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What it Feels Like to Roll Through a Virtual World in the Virtusphere

During a recent virtual reality hackathon at OCVR, I was able to try out a crazy contraption called the Virtusphere—essentially a giant acrylic human hamster ball that lets the user feel like they are walking through a virtual world....

News Bits: Sony ‘Virtual Reality – A New Era for Games’ Panel at PlayStation Experience (video)

At Sony's PlayStation Experience event earlier this month, the company brought together four prominent folks from the game industry to chat about the future of virtual reality and Sony's 'Project Morpheus' VR headset for the PS4. Earlier this year, Sony...

How to Play Wii and Gamecube Classics on Your Oculus Rift with DolphinVR

Ever wanted to play old gaming classics in virtual reality? Well, DolphinVR is an emulator with enhanced support for the Oculus Rift headset that lets you do just that. Here's how to get it working. Back in the dim, distant...

Next Major Version of UE4 to Include Samsung Gear VR Support and Latest Oculus Runtime

Epic Games, creators of the Unreal Engine game authoring software, plan to include support for Samsung's new Gear VR headset in the next major version of the software. Unreal Engine is one of two big game authoring engines with support...

Exclusive: VRClay Beta Hands-on, the 3D Sculpting Software for VR

Another video has surfaced within the past few days of VRClay, sparking more curiosity around the only 3D modeling software currently designed to be used in virtual reality. We reached out to the team behind the software and were granted an...

The VR Community Shows Its Christmas Spirit with Cards, Demos, and More

In the spirit of Christmas, some members of the VR community have mashed up their passion for virtual reality with today's holiday. We offer a quick roundup of some of our favorite Christmas VR creations. One of the best parts...

Temple Run Now On Gear VR, (Spoiler Alert: You die)

A new VR version of the classic 2011 mobile game, Temple Run, has just been released and is now available on Samsung Gear VR. Like all of the titles that currently populate the Oculus Store, the game is free...

Eden River HD Launches on Steam and Google Cardboard, a VR Relaxation Experience

Eden River, a virtual reality relaxation experience, is now available on both Steam and Google Cardboard. The game, which essentially replicates the experience of floating down a lazy river, was produced by indie game studio Unello Design as an effort to...

Vox Machinae Brings Mech Action to VR – Hands-on Preview (60FPS Gameplay)

From Canadian developer Space Bullet Dynamics comes a mech action shooter built from the ground up for the Oculus Rift VR headset. This is Vox Machinae, and it looks extremely promising.  A genre seemingly made for VR, the mech combat...

Samsung is Demo’ing Gear VR at America’s Largest Mall

One of virtual reality's greatests strengths—that it's a unique and unprecedented experience for most—is also one of its greatest weaknesses when it comes to marketing the technology. Without actually trying VR for themselves, how do you sell someone on...

Technolust ‘A Way Out’ Demo Showcases ‘Realspace 3D’ Audio and Photogrammetry Techniques (60FPS Gameplay)

Iris VR's Technolust is a regular favourite at Road to VR towers, so when its developer Blair Renaud (aka AntiCleric) released a new demo featuring both 3D positional audio and utilising cutting-edge photogrammetry techniques, we had to get our...

IndieCade Announces Top 20 Semi-Finalists in Leap Motion ‘3D Jam’

IndieCade announced the top 20 semi-finalists of the Leap Motion '3D Jam' yesterday. The lucky 20 entrants will go on to compete for the first prize of $5,000 cash and $2,500 in travel costs to send them to IndieCade East 2015...

CES 2015 Marks the Arrival of Consumer VR – Road to VR Will be There!

Another year, another Internaional CES. But as the rapid growth of the VR industry shows no signs of abating, we look at the signs that mean 2015 will be the year VR heads to people's homes. The advent of another...

Behind the Scenes with Littlstar, Panoramic Video For All

Littlstar, a new 360 degree video-sharing network, wants to put their YouTube-like platform in the hands of anyone with a cardboard (or plastic) VR headset. Considering the recent appearance of some astonishingly well-funded competition, we reached out to the...

Proton Pulse Debuts First Full Release on Android for Google Cardboard

Proton Pulse has been a well known name in virtual reality since the early days of the Oculus Rift VR headset. After a successful Kickstarter in 2013 followed by a mysterious cancellation and refund to backers, there was a time when...
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