras and laser scanning tech. HypeVR recently shot a brief demonstration of the...

Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Unlocks More Natural Human Input for VR

Leap Motion has announced it's to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine, a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands. If you've ever spent time with a...

HTC Invests $5 Million in VR Game Developer Steel Wool Studios

Steel Wool Studios has picked up a $5 million investment from HTC. The studio was formed in 2011 by Pixar and LucasArts alumni. Steel Wool Studios, which today announced a $5 million Series A investment from HTC, was founded in...

Google Says Global VR Search Volume Grew 400% in 12 Months

Google, who has now has several major VR initiatives underway, notes major gains in interest in virtual reality and 360 degree video capture and sharing. The company is now prompting brands to consider what role VR will play in...

‘Damaged Core’ Review

Damaged Core is a first-person shooter set in the dingy near-future of a robot uprising. The Core, an artificial intelligence recently gone rogue, is destroying the Earth, and you, an AI program fighting on behalf of the humans, must hack your way closer...
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Lytro Shows First Light Field Footage Captured with Immerge VR Camera

Back toward the end of 2015, light field camera company Lytro announced a major turn toward the VR market with the introduction of 'Immerge', a light field camera made for capturing data which can be played back as VR video...

‘Jesus VR’ Claims First Ever Feature-length VR Film, to Preview at Venice Film Festival

Jesus VR: The Story of Christ, an upcoming feature-length 360 film, is getting its first public preview at this year's Venice Film Festival. Hailed as the world's first ever feature length VR film production, the 90-minute movie depicts the life, works, and death of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus...
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