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Sony Acquires Softkinetic with Tech Ideal for Next-Gen PlayStation VR Input
Softkinetic are a 3D vision company specialising in depth-sensing technologies, specifically ToF (Time of Flight) laser-based systems. Now, Sony have announced it has acquired the Belgian company, provoking speculation that we might see the company's tech used for hand-tracking alongside...
Oculus Video Hands-On: Twitch, Vimeo, and Movies Come to Gear VR
Oculus Video received an update today for Gear VR, which delivers the much awaited integration of streaming content from Twitch, Vimeo, and purchasable movies.
In preparation for the consumer launch, Oculus is filling out the Gear VR platform with a...
REWIND Spins BBC ‘Strictly’ into 360 Degree Video
REWIND, the UK based VR digital production company, were commissioned by the BBC to record one of the UK's biggest shows in immersive, VR friendly video, the first of its kind for a mainstream BBC show.
Whilst the demographics of this...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – October #2
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.
RollerBall 3d is an annoying Platform Game inspired by games like Geometry...
Preview: ‘Machine VR’ is an Awe-inspiring Trip Through a Crystalline Fractal Universe
Produced by Dutch visual effects artist Julius Horsthuis, Machine VR is the newest installment of a line of contemplative fractal 360 videos—this time taking you into an infinite world of crenelated metallic structures that is sure to ignite the imagination.
The human mind...
John Carmack Now Working on Minecraft for Oculus Rift and Gear VR
One of the biggest moments at last month's Oculus Connect developer conference was the revelation that Minecraft, the stratospherically successful retro-styled social title, is coming to the Oculus Rift and Samsung's Gear VR. Now, Oculus CTO John Carmack has stated that...
GameStop Bringing Valve’s Steam Hardware to Stores
Hot on the heels of US game retail giant GameStop's CEO Paul Raines announcing that "We’re going to be the destination for VR", come news that the company has also cut a deal with Valve to stock the forthcoming wave...
Oculus Touch Shooter ‘Bullet Train’ Publicly Debuts at SEA VR Oct 28th, Register to Try it...
Connect 2, Oculus' developer conference held last month, witnessed a focus on their new VR input system Oculus Touch, including a flagship title built from the ground up for the devices from Epic Games named Bullet Train, a virtual...
Microsoft Reveals ‘Project XRay’ HoloLens Gameplay
On stage at Microsoft's Windows 10 event today, the company showed gameplay of Project Xray, a mixed reality shooter for HoloLens which has players using a "wearable hologram" to blast aliens that are bursting out of walls.
Using a specially...
Applications for HoloLens Developer Edition Open to US and Canada-based Devs
At today's Windows 10 device event, Microsoft executive VP of operating systems Terry Myerson took to the stage to release date and price info for the developer edition of HoloLens, the company's untethered AR headset.
Applications for the developer edition of HoloLens are...
Now Playing: Kent Bye’s ‘Voices of VR’ Podcast Comes to Road to VR
We're excited to announce that the Voices of VR podcast by Kent Bye will now be syndicated through Road to VR. Kent began his journey in May, 2014, seeking to catalog the insights of experts working in the core of the virtual...
VR Launchpad Deadline Extended to Wednesday – Apply Now for Your Chance to Pitch in the...
VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs have been extended to October 7th. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of investors...
Microsoft Teases “Exciting” HoloLens News at Windows 10 Device Event Tomorrow
Microsoft have just dropped word of a special Windows 10 event focussing on devices built around the new OS, stating that "We have some exciting news to share", seemingly about their augmented reality device, HoloLens.
It's been a little while since...
Sony to Give ‘PlayStation VR’ Keynote at UK’s VRTGO Conference, November 12th
It's perhaps easy to forget that Project Morpheus, now known as PlayStation VR, would be 'just another VR headset' were it not for the vision and talent of Sony's UK game developers and designers. It's appropriate then that they're now...
‘DeathTolls’ VR Experience Creates Chilling Visualizations of Human Loss from Disasters Worldwide
DeathTolls VR experience is a chilling visualization of the enormity of human loss created through various violent conflicts and disasters throughout the world, and aims to help quantify this loss by presenting the user with a field of the deceased.
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