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Titans of Space Heading to Samsung Gear VR, Developer Highlights Challenges Faced

Titans of Space, one of the early VR classics originally released for the Oculus Rift DK1, is now heading to the newly announced Samsung Gear VR headset. DK1 Classic Heads to Gear VR It wasn't long after the DK1 was released...

John Carmack: Samsung’s Gear VR is a “Landmark first step” for Mobile VR

Samsung revealed their Gear VR headset this morning in their IFA Unpacked press presentation in Berlin. If you weren't able to catch the broadcast, the 10 minute Gear VR segment, with appearance by Oculus CTO John Carmack, is right...

Oculus Home on the Samsung Gear VR is a VR Content Portal Backed by Oculus Store

As more and more information piles in on the long rumoured Samsung Gear VR Headset announced at Samsung's special event today, it's becoming clear just how integral Oculus are to not only the hardware but also content and the...

DreamWorks, Marvel, Playful and More Among Studios Creating Content for Gear VR

At Samsung's IFA Unpacked event earlier today, the company revealed a swath of big studios who are working on content for the Gear VR headset. Among them are some well known names like DreamWorks, Marvel, and IMAX, along with...

New DK2 Enabled Senza Peso Featured by Epic Games at Pax Prime, Download it Now

I took a look at a very early version of a DK2 enabled Senza Peso demo recently (see the above video) just after Oculus' second VR Headset shipped and it remains one of the most impressive VR showcases out...

Samsung Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ to Launch in 2014 Aimed at Developers and Early-adopters

Contrary to the grandiose presentation that Samsung gave Gear VR at their IFA Unpacked event earlier today, Gear VR will launch in 2014 first under the moniker 'Innovator Edition' which isn't aimed mainstream smartphone users. Despite being around for decades,...

Samsung Gear VR Specifications Reveal Sub-20ms Latency Thanks to Oculus Tracker

Samsung is launching their Gear VR headset with the subhead 'Innovator Edition'. We've got the full specifications, which include sub-20ms motion-to-photons latency. Samsung Gear VR Specs: Optical Lens 96˚ Field of View Sensor Accelerator, Gyrometer, Magnetic, Proximity Motion to Photon Latency < 20ms Focal Adjustment Covers Nearsighted /...

Samsung Gear VR is ‘Powered by Oculus’

Early photos of the Samsung Gear VR smartphone adapter firm up Samsung's partnership with Oculus showing a 'Powered By Oculus' logo on the side of the new headset. Engadget got an early look at Samsung's Gear VR smartphone adapter for...

First Game for Samsung Gear VR Announced – Smash Hit Plunder from Triangular Pixels – Breaking

Just seconds after Samsung announces their long rumoured VR Headset the Gear VR, we're receiving word on the first applications available for the device. Developers Triangular Pixels have announced that they're working on a retro styled dungeon crawler with support...

Samsung Reveals ‘Gear VR’ Headset—Breaking

Samsung, at the company's 'IFA Unpacked' event in Berlin today, have officially revealed their 'Gear VR' headset. This article is breaking! More details being added as we go. Be sure to refresh from time to time or check back with...

Sony Patent Shows Method of Automatic IPD Measurement for VR Headset

With Samsung rumored to be revealing their 'Gear VR' device later today, we went digging through the company's patent portfolio to see what information we might be able to glean. We stumbled upon a patent that caught our attention...

Hacker Awarded $25,000 for Identifying Security Exploits in Oculus Developer Center

A 'whitehat' hacker scored some serious cash for identifying security vulnerabilities in Oculus VR's developer portal. The exploits, which could have been used to plant malicious code in the Oculus SDK, among other mischievous things, have been patched and...

SundayVR With Cymatic Bruce – Ep. 30: Live for Speed, SubLevelZero, Half-Life VR, and More VR...

Hey Rifters! Missed the last episode of SundayVR? No worries, catch the video recording and written recap here! Live for Speed steals the show, we see some incredible Descent-like action from SubLevelZero, and I (finally) got Half-Life VR up and running. Episode...

News Bits: HL2VR 1.4 Mod Released, The Best Half-Life 2 Experience Just Got Better

Back in October 2013 Road to VR's Ben Lang described HL2VR, a Half-Life 2 mod specially crafted to make playing in VR as cool as possible, as "The best way to experience Half-Life 2." The new version (1.4) is...

The Proto Awards Submission Deadline Extended to September 2nd

The Proto Awards are being held by the Virtual Reality Foundation, a non-profit organization formed by the founding members of VRLA. The organization has extended the deadline for submissions to September 2nd and encourages "all developers to submit their VR...
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