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Watch: Square Enix’s ‘Project Hikari’ Melds Manga and VR

By now, there have been many attempts at storytelling in VR that have been inspired by various traditional forms of entertainment, such as film or animation, but with Project Hikari the Square Enix Advanced Technology Division is pioneering the concept of...

DODOcase Sells More Than 65,000 Cardboard VR Kits, Now Kickstarting New Version and Open-source VR Tools

DODOcase is probably known by most for their phone and tablet cases, but the San Francisco-based company jumped on an opportunity to get Google Cardboard VR kits into the hands of a VR-hungry public. To date, the company has...
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Virtuix Omni with HTC Vive & Lighthouse Enables Fully Decoupled Locomotion

As developers continue to experiment with a range of VR navigation techniques, Virtuix's Omni treadmill gives gamers a way to physically walk and run around virtual worlds in an otherwise limited space. The company's latest developments bring compatibility with the...

Two Reasons You Will Want to Buy a New Gaming Rig for the Oculus Rift CV1

Here and there I see threads pop up around the web asking what hardware ought to be bought in preparation for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift (also known as the CV1). If you're looking to get top...

Oculus Confirms ‘Guardian’ Virtual Boundary System, Coming in Next SDK Update

Oculus has confirmed work on a VR boundary system which they're calling Guardian. The system will launch this week with the Oculus PC SDK 1.8 update. While it's relatively easy to keep users safe in seated-VR experience, once you have...

HTC Partnership Aims to Bring Vive to “hundreds of millions” of Internet Café Users

HTC formally debuted the Vive VR headset to Chinese developers at a packed event last Friday in Beijing, China. The event featured speakers from HTC, Valve, and notable developers working with the Vive. One of the announcements to come...

OTOY Demos Lightfield Streaming From the Cloud

Jules Urbach, CEO of OTOY, believes lightfields are the endgame of virtual reality. Essentially a way to digitally record all light reflected from a real or virtual object, lightfields seemingly enable feats of technological magic, from being able to...
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‘Job Simulator’ is Exactly as Awesome As This New Trailer Makes it Look

While shooters and adventure games are a natural fit for VR, Owlchemy Labs' Job Simulator is one of the most unique VR titles to date. It's a genre-defying mix of puzzle, humor, and, in a way, exploration, in a form that...

Perception Neuron More Than Doubles Kickstarter Goal for VR Input Suit at $572,000

Perception Neuron, a VR motion input suit by Beijing-based Noitom Technology, took to Kickstarter on August 8th and came to a very successful conclusion yesterday, reeling in nearly $572,000, more than twice the campaign's $250,000 goal. Perception Neuron uses...
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‘Final Approach: Pilot Edition’ Lets Oculus Rift Players Take Flight

Final Approach lands for the Oculus Rift with developer Phaser Lock Interactive coming up with a novel solution to the VR platform's current lack of motion controllers, instead of guiding planes into land, they let you fly them. Phaser Lock Interactive's...

News Bits: HL2VR 1.4 Mod Released, The Best Half-Life 2 Experience Just Got Better

Back in October 2013 Road to VR's Ben Lang described HL2VR, a Half-Life 2 mod specially crafted to make playing in VR as cool as possible, as "The best way to experience Half-Life 2." The new version (1.4) is...

Oculus Lists Official Samsung Gear VR Compatibility for Note 4 Variants

While the Galaxy Note 4 is the only 'one' phone that is compatible with Samsung's Gear VR headset, there's different variations of the phone for different regions. Should you be attempting to import a Gear VR from a country...

Sulon GVX: An Ambitious Self-contained AR/VR HMD Console with 160 Degree Field of View

Sulon Technologies is working on an ambitious Android-based HMD console for virtual reality and augmented reality gaming. The company is creating a platform capable of generating dynamic game environments based on the player's physical environment. The video above is of...

VREAL’s Innovative VR Livestreaming Platform Feels Like Something Completely New

Today VREAL is taking the shroud off of their VR livestreaming platform that puts viewers inside the game, right next to their favorite streamers. The unique mashup of virtual reality, game streaming, and social interaction feels like something we've...

‘Raw Data’ Deep Dive: Alongside Early Access Launch, Devs Reveal Four Heroes, Weapons, and Abilities

The long anticipated Raw Data by developer Survios launches for the HTC Vive on Steam today in Early Access. We sat down with Survios to get an inside look at what players can expect now and in the future...
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