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News Bits: Birthday Celebration for Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Included in Connect Conference Schedule
Oculus VR hosts its inaugural Connect developer conference in September. The company has remained quiet about the schedule until recently posting the initial itinerary which features keynotes from John Carmack (CTO), Michael Abrash (Chief Scientist), and Brendan Iribe (CEO),...
Leap Motion’s Next-gen ‘Dragonfly’ Sensor is Designed for VR Headsets
Leap Motion creates a gesture camera for hand tracking input. The company has been progressively pivoting their technology toward virtual reality, and now appear to be going all-in on the emerging industry with a tease of a next-generation sensor, codenamed...
Oculus Rift DK2 Positional Tracking “adds Significantly to the Sense of Immersion” in Second Life with...
David Rowe continues to develop the unofficial CtrlAltStudio Viewer, the first viewer to bring Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 support to Second Life. The latest alpha release of the viewer supports positional tracking on the Oculus Rift DK2, which Rowe says...
Rewind FX Uses Lidar-scanning and UE4 for Red Bull Air Race VR Experience
Road to VR was invited to an event at Red Bull Studios London to be among the first to try the latest version of the Red Bull Air Race VR Experience with positional tracking and the Oculus Rift DK2, an...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.77): Adventures in Kickstarting with Justin Moravetz, the Creator of Proton Pulse and...
Now that both of our Kickstarters are over, Justin Moravetz, the creator of Proton Pulse and Vanguard V, and I decide to go back and examine what worked, what didn't, and give some tips to potential Kickstarters in the...
Exclusive: Homido Launches VR Smartphone Adapter and Sleek App for VR Video with Web Browser on...
Today Homido is launching a new VR smartphone adapter along with a sleek app designed to play 360 degree, cylindrical, 3D, and 2D videos in a virtual reality format on iOS and Android smartphones.
The Homido VR smartphone adapter is...
Oculus Rift DK2 Comes to the Philly VR Meetup Wednesday, August 27th
The VR Philly Meetup is holding its second gathering tomorrow, August 27th, the group's first meeting since the launch of the Oculus Rift DK2. The new headset will be on display at the Meetup, along with guest speakers and...
VorpX Update Released – DK2 Support, Early Positional Tracking, DX11 G3D Support and More (video)
The new version of VorpX, the 3D driver that lets you play non-VR games on your Oculus Rift, has just been released and it adds early support for the DK2, Geometry 3D support for DirectX 11 games and positional...
Jaunt Raises Additional $27.8 Million in Series B Funding Round
Jaunt VR, a company dedicated to creating a platform for the production of cinematic virtual reality content, today announced that it has closed a series B funding round, raising $27.8 million, led by Highland Capital Partners with participation by...
Virtual Reality Netflix Prototype for Oculus Rift Built in Less Than 24 Hours During Company’s Hackathon
Netflix Hack Day is a recurring event at the popular video-streaming company where employees spend 24 hours building cool experiments for the platform. One such experiment is 'Oculix' a virtual reality version of Netflix which supports the Oculus Rift...
$227,000 Worth of Oculus Rift DK2s Sold on Ebay Despite Oculus VR Prohibiting Resales
As with any free-market system, the law of supply and demand will drive prices up when supply is short and demand is high. The Oculus Rift DK2 is a hot commodity, and even with the company pumping out the...
Immersion-Vrelia Aims 120 Degree ‘Pro Blue Sky’ VR Headset Toward the Commercial Entertainment Sector
While the Oculus Rift is poised to invade the homes of gamers, we're increasingly seeing the DK1 and DK2 used in promotional 'out-of-home' venues. Immersion-Vrelia have announced a new division dedicated to developing a VR headset designed for out-of-home...
Preliminary Oculus Rift DK2 Support Comes to Second Life and OpenSim
David Rowe, the developer behind the unofficial CtrlAltStudio Viewer for Second Life and Open Sim, has released a preliminary build to give Oculus Rift DK2 users their first glimpse into the popular virtual world.
David Rowe developed the first unofficial...
Oculus on Unconfirmed VR Input Device: “You’ll Probably Hear More About It [at Connect]…”
While there was lots of great info to come out of our Gamecom 2014 interview with Oculus VR, perhaps the most telling bit was the way the Oculus founder Palmer Luckey answered the question about an unconfirmed VR input...
Gamescom 2014: Morpheus Interview – Sony Had Prototypes Earlier Than You’d Expect
At Gamescom 2014, Road to VR Editor Paul James got to sit down with Anton Mikhailov who works in Sony's 'Magic Lab', an R&D division tasked with creating innovative experiences for PlayStation. Mikhailov revealed that the company has had prototypes...












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