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GameStop CEO Bets on Virtual Reality “We’re going to be the destination for VR”

Despite the rise of digital distribution, GameStop is a bricks and mortar game retailer who's managed to weather the changing seasons remarkably well. The company has it's hands in multiple "channels", including PC game download portals and games media,...

VR Launchpad Tickets Now on Sale – See Pitches from Top VR Startups, Vetted by Industry...

VR Launchpad is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Tickets for the event are now on sale. Secure your seat for access to a select group of VR startups vetted by VR community and media leaders, SVVR and Road...

Palmer Luckey Explains Why the Oculus Rift Will Cost “More than $350”

As we approach the Rift's Q1 2016 consumer launch, Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey has given us a new minimum for the still unannounced Oculus Rift price. In the humble beginnings of Oculus, the company sought to create an affordable consumer VR...

Oculus Connect Live Recap in VR with Ben Lang, Cymatic Bruce, & Special Guest Brad Herman...

Last week's Connect conference was three days of exciting announcements from Oculus. Join Road to VR's Ben Lang as he and Cymatic Bruce host special guest Brad Herman inside of VR itself to recap and discuss the latest news...

How Oculus Studios’ First Touch Shooter Made Me Feel Like a Gun Slingin’ Badass

Dead and Buried is the latest game to come from the first-party Oculus Studios; built specifically for the company's Touch controllers, the game has you gunning down targets backset by an old west mining operation. With your hands directly in...

CNN to Livestream Democratic Debate in Virtual Reality with NextVR

CNN and NextVR are teaming up to bring the Democratic presidential debate to VR this October. While NextVR captured the recent CNN Ronald Reagan Debate in VR, the upcoming Democratic debate will be the first to be livestreamed in VR. On October 13th,...

Twitch VR Will Let you Watch Game Streams with Friends, Coming Soon to Gear VR

During the Oculus Connect keynote address, among the company's many announcements like Netflix for Gear VR and Minecraft for VR, was the news that Twitch is coming to Gear VR. And the best part: you can watch it socially...

8 Wild Oculus ‘Medium’ Creations from Connect

Oculus Medium, the company's new 3D VR sculpting app revealed at this year's Connect, allows anyone to create clay-like works of art from the very simple to the frighteningly realistic with a few swipes of Oculus Touch hand controllers. But don't...

Manus Machina Begins to Ship Early Wireless VR Gloves to Developers

Manus Machina, a company dedicated to virtual reality input devices, has begun shipping their first sets of wireless VR gloves to developers. Roaming the halls of Birmingham's NEC covering EGX 2015 today, I bumped into the Manus Machina team, who gave...

‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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