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‘Henry’ Realtime VR Trailer Hits Oculus Share, A Glimpse at the Evolution of Storytelling
Oculus Story Studio, the VR headset company's in-house production team, has released an immersive trailer of their animated VR short featuring a lovable little hedgehog, Henry.
Henry is Story Studio's second film, but really shows the company's Pixar DNA which they acquired from several of...
Here’s a Look at Just a Few of Oculus Touch’s 300 Prototypes
During Oculus Connect's keynote speech yesterday, it was revealed that Touch, the company's optically tracked hand controller was, perhaps unsurprisingly, the result of hundreds of early prototypes.
While the latest prototype is incredibly comfortable, almost to the point of disappearing into...
Here are the Games Launching with Oculus Touch
A number of games compatible with Touch were announced yesterday at Oculus Connect, ensuring at least 8 titles launching simultaneously so you can play right out of the box.
Although Touch won't be shipping alongside the Oculus Rift, which is slated to hit stores...
Oculus Rift Manufacturing Overview Reveals 200+ Custom Parts, IPD Adjustment Mechanism
In a session at day 1 of Connect, Oculus' Caitlin Kalinowski and Stephanie Lue took to the stage to speak about the challenges associated with making the Oculus Rift a mass-producible product.
While the Rift Crescent Bay prototype, revealed by Oculus...
Oculus Unveils ‘Medium’, a Creator’s Tool that Lets You Sculpt in VR Using Oculus Touch
At Oculus Connect today a new 3D paint program was announced that aims to take Oculus Touch to the artists among us, and it's called Medium.
Among the 10 new Touch demos made available to the attendees at Connect was Medium, a...
Founder of CNET Launches ‘Voxelus’, a Feature Packed VR World Builder
Halsey Minor, the founder of CNET, today announced at Oculus Connect the launch of Voxelus, an 'end-to-end' virtual reality content creation platform for PC and Mac that lets anyone easily create VR games, experiences, and places without the need of code.
Voxelus...
Oculus Brings Classic Gaming to Gear VR with ‘Oculus Arcade’
During the keynote speech at Oculus Connect, a new arcade app was revealed by head of mobile Max Cohen for the Samsung Gear VR platform. Oculus calls it simply Arcade.
With Oculus Arcade, the company is bringing classic titles from Sega, Midway and Bandai...
Keynote with John Carmack Livestream @ 1PM PT
John Carmack, Oculus' Chief Technical Officer, takes to the big Dolby Theater stage here at Connect for his "signature talk." Catch the livestream right here starting at 1PM PT (find your timezone here).
John Carmack will give his signature talk...
First Look at Samsung’s Consumer Gear VR Headset
Samsung today revealed the consumer version of the 'Oculus Powered' Gear VR headset which is now compatible with four of Samsung's latest phones. The headset looks similar to the two prior versions but a careful look (or a scale!)...
‘Oculus Touch’ Connect Demo Leak Shows Cross Platform VR Development
Oculus Connect day one is over, but it was but a warm up act for the remaining two days, kicking off today with a series of keynotes at 10am PST. In the mean time, UploadVR noticed that information has 'leaked'...
20 Minutes of Raw John Carmack on Gear VR Positional Tracking & Much, Much More
John Carmack has a reputation for frank, no holds barred technical discussions in his publish speaking, but he's also known for his generosity with his time and seemingly endless patience. At last year's Oculus Connect, the programming legend who co-founded id,...
First Look: Jaunt’s ‘ONE’ VR Light-Field Camera with Newly Revealed Specs
Jaunt ONE (formerly known under code name 'NEO') is a professional-grade 360 camera system created by Jaunt VR, a cinematic VR company that has recently partnered with Google to become a 'preferred content provider'. We got the chance to get some face time...
OC2: Day One Recap in AltspaceVR @8:30pm PST, Hosted by Ben Lang and Cymatic Bruce
Oculus' 2nd developer conference 'Connect' is under way, and with day one over, Road to VR is partnering with AltspaceVR bring you a virtual reality recap of everything that happened. Hosted by our very own Ben Lang and AltspaceVR's 'Cymatic' Bruce Wooden...
Oculus Partner with NextVR to Offer ‘Connect’ Gear VR 360 Keynote Live Streams
Oculus Connect is underway and there are a multitude of ways to catchup with news from the event. And in a new blog post, the company has announced one more - a 360 live stream brought to Gear VR...
Oculus Connect: ‘The Force of Virtual Reality at Lucasfilm’ Liveblog @2:30pm PDT
Rob Bredow is VP of New Media and head of ILMxLAB, the Immersive Entertainment R&D wing of Lucasfilm, and will be presenting the talk, entitled 'The Force of Virtual Reality at Lucasfilm' at 2:30pm PDT today (Wednesday, September 23rd). Don't forget to...



















