The mind behind the Spirited Away VR – Boiler Room Scene has been toiling away, recreating another scene from a beloved Studio Ghibli film. This time it's the bus stop scene from My Neighbor Totoro (1988), and it's ready to...

I was quoted recently as saying "Oculus are like some crazy, out of control talent hoover!", in reference of course to their relentless drive to suck up the best and brightest in fields related (and in some cases, seemingly...

I’ve been home for a week, but I am still riding the high from the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference & Expo.  There are so many wonderful experiences to talk about, so I invited a fellow attendee, Forest Gibson,...

Oculus has released a new preview build (0.3.2) of the Oculus SDK, adding support for Mac and Linux, bringing the Unity integration to Mac, improving GL performance, and more, along with several bug fixes. Back in April, Oculus released the...

Infinadeck is a new entrant into the omnidirectional treadmill space for VR use. The device allows a user to walk completely naturally in any direction. Unlike other VR treadmills that have sprung up recently, the Infinadeck is an active,...

Virtual Reality Ventures, an Australian VR consulting firm, is working with a client to produce a VR fashion show which could put you at center stage. Their proof of concept demo for the Oculus Rift is now available for...

Sam Gebhardt, developer of VR cinema app Go Show, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bolster the feature set of the app. Designed for Smartphone VR headsets, Gebhardt hopes to add custom theaters, streaming media support, and more to...

 

It looks as if all the posturing shown by both games publisher Zenimax and virtual reality startup Oculus VR over the last couple of weeks hasn't resulted in an amicable agreement between the two companies. In a press release issued a couple of...

At SVVR Conference & Expo, GameFace Labs shared with Road to VR info on a new prototype of the mobile head mounted display that the company intends to show off at E3 next month. The prototype features a brand...

They have each individually done their part to fill your ears, minds, and souls with VR conversations and to help keep the enthusiasm for VR going. Now, at the 2014 SVVR Conference & Expo, Cris Miranda, Matt Carrell, Brian...

Join us for another SVVR panel livestream focused on the future of crowdfunding and its intersection with virtual reality. Topics: Crowdfunding VR projects What makes for a successful campaign? What are the pitfalls? Can a faltering campaign be rescued? Panel Members: Ben Lang, Road to VR William...

An open discussion with leading developers in the VR space discussing anything and everything around developing for virtual reality. What does your VR game development workflow look like? Does it differ from your standard workflow? What tools/functions are on your SDK/Engine wishlist? What...

Another SVVR Con panel discussion, this time exploring various non-game applications for consumer VR in areas such as entertainment, storytelling, cinema, tourism, health & wellness, fitness, CAD, 3D modeling, scanning and printing, education. Oliver Kreylos, VR Researcher, UC Davis Eric Greenbaum,...

Our SVVR Conference and Expo 2014 coverage continues with a LiveStream of "User Input and Locomotion in VR", a panel discussion which aims to explore what challenges, solutions and challenges there might be to allow users of virtual reality...