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Unello Design Brings VR Meditation to Google Cardboard with ‘Zen Zone’ and ‘Nebuland’

Unello Design, the indie studio behind Eden River HD, has just released two new apps for Cardboard, Zen Zone and Nebuland. Taking a few 'me time minutes' in the middle of a hectic day was never so easy. Pop on a...

Freefly VR Smartphone Adapter Launches Today – 18% Discount for Road to VR Readers

Freefly VR launches today, a VR smartphone adapter with a unique universal design for phones from 4.7 to 6.1-inches. Road to VR readers can take an exclusive 18% discount off a purchase of the headset. The Freefly VR smartphone adapter uses an iOS...

Latest Version of ‘Virtual Desktop’ is Here, The Free App That Makes Your Entire Windows Computer...

While futurists have contemplated for years what virtual reality computing might one day look like, there's a simple solution to using your Windows computer in VR today, it's called Virtual Desktop, and we've got a look at the latest...
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Sony’s Dave Ranyard Talks Project Morpheus VR Development and Accessibility at SWVR 2015

SWVR's inaugural UK event in February attracted a great selection of industry talent to talk on their experiences developing for VR. One such talk was given by Sony London Studios' Director Dave Ranyard, whose team is working heavily with the...

6 Free GDC 2015 Presentations VR Developers Should Watch

Virtual reality was without a doubt this year's hot topic at GDC 2015 in San Francisco, with talks presented by major hardware producers and indie game devs alike covering a wide array of VR-centric challenges and opportunities. Now GDC has...

‘Wearality SKY’ Promises Pocketable 150 Degree FOV VR Smartphone Adapter, Kickstarter is Live

Wearality wants to make mobile VR even more mobile with their VR smartphone adapter that not only delivers a seriously wide field of view (FOV) at an impressive 150 degrees, but also folds up to fit neatly in your pocket. Wearality SKY...
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VorpX’s New Virtual Cinema Lets You Play Non-VR Games on a Virtual Big Screen

vorpX news has been thin on the ground just recently, but that's because the team behind the project have been busy preparing one of the biggest releases yet. v0.8.0, released today, brings with it a raft of new features,...

Google’s ‘Cardboard’ VR App Exceeds 1 Million Downloads

Google surprised the VR community when it revealed Cardboard, a super low-cost VR smartphone adapter, last year at the company's annual developer conference. Although started as a hobby-level project, the platform seems to have grown beyond their expectations. The Cardboard app...

Get a Real Workout in Virtual Reality with the Widerun Bike Trainer, Now on Kickstarter

Stationary biking is boring almost anyway you slice it. And while some people can zone out to music or lock their attention to a TV screen, others crave something a little more interactive. This is where Widerun sees their made-for-VR cycling system, a...

WEARVR Raises $1.5 Million for Universal VR App Marketplace

Today WEARVR has announced a $1.5 million funding round to continue to grow their universal VR marketplace, which houses apps for a wide range of VR headsets. For the month of April, Road to VR is partnering up with...

SnakeVR Repurposes Your Old Nokia(s) for Immersive VR Gameplay of a Beloved Mobile Classic

SnakeVR is the spiritual VR successor of the snake-style games which gained widespread notoriety after being included on some of Nokia's classic handsets. If you happen to have hoarded two of the company's 3-series mobiles, go find the chargers buried...

Crowdfunding Platform Bans Projects Based on Name Alone, “No more VR,” says CEO

IndieStartup CEO Armando McGillicutty announced yesterday that the popular crowdfunding platform is now banning a number of VR-related projects based on a single factor: their name. Crowdfunding campaigns have come and gone, but ever since IndieStartup's founding in 2010, they've remained fairly agnostic on how individual projects...

Gear VR Now Available in 9 Countries, Paid Store Still Stuck in US but Going Abroad...

Slowly but surely, Samsung has allowed limited international sale of Gear VR, the companies 'Innovator Edition' VR headset. But in comparison to the far reaching nature of the Galaxy Note 4, the smartphone powerhouse behind Gear VR which can be ordered...
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‘Diplopia’ Becomes ‘Vivid Vision’, Trials Get Underway – Interview with CEO James Blaha

Diplopia is a virtual reality title designed to provide targeted exercises for those suffering from vision issues. The team behind the application are rebranding, changing their name to Vivid Vision. Brian Hart caught up with CEO James Blaha to get...
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Rift Coaster Meets TRON in ‘Grid Coaster’, Demo Available Now

Grid Coaster is an Oculus Rift enabled roller coaster experience built on Unreal Engine 4 which wants to recall the aesthetics of 80's sci-fi Disney classic TRON (1981). The legendary Rift Coaster was a rough 'n' ready Unreal 3 tech demo...
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