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Project Holodeck Shows Latest Wild Skies Gameplay at USC Demo Day (video)

Project Holodeck is an ambitious project out of the University of Southern California to create a low-cost fully embodied virtual reality environment with the help of the Oculus Rift, Razer Hydra, and other hardware. The team showed off their...

Among the Sleep Horror Game Kickstarter Reaches Oculus Rift Stretch Goal

Among the Sleep is a forthcoming horror game by Krillbite Studio which, thanks to passing its $225,000 stretch goal, will be developed with Oculus Rift support. Among the Sleep Kickstarter Among the Sleep puts the player in the body of a...

Exclusive: VorpX Teaser — Crysis 3 on the Oculus Rift [video]

We were lucky enough to recently get our hands on the latest beta of the soon-to-be-released vorpX DirectX injection drivers, similar in aim to the community supported Vireio Perception offering, which adds Oculus Rift head-tracking, stereoscopic 3D, and pre-warping...

(Update: video) Google IO 2013: First Photos of Google Maps with Oculus Rift and Leap Motion

Earlier today we noted that Google had mentioned some sort of Google Maps integration with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion. A source on the ground at Google IO 2013 gives us the first photos and early details. Juan Pablo Risso,...

Google IO 2013: Oculus Rift Support Coming to the New Google Maps?

This week is Google IO 2013, the company's annual developer conference. While we expected to hear about Google Glass, it turns out Google may be bringing Oculus Rift support to their new version of Google Maps. Update: First Photos of...
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Razer Hydra 50% off Sale Extended to End of May

The Razer Hydra motion gaming controller has become the defacto virtual reality input device for many developers working with the Oculus Rift. Razer has extended their 50% off sale to the end of May, giving you a few more...

VRcade: A Look into the Future of the Virtual Reality Arcade

VRcade looks like the next logical step for immersive video gaming: With full body & weapon tracking, haptic feedback, a large motion capture arena and realistic graphics, the system offers everything needed to get closer to the virtual reality...
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The Tantalizing Possibilities of an Oculus Rift Mounted Camera

It's one of the more obvious mods for the Oculus Rift, but also potentially the most useful. Strapping a camera to the Rift let's you see the outside world, which could be used for much more than just finding...

Ibex Oculus Rift VR Desktop Environment Beta Download for Windows and Mac

We've been watching Ibex, a virtual reality desktop environmental for Oculus Rift, closely over the last few months. The latest beta features full head tracking, video playback, and is now available for Windows and Mac. Ibex is a virtual reality desktop environment (let's...

Welcoming Dominic Eskofier to the Road to VR Team

Hey there VR fans. A bit of meta-news today. I'd like to welcome Dominic Eskofier to the Road to VR team. Dominic joins in as a news contributor. He's well versed in the world of online journalism, works in the...

Oculus Rift Shipping Update — All Kickstarter Orders Delivered by End of May

Palmer Luckey, creator of the Rift and founder of Oculus VR Inc, stopped by reddit the other day to give an update on Oculus Rift shipping. According to Luckey, the company is on track to deliver all Kickstarter orders...

Half Life 2 Gets Early Official Oculus Rift Support

Gordon Goes Virtual Oculus have just announced via their Developer forums, that they've 'shipped' support for Half Life 2 in beta form at least. The update can be obtained via Steam, and you need to follow the below instructions in...

Cliff Bleszinski on the Oculus Rift: “..they’re porting Skyrim..”

Skyrim in VR In an interview with Engadget's Billy Steele, Cliff Bleszinski (aka Cliffy B) seems to confirm that Bethesda's hugely successful RPG 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' is indeed receiving official Oculus Rift support. The fact of the matter is...

Oculus Rift on the Cover of This Month’s Edge Magazine

We're happy to see the Rift on the front of one of the world's biggest gaming magazines. Congratulations to Oculus VR Inc! There were some nice insights into Oculus VR's journey; from Brendan Iribe [CEO Oculus: When we launched the kickstarter, I got...

Unofficial Mod Adds Oculus Rift Support to Minecraft

An update on something I've been eagerly looking forward to -- Oculus Rift Minecraft support. While the game's creators have hinted at official support, one modder is taking things into his own hands and has released an early mod. In...
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