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First Hands-on: Oculus Rift Crescent Bay is Incredible
During a keynote at Oculus Connect, Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe unveiled a headset they believe approaches the holy grail of virtual reality, presence. That is, it delivers an experience that your brain accepts as an alternate reality. This...
Oculus Connect: Watch Live – Oculus VR’s Brendan Iribe and Nate Mitchell @9:30am PDT
Watch Oculus VR CEO and VP of Product Nate Mitchell as the address attendees of the Oculus Connect event in Hollywood CA. Rumours are there might be some surprises in store. CV1 announcement? New controller perhaps? We shall see...
News Bits: Dazzling New Unreal 4 DK2 Demo Drops You into a Bullet Time Action Scene
Epic's Unreal engine has been front and centre in Oculus' technical demonstrations since the Oculus Rift HD Prototype appeared just over a year ago and ever since. From the dazzling Elemental demo used to debut UE4 to the unnamed...
Big News for VR: Nvidia’s New Graphics Cards Are Designed for High Performance Virtual Reality Rendering
We knew it was coming and it looks like Nvidia is the first to throw their hat into the ring, now being the first of the big GPU manufacturers to design their latest processors with VR in mind. Nvidia's...
Oculus Connect Begins Tomorrow, Live Stream Details, Schedule and Speculation
It's upon us. Oculus Connect, probably the most eagerly anticipated event this year (at least for the VR community) and perhaps Oculus VR's most important event in it's young life, kicks off at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, CA tomorrow...
News Bits: ZVR Apocalypse Playable DK2 Demo Released – Dismember Zombies in Bullet-Time
Developer Shaun Edwards (aka Sh0v), not content with producing Lunar Flight, one of the best early VR enabled games for the Oculus Rift, is already releasing a playable demo of his second VR-enabled title. Lucid VR Games has been...
Vrvana Totem Kickstarter Passes $100,000 in Day One, CEO Shares Details on Hardware Acceleration
After the first day of Vrvana's Kickstarter campaign for the Totem VR headset the company has raised more than $100,000 CAD toward their $350,000 goal. I recently spoke with Vrvana CEO Bert Nepveu to learn more about the Totem...
‘Snow’ Brings Open World Skiing to the Oculus Rift, Hands On and Developer Interview
At this year's Gamescom in Cologne, I got the chance to meet up with the team from Poppermost Productions, a small development team from Sweden who are mad keen on throwing themselves down steep slopes strapped to planks of...
Samsung Gear VR and Google Project Tango Support Coming to Unreal Engine 4
In a unique bout of transparency, Epic Games makes publicly available their internal to-do list for Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) development. The company has an entire category of the list dedicated to virtual reality features; support for Samsung Gear...
Proto Awards Nominees Are In, Thomas Middleditch of HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ to Host Ceremony
The inaugural Proto Awards, a ceremony to honor those making early strides in consumer virtual reality development, has revealed the nominees for 10 categories. Award winners will be announced at the award ceremony at the end of this week...
Totem VR Headset Kickstarter is Live, In-depth Interview with Vrvana CEO Bert Nepveu
The Totem VR headset Kickstarter has launched. Vrvana, formerly 'True Player Gear', is seeking $350,000 CAD to get a dev kit of the product into the hands of developers. I sat down with Vrvana CEO Bert Nepveu to...
News Bits: Oculus Updates Connect Conference Schedule With Gear VR Session and More
Last time we checked in with the Oculus Connect schedule, the company had elaborated on most of the sessions that would take place, but left several timeslots 'to be announced'. Oculus has now updated the schedule with all but...
Totem VR Headset Kickstarter Launches Tomorrow, Hands-on and Interview Coming Soon
Last week we met with Vrvana, formerly 'True Player Gear', for our first hands-on with the Totem VR headset. We've got a juicy interview on the way with Vrvana CEO, Bert Nepveu. The company launches a Kickstarter campaign for their headset...
Perception Neuron More Than Doubles Kickstarter Goal for VR Input Suit at $572,000
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 yesterday, reeling in nearly $572,000, more than twice the campaign's $250,000 goal. Perception Neuron uses...
Eden River HD Developer Teases Samsung Gear VR Projects with New Screenshots
Aaron Lemke, the developer behind audio-visual virtual reality experiences like Eden River HD and Opera Nova, has provided Road to VR with some new teaser screenshots of upcoming projects that are targeted at the Samsung Gear VR headset. Lemke...
















