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‘Angry Birds’ Developer Rovio Demo’ing VR Version of Their Mobile Blockbuster
Rovio, the developer behind the mobile smash-hit Angry Birds, has created a virtual reality experience based on the popular game. The development studio showed off Angry Birds VR at the Rock in Rio festival this past weekend.
Shown running on...
SVVR Expo 2015 Line-Up Takes Shape – $100 Discount for Road to VR Readers
The 2015 Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference and Expo is just around the corner, so we've taken a look at what is shaping up to be a packed schedule. We've also got $100 discount codes for all Road to VR readers!
SVVR's second...
‘Geppetto’ Prototype Makes Animating in VR a Hands-on Experience
Masters of Pie, a London based 3D animation studio, have taken a page out of the book of renowned claymation works such as Wallace and Gromit with their stop-motion animation prototype tool for VR, aptly code named Geppetto after the fictional creator...
Oculus Rift CV1 High Res Photos Suggest a Lighter, More Comfortable Headset
The first glimpses of the Oculus Rift CV1, the consumer version of the company's hotly anticipated headset are finally here. Like the Rift DK2 and Crystal Cove prototype that came before it, the CV1 shares a clear lineage with...
Oculus Announce Consumer ‘Oculus Rift’ CV1 Release Date as Q1 2016 (Update: Confirmed)
According to IGN and Polygon, it seems as if Oculus has at long last committed to a release window for its virtual reality headset the Oculus Rift and we're to expect it in Q1 2016!
Sources for this news is unclear,...
HTC: ‘Vive Developer Edition Will Not Be Sold Before Consumer Launch’
A report published last month in Fortune seemed to indicate that HTC would make the SteamVR / Vive Developer Edition system available for sale prior to the forthcoming launch of the consumer version of the headset. Speaking with Road...
‘The Void’ is a VR Experience which Fuses Physical and Virtual Reality Environments
Whilst the the virtual reality industry's focus right now is largely on in-home entertainment, the out-of-home VR sector shows immense promise. A new project called 'The Void' is an out-of-home experience that aims to let players explore physical environments...
First ‘Perception Neuron’ Unboxing Video Appears, Shows Promising Accuracy
Perception Neuron, a VR motion input suit by Beijing-based Noitom Technology, took to Kickstarter on August 8th and came to a very successful conclusion, reeling in nearly $572,000, more than twice the campaign’s $250,000 goal. Now, the first an...
Steam VR Image Leak May Indicate Software Line-up for HTC Vive VR Headset
Steam VR and Valve's accompanying VR hardware, the HTC Vive, is on its way and with release windows already confirmed, the question is what content will be available for early adopters of the virtual reality platform? These images, found...
VR Video Platform ‘EEVO’ Gets $1M in Funding – Revenue Share and Startup Money for Content...
EEVO, a New York based cinematic VR video platform, is preparing to launch into the world of made-for-VR video with its Netflix-style service. Their hopes: to establish a paid (and therefore instantly monetized) service to immediately attract the most compelling premium content from big...
HTC Vive-enabled Unreal Engine 4.8 Coming next Week, Devs Can Start Work with Rift DK2
Epic Games has today announced that the company will be releasing an Unreal Engine 4.8 preview build next week which will offer support for Valve's highly anticipated SteamVR / HTC Vive. Epic says that even developers who don't have...
New HoloLens Video Shows Glimpses of Detailed Internals and Early Prototypes
HoloLens, Microsoft's forthcoming AR headset, was today revisited at the company's 'Build 2015' developer conference. Along with a number of tantalizingly smooth on-stage demos, the company also released a video showing some early prototypes, as well as an exploded model of...
Valve’s Joe Ludwig to Talk ‘OpenVR’ and ‘Lighthouse’ Hardware Partners at SVVR Expo
Valve Software Programmer Joe Ludwig, aka one of the brains behind Team Fortress 2's 'VR mode' and SteamVR, will be giving a talk at this year's SVVR Expo on the company's SteamVR APIs, otherwise known as OpenVR.
The 20 minute talk,...
LiveLike Combines the Cameras of Today with the VR of Tomorrow
While other companies are busy building 360 degree camera rigs and hoping for consumer adoption, VR startup LiveLike has a unique approach which uses existing broadcast camera tech in a surprisingly effective way to make you feel like you're...
‘Render the Metaverse’ Contest by OTOY, John Carmack Signs on as Judge
OTOY, the studio behind the made-for-VR rendering software OctaneVR, has announced a contest sponsored by Oculus that aims to get the community involved in generating immersive 360-degree panoramas using their software suite. Oculus CTO John Carmack is also signing on to...
