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Last Day to Back the Sixense STEM Kickstarter
Today is your last chance to back the Sixense STEM Kickstarter!
The STEM Kickstarter, which passed its $250,000 goal just a few hours after launching back on the 12th of September, is now into its final day. The campaign has...
Avegant Head Mounted Display Uses a Virtual Retinal Display for Realistic Imagery
A new head mounted display by a company called Avegant uses 2 million micromirrors in a virtual retinal display to draw images directly onto the retina. The company says this replicates the way we see in real life and lends...
Oculus Bridge Opens the Door to Rift Web Applications
Oculus Bridge is a free package to get Oculus Rift head tracking data into the browser. With support for Mac OSX and Windows, Oculus Bridge opens the door for Rift integration with web-based applications.
Oculus Bridge was created by Instrument, an...
Mixed Reality Piano Trainer Makes Learning the Piano Easy (and maybe even fun)
Back in December of last year, after seeing few compelling consumer augmented reality applications, I wrote a short article about one that I would actually use, an AR piano trainer. I'm thrilled today to see that something very similar...
STEM Prototype Shown with 5 Trackers for the First Time: This is the Next Step for...
Sixense's successful STEM Kickstarter has been running for a few weeks now, but for the first time they're showing the true power of their VR tracking system with full 5 point tracking. The results are, quite frankly, awesome.
I guess...
Oculus Rift and VR Development Widespread at EuroGamer Expo 2013
Kevin Williams reports from EuroGamer Expo 2013 with Oculus Rifts abound!
Editor's Note: Less than 7 months ago, I went to GDC 2013 to meet with a small contingent of VR believers -- among them, Oculus VR Inc, Sixense, and...
Astrogun Launches Crowd-funding for Powergrid, a Virtual Reality Club and Gallery Inspired by Ready Player One
Today begins the crowd-funding campaign for Powergrid, a virtual reality club and gallery created by developer Astrogun and intended for Oculus Rift users.
Astrogun™ Powergrid™ is an ongoing virtual reality art gallery club for the Oculus Rift on PC (Win...
Total Cinema 360 Bringing More 360 Degree Video to the Oculus Rift
Total Cinema 360 is a company that specializes in recording 360 degree video. They're now formatting their footage for the Oculus Rift head mounted display and enabling head tracking to let users look around the live action scene.
Total Cinema...
PrioVR LZ: New, Cheaper Kickstarter Reward Tier for Seated VR Gaming
For those wanting to get in on the PrioVR Kickstarter, but couldn't back the $349 'PrioVR Lite' kit with 11 trackers, YEI Technology has announced a new less expensive tier aimed toward seated VR gaming.
PrioVR is a low-cost VR...
Second London Oculus Rift / VR Developer Meetup Features SciShooter Demo, WizDish, and More
Kevin Williams once again brings us a report of the latest VR happenings in London. The second Oculus Rift /VR meetup hosted by Inition drew as many as 60 interested individuals and showed off a number of exciting VR...
STEM Motion Controller Prototype Demoed with Crashland, Sixense AMA Today With STEM Feature Announcement
Sixense has put together a video showing their STEM prototype played with one of my favorite Oculus Rift demos -- Crashland. The Sixense team is also doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit where the community can...
STEM Kickstarter Update: Reduced Prices, iOS/Android Stretch Goal, and More
The already highly successful STEM Kickstarter just keeps getting better. A new update from the team at Sixense brings prices down, adds a new stretch goal at $700,000 for iOS/Android, and introduces a new $149 reward level.
Reduced Pricing on...
Inversion Project: Low Cost ‘Pop-up’ VR Environment, Zombie Game Demo Video
It looks like we've got a new challenger to Project Holodeck. 'Inversion Project' by Zero Latency Media is a low-cost, portable VR environment that allows players to crouch, jump, and move around a physical space while having that movement...
Buyer Beware… Possible Oculus Rift Counterfeits — UPDATE: Seller Response Added
A certain web based seller is advertising to sell prospective buyers Oculus Rift Development Kits in bulk. Something's amiss here, Road to VR investigates.
Buyer Beware
You know your product has 'made it' when scammers begin to target your product for...
Neal Stephenson: “STEM… is going to give Clang a huge boost in playability and realism”
In a newly published video, Neal Stephenson, project leader on Clang, extols the benefits of the Sixense STEM system, and how it will enable Stephenson's goal of realistic sword fighting in videogames.
Clang is a project by Subutai Coroporation, which...


















