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High School Student Designs Snap-together Cardboard, Kickstarter Now Live
A high school student from Perth, Australia, has launched a Kickstarter campaign focused on a novel plastic VR smartphone adapter, that unlike many designs on the market actually snaps apart to retain its flat pack portability.
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Since its initial release back in summer of 2014, Google...
Oculus Reveals Recommended Rift Specs and Confirms CV1 Resolution
Oculus is slowly drip feeding information about the forthcoming consumer launch of the Rift, the so-called CV1. Today the company has revealed the recommended system specifications for users who hope to own the device and confirmed the resolution of...
‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 2)
The first class of Rothenberg Ventures’ ‘River’ VR accelerator have graduated. Thirteen companies, in which Rothenberg invested a combined $1.3 million, showed off their latest work at the company’s annual Founder Field Day event. Road to VR was on the...
Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 3: Tactera, Crashland, DRIFT
In part 3 of our ongoing series covering some of the most promising content to come out of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam, we take a look at three high-energy games from three very different game genres: real time strategy, first person shooter,...
Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 2: NeoS The Universe, House of...
In part 2 of our regular series covering some of the most promising content to come out of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam, we take a look at three educational apps that show the transformative power of VR to instill...
How to Pitch Your Great VR Idea to the Industry at SVVR Expo 2015
Got an incredible idea, related to virtual reality you know that, if only you had the chance to tell someone, would wow the VR industry? At the SVVR Conference and Expo 2015, they're giving you that chance; 3 minutes to...
‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 1)
The first class of Rothenberg Ventures' 'River' VR accelerator have graduated. Thirteen companies, in which Rothenberg invested a combined $1.3 million, showed off their latest work at the company's annual Founder Field Day event. Road to VR was on the...
‘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...


















