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EVE Fanfest 2015 “The Future of VR” Livestream @12pm GMT

EVE Fanfest begins today and promises to be another promising event for VR enthusiasts. To that end, CCP are reaffirming their longstanding support for virtual reality with a welcome keynote entitled "Welcome to Fanfest & the Future of VR"...

Tune in for Livestreamed VR Sessions at Eve Fanfest 2015

CCP Games, makers of Eve Online, are gearing up for this year's Fanfest in Reykjavik, Iceland. The CCP-sponsored festival, which takes place March 19-21, not only offers Eve players a chance to talk with the game devs and hear about new...

WEVR Launches $1 Million VR Grant Program, Up to $50,000 Available for VR Storytellers

WEVR, formerly known as WemoLab, announced their new $1Million grant today, a program aimed at anyone looking to get into the new field of cinematic VR. WEVR, the VR company collaborating to produce experiences such as 360 video Space Shuttle Endeavour, and new HTC...

Latest NewRetroArcade Update Brings Sega Genesis Support and Cabinet Editor

Version 3 of NewRetroArcade is out and in addition to its already formidable reputation and feature list, it brings Sega Genesis and adds the ability for enthusiasts to build their own arcade cabinets. NewRetroArcade was launched last year to an...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 96): Adult Entertainment in VR with Ela Darling

The adult entertainment industry is ripe and ready for virtual reality, and a few entrepreneurial folks are already capitalizing on it. My guest today is one of those people, adult performer, Ela Darling. Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 96): Adult Entertainment in...

Underwater VR Headset Kickstarter Cancelled, But Not Because It’s An Underwater VR Headset

'Project Nautilus VR', a now cancelled Kickstarter campaign featuring an app and VR headset combo, wanted to take underwater VR experiences for Google Cardboard one step further: by actually putting you and your beloved smartphone head-first into a pool. And the thing is,...

Eve Developer Teases Possible SteamVR Integration and “Never-before-seen VR Demos” to Be Revealed at Fanfest 2015

CCP Games, developer of Eve Online, was one of the earliest big studios to jump into VR game development. After announcing Eve: Valkyrie, a made-for-VR space dogfighting game, the project has been running relatively silent. However there are strong...
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Virtual Reality Music Video ‘An Unseen Sky’ Available on Oculus Share Now

The Music video is a once trailblazing form of entertainment, borne in the 80s thanks primarily to the advent of 'youth' focussed television and of course MTV. Although the majority are merely literal, visual, commercially driven accompaniments to the music,...

Notes From the Forest

Road to VR's VR Community Liaison, Chris Madsen, fills us in on the latest happenings in Convrge, an in-development multiplayer VR environment that's been connecting VR denizens from around the world. Chris Madsen has been eagerly exploring the developing Social VR...

Up Next in Convrge: EDM, Indie Movies, St. Patrick’s Day, and Campfire Meetup

Convrge is an in-development Social VR platform that's free and open to all. Events planned over the seven days include an EDM dance party, indie movie night, St. Patrick's Day celebration, and the weekly Campfire Meetup. You are invited to...

‘Nuren’ and ‘Apollo 11’ VR Experiences Successfully Funded on Kickstarter

Two exciting non-game Kickstarters projects out of the VR community that we've been watching over the last few weeks have hit their goal. Nuren: The New Renaissance Nuren: The New Renaissance is a feature-length VR musical being built in Unreal Engine 4. The experience...

Oculus Confirms Dual Screens in Crescent Bay, Consumer Rift Will Not be an Exclusive Platform

In a Q&A session at Austin's SXSW event, an Oculus panel including VP of Product Nate Mitchell and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirmed that their latest feature prototype, 'Crescent Bay' does indeed comprise two display panels. SXSW is underway and...

YouTube Now Supports 360 Video, No VR Support (Yet)

Today YouTube announced that the video streaming service will now support 360 degree video that can be viewed in the browser or through the Android YouTube app. There's no VR support yet, but I've got a feeling that we can...

Crytek’s 50 Person VR Dev Team Can Only Mean One Thing

At GDC 2015, game developer and CryEngine creator Crytek was showing an impressive virtual reality experience on the Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototype. But it would seem that the company has much more up their collective sleeve than a...
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Valve, Bossa Studios and Vertigo Games Talk Steam VR at EGX Rezzed, Video Now Up

After HTC's surprise announcement at MWC and the subsequent VR frenzy of GDC, it became apparent some lucky developers had had their hands on early Steam VR hardware for some time. Two of them are Bossa Studios' (Surgeon Simulator)...
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