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VRTGO 2014: CCP Games, Sony, RSI, Bossa Studios, nDreams to Speak at UK’s First VR Conference,...
VRTGO is the UK's first dedicated VR Conference and is set to highlight the UK's importance in both the gaming industry at large and the fledgling industry of virtual reality. The one day event comes to the Baltic Centre...
Darknet is Coming to Samsung Gear VR, Developer E-McNeill Shares Thoughts
Today's flood of content announcements following Samsung's Gear VR announcement is starting to look like a procession of VR's old guard classics. Darknet, Oculus Rift enabled hacking game originally conceived during an Oculus sponsored VR Jam competition (and finally...
News Bits: Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta Released – New Firmware, Chromatic Aberration Fix, and More
Oculus VR has released an updated version of their SDK, the Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta. The update includes new firmware, with a fix for the Rift DK2's built-in latency tester, a chromatic aberration fix for headsets using the minimum...
Oculus CEO: ‘You’ll See A Lot of Devices Powered By Oculus on Mobile and PC’
Following the Samsung Gear VR announcement and the official reveal of the "deep and integrated partnership" with Oculus, the company's CEO, Brendan Iribe, confirms that Gear VR is but one of many 'Powered by Oculus' devices to come.
Yesterday's announcement...
The Drive Toward Virtual Reality in the Commercial Entertainment Sector
Alongside being a guest contributor to RTVR through his A Wider FOV article series; Kevin Williams is a well-known figure in the immersive entertainment community—steering his consultancy KWP, he also is the chairman of the Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment Network Association...
‘Temple Run VR’ Brings the Mobile Mega-hit to Samsung Gear VR
With more than one billion downloads on mobile platforms, the Temple Run series is one of the biggest games in the mobile space. The developer behind Temple Run, Imangi Studios, is bringing a virtual reality version of the game...
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...



















