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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...
NextVR’s Stereoscopic 360-degree VR Cam Uses $180,000 Worth of RED 6K Cameras
The first glimpse at NextVR's camera rig for recording stereoscopic 360 degree video for VR has been revealed in new photos. The camera platform uses the six of the RED Epic Dragon cameras to capture up to 6K resolution...
News Bits: Watch AltspaceVR’s Reveal Presentation Right Here (video)
Following the announcement of $5.2 million raised in seed funding, AltspaceVR revealed their exciting VR software to the public for the first time yesterday in a presentation at SVVR #13. Road to VR's Brian Hart was on the scene...
AltspaceVR Seed Investment Tops $5.2 Million, Software Details Revealed Today at SVVR #13
Altspace VR has today announced significant follow-on funding to their initial investment round which more than doubles the company's seed funding, putting the total now at $5.2 million. The company, which has been largely in stealth mode, intends to...
VRTGO 2014: CCP Games – ‘EVE: Valkyrie – The Making of a Cross-platform VR Exclusive’, Live...
EVE: Valkyrie is a VR-exclusive, fast-paced space dog-fighting game from EVE: Online creators CCP Games. As one of the first games to showcase the incredible possibilities of VR technology in games, EVE: Valkyrie has played a pivotal role in...
ZeroLight to Demo Virtual Showroom Tech Using Rift DK2 at VRTGO Conference
ZeroLight, a UK-based digital visualization company, is adding virtual reality support to their virtual showroom engine. Doug Wolff, Executive Producer at ZeroLight, is set to speak tomorrow at the VRTGO conference about the company's work with virtual reality in...
NextVR Raises $5 Million for Live VR Broadcast Tech, Content to Come Pre-loaded on Samsung Gear...
NextVR, formerly Next3D, have announced a $5 million funding round designed to grow the company and develop their virtual reality live-broadcast technology. The company has been working with Samsung on Gear VR since before the reveal, and its stereoscopic...
10 Samsung Gear VR Panoramas from Immersive Media’s 360 Video Player ‘im360VR’
Considering that Samsung Gear VR is yet to go on sale, the breadth of content announced thus far is impressive. One thing that is clear however, Samsung and Oculus clearly see this device as much as a video delivery...
Guide: Play Minecraft on Oculus Rift DK2 Using the Minecrift Mod
As the world's best selling game, there's serious demand for Minecraft in virtual reality. While developer Mojang is busy with things other than VR, some enterprising folks have been unofficially adding Oculus Rift support to the game since the...


















