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Google’s Unannounced VR Headset Will Launch This Year, Report Suggests

Late last month we spotted Google job postings that heavily pointed toward the company developing its own high-end mobile VR headset. Now a new report from Financial Times indicates the company plans to launch the headset this year. Google's Cardboard...

New Gear VR Games and Apps – February Week #1

Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We're rounding up the week's Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. This week: space combat action with Cosmos Warfare, explore the world in VR...

‘DCS World’ Flight Simulator Gets Improved Oculus Rift Support

DCS World is one of the few remaining hardcore PC flight simulators with a major emphasis on attention to detail. I remember when a friend of mine announced excitedly that he had mastered the aircraft start-up procedure for the A10...
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VRLO 3.0 Event Wrap-Up Features Autodesk, Bossa Studios, HammerheadVR and More

VRLO is a London based VR event which celebrated its third outing in December, bigger and better than ever before. Road to VR's Jonathan Tustain was there to report from the show. Here's a nifty wrap-up tour featuring a collection...

WEVR Unveils ‘Transport’ VR Content Network, Announces Over $25M Investment

Wevr today unveiled Transport, a new VR content distribution platform that they hope will allow developers easier access to a broader market. To that, Wevr announced the results of an investment made by some big names in VR, amounting to the tune of $25M. Wevr is a virtual...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – February #1

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. Take a thrilling ride through the colorful city on the beach on...

Valve’s Gabe Newell to Address Vision VR/AR Summit Alongside Oculus, Sony and Google

The 2016 Vision VR/AR Summit focuses on immersive technologies and in its inaugural year is boasting quite a long list of luminaries as part its line up. This year, alongside addresses from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, Clay Bavor, Vice President...

AltspaceVR is Now Available for Gear VR

Social VR platform AltspaceVR today announced the general release of their Gear VR app—now making their software cross-compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Not too long ago, AltspaceVR only allowed users into their social platform for special 'beta weekends' where anyone could mingle, browse webpages or watch...
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Microsoft Teases the Future of the Super Bowl with HoloLens

Microsoft has splashed out on a promotional video designed to demonstrate its vision of a Super Bowl future, augmented by its untethered, augmented reality headset HoloLens, demonstrating how it could used in the home to enhance the football viewing experience. Microsoft's HoloLens...

‘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...

7 Ways to Move Users Around in VR Without Making Them Sick

You only need 10 minutes with a keyboard and mouse set-up to find out that moving around in VR is completely different from anything else in gaming. Here we take a look at some of the techniques developers are using to put...

Live Boxing Match Shows Us the Sweet Spot for Virtual Reality Broadcasting

We've seen VR live broadcasting company NextVR cover a range of sports and events, but its latest gig livestreaming a Premier Boxing Champions event was one of the best use-cases we've seen yet for the nascent technology. It was a matchup...

Magic Leap Raises $793.5 Million Series C Investment to Accelerate Adoption of Secretive AR Tech

Magic Leap today announced the closure of a massive $793.5 million Series C investment led by Alibaba. The company has kept their supposedly revolutionary AR tech under wraps to the public, but seem to have no trouble convincing investors...

Sneak Peek at The VOID’s Latest Tech to Feature at TED 2016

The VOID, the virtual reality theme park experience, has caused quite a stir in the industry over the last 12 months. Now, the company are taking their free-roaming brand of mixed reality entertainment to TED2016 and Road to VR's...

‘Adventure Time’ Game Coming Soon to All Major VR Headsets

Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games is a whimsical Gear VR 3D platformer featuring all of your favorite characters from the show. Fans of Adventure Time better keep their eyes peeled in the coming months though, as the game is 'coming soon' to...
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