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Digital Combat Simulator (DCS), the DK2 Enabled Flight Sim That Flew under the Radar at E3...

Guest writer Kevin Williams lifts the lid on a game which missed the glare of the media spotlight at E3 2014—Digital Combat Simulator. During E3 2014, there was a crowded assortment of demonstrators on the Oculus VR booth. One of...

News Bits: Oculus Connect Conference Registration Delayed

Earlier this week, Oculus VR announced Oculus Connect, a VR developer conference to be hosted at the end of September in Los Angeles, California. Registration was slated to open this morning at midnight, but Oculus says they need more...

Cyberith Omnidirectional VR Treadmill Launches ‘Virtualizer’ Kickstarter on July 23rd

We've been following Austrian company Cyberith and its virtual reality locomotion 'controller'  the 'Virtualizer' for a while now. The Virtualizer is an omnidirectional treadmill which uses a flat base with low friction which enables a user to run, crouch...

Samsung ‘Gear VR’ Smartphone Adapter Rumored to be Announced in September at IFA 2014

An exclusive report from SamMobile has dug up what it alleges are official assets surrounding Samsung's rumored VR smartphone adapter. The report claims that the device will be called 'Gear VR' and be announced at IFA 2014 in early...

News Bits: With 5 Days Remaining, Zero Latency Passes Crowdfunding Goal for Full Body Zombie Experience...

Zero Latency, who has been developing a full-body virtual reality zombie experience, has just passed their $25,000 crowdfunding target with five days remaining. The funds are being raised to further develop the system and the backer rewards offer tickets...

Exclusive: Early Oculus Rift DK2 Unboxing, “The color, contrast, and motion is leaps and bounds over...

It's DK2 month, with swaths of developers and enthusiasts eagerly awaiting a knock on the door from their local delivery man. An anonymous source has revealed an unboxing of the highly anticipated Oculus Rift DK2. In a recent update from...

Oculus VR Announces ‘Oculus Connect’ VR Developer Conference with Keynotes from Abrash, Carmack, and Luckey

Oculus VR today announced that the company will be hosting 'Oculus Connect' a VR-focused conference in Los Angeles, California this September. The company has also announced the acquisition, and open-sourcing, of RakNet, a networking middleware used in the games...

VRLA Meetup #2 Invades MxR Labs, Photos and Impressions from the Event

VRLA (Virtual Reality Los Angeles) is the brainchild of one Cosmo Scharf, a Film Production student at the University of Southern California and a self confessed VR Evangelist. Although one of the newer meetups on the block, VRLA has...

Nintendo Patents Eye-Tracking Tech Bringing 3D to 2D Displays

Nintendo has always danced to a tune all its own. Refusing to accept the status quo in the often relentless inevitability of the gaming world has lead to both incredible successes (introducing natural motion with the Wii) to abject...

CastAR AR/VR Headset Anticipates Delays, Hints at Two-camera Tracking Solution

It's the news no Kickstarter backer wants to hear, but every Kickstarter backer ought to be prepared for... delays. Some 62 'Early Dev Glasses' of CastAR, the forthcoming AR/VR headset, were originally planned to be sent out in April and...

Oculus VR Showing Sword Art Online Demo for the Oculus Rift at Anime Expo—Breaking

Today marks the start of Anime Expo 2014 in Los Angeles, where Oculus VR is representing with a booth at the show. The company is showing a never-before-seen Sword Art Online demo for the Oculus Rift, a popular action...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep.71): Building Google Cardboard from Scratch with Elizabeth

I sent my wife, Elizabeth, to the store to gather up all of the items we needed to build Google Cardboard from scratch. An hour later, we had it built and in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast,...

VIVE – the Very Immersive Virtual Experience that Fuses Motion Capture with the Oculus Rift

Naturalistic input for users wishing to take that extra step towards full body immersion for their virtual reality experience is still some way off. You can see the pieces forming and coming together, and things are evolving quickly, but...

Google: ‘Cardboard is a Placeholder,’ 6,000 Kits and 50,000+ App Downloads in First Week

Last week Google surprised the crowd at I/O 2014 with the reveal of Cardboard, a low-cost VR smartphone adapter which the company gave away to every developer in attendance. Google, who praise Oculus for "putting VR back into the...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 70): The Genesis Experience and Senza Peso with Kite and Lightning

While I was in Los Angeles for E3 2014, I had the opportunity to spend some time with the Kite and Lightning guys. They showed me a project called "Genesis" that took took my breath away. For me, the best...
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