In the backyard of the Oculus Headquarters in Irvine, California; Orange County Virtual Reality (OCVR) is launching its first official meet up on Thursday May 1st. The event will be at PeopleSpace, a nonprofit tech-hub, for a gathering of...

According to a report from Business Insider Australia, the consumer version of the Oculus Rift (also known as the CV1) will go on sale in 2015. Update (5/1/2014, 12:52pm EDT): Speaking with Road to VR, Oculus reiterates what their position has been for...

Ever wonder what it's like to live with three seconds of lag in real life? An 'experiment' from Swedish ISP UME uses the Oculus Rift to show just what that would be like. It turns out that real-life lag...

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Sixense, creators of the popular (and now rather expensive!) Hydra system, today announced to their Kickstarter backers a three month delay in delivery of their upcoming STEM motion controllers “for the sake of performance optimization." The controllers, originally due...

Cyberith has released a new video demonstrating its unique omni-directional treadmill being used to go on safari on the wildlife rich plains of Africa. Plus, hints of an incoming Kickstarter campaign. Update: More Kickstarter details from Cyberith emerge With the development making...

The first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference and Expo is gathering serious momentum with a flood of new speakers, exhibitors and panellists now confirmed. SVVR Expo Attracts Industry Leading Lights The SVVR movement has swiftly positioned itself as one of the leading gatherings...

John Carmack has never shied away from unique projects. His latest appears to be a virtual reality comic book store, presumably for the Oculus Rift. @Dethtron5000 I am building a VR comic book shop. Not kidding. — John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) April...

Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment specialist, Kevin Williams joins me in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast. We discuss virtual reality's rocky history, some interesting developments in the Arcade world, and make a few predictions for the future. When I last...

After initially shunning the product during an appearance on ABC's investment reality show, Shark Tank, billionaire investor Mark Cuban joins other venture capitalists in raising $3 million in seed funding for the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill. A few months...

Well, it looks like the legendary RiftCoaster may well finally have a successor. Teddy Lipowitz knocked up this coaster demo, based on the new Unreal Engine 4 platform, over the Easter Weekend. The twist? You're avatar is the size...

A new development video has been released by the Sightline team demonstrating a frankly mind-bending but fascinating twist on first person shooter mechanics. How do you design a fight system for a game that has few constant's in it's gameworld?...

Unreal Engine 4 shipped with out-of-the-box support for the Oculus Rift recently and the first demo supporting the VR Headset has just been released. Thomas Kadlec's 'Starship Bridge Demo' puts you on the bridge of Star Trek's Voyager. Update 2:...

Indie developer, James Andrew, joins me on this episode of the Rev VR Podcast. He shares his epic adventures at PAX East and the development process behind his new game, Rift Wars. Like so many other indie developers in the...

All it took was a flippant remark from Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey to inspire a group of artists to create their own Manga-style Oculus Rift mascots. Welcome the Oculus-chan! Enter The Oculus-Chan Chan a japanese honorific, or suffix added to the...