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‘Distance’ is a Dazzling Neon Survival Driving Game, Try it at PAX in VR

Distance and its developer, Seattle based Refract Studios, are at PAX 2015 to demonstrate their unique futuristic survival racer in VR at a booth that you will not be able to miss. Distance has been in development for a little while...

Oculus SDK v0.7 Beta is Released With ‘Preliminary’ Windows 10 Support, Multiple Enhancements

The latest v0.7 release of Oculus' Software Development Kit and Runtime Driver is now here, bringing with it multiple enhancements alongside preliminary Windows 10 support. As we detailed a couple of weeks ago, Oculus' latest and much anticipated SDK release is...
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Ubisoft and MM Company to Bring ‘Trackmania’ Full-Motion VR Chair to Paris Games Week

Ubisoft has announced a partnership with MM Company, a Ukraine based start-up that has developed a chair specifically for use with VR headsets. The chair, called the MMOne, works along three axis and is able to rotate 45 degrees left and right, raise 45 degrees and revolve 360 degrees. MM...

Phaser Lock Interactive to Demo ‘Final Approach’ on HTC Vive at PAX

Phaser Lock Interactive, a developer formed from veteran coders from the games industry, are to bring their SteamVR HTC Vive launch title Final Approach to PAX Prime in Seattle this weekend. The team will have HTC Vive hardware at the show to...
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‘Null of Hope’ is a Retro Adventure Made Possible by VR, Demo Available Now

Null of Hope takes your memories of 8 bit illustrated adventure games, turning on it's head whilst throwing the lot into an immersive VR powered experience. Watch the debut trailer. Back in the 8 bit computing era, adventure games driven by...
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Why Re-Create ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ for the Oculus Rift? This Developer Explains

Ever wondered if Dance Dance Revolution would work in VR? Ever wondered why anyone would even try? Well, developer Corey Drake did it and we wanted to know why and how, so we asked him. Dance Dance Revolution from Konami was,...

Oculus CEO “We’ll have a new demo or prototype or dev kit to show every year”

In an interview with the Wired UK, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe alluded to the kind of lifecycle we can expect with the consumer Oculus Rift. The Oculus Rift is here - or it will be soon. But how long will...

Palmer Luckey’s Response to James Cameron’s VR Dismissal

Speaking to IGN recently, founder of Oculus Palmer Luckey has somewhat belatedly responded to James Cameron's dismissal of virtual reality and in particular the Oculus Rift last year. It's normal, expected and healthy to have detractors in a space as...

Hands-on: Oculus’ ‘Henry’ is a Glimpse at Cinema’s Interactive and Immersive Future

Oculus Story Studio revealed their second made-for-VR cinematic creation Henry to the world today. Noah Nelson reports for Road to VR from the Hollywood premiere where he got to watch the short film in its entirety on the Oculus Rift CV1. Beyond this invite-only...

Oculus Connect 2 Registration and Talk Submissions Now Open

Oculus have just announced that registration for their second show dedicated to all things Oculus, 'Connect 2', is now open. Oculus' inaugural Connect show in September of last year was a resolutely and unapologetic developer focused event. Wary that content...

Oculus Sign “Largest Live-action VR Deal to Date” with Felix & Paul Studios

Cinematic 360 specialists Felix & Paul, the team behind Cirque Du Soleil's 'Zarkana' and Inside the Box of Kurios, have been signed by Oculus for a multi-project, multi-experience 'pact' to create 360 content for the Rift and Samsung Gear VR. Cinematic...

Oculus Acquires Pebbles Interfaces, Computer Vision Hand Tracking- Breaking

Oculus today announced the acquisition of Pebbles Interfaces, an Israel based firm focused on depth sensing technology and computer vision for the purpose of hand tracking. According to Oculus' blog post, Pebbles Interfaces will officially be joining "the hardware engineering and computer vision...

Why the Oculus Rift’s Integrated Headphones Might Replace Your Gaming Headset

At E3 2015 we got our eyes and ears on the consumer Oculus Rift, which now of course includes integrated headphones. Here's why we think you may consider ditching your existing gaming headset in favour of Oculus' alternative. Oculus' inaugural 'Connect' developer conference...

Oculus Plans to Have Rift Demo Stations in Retail Stores for Consumer Launch

Although Oculus has sold more than 175,000 development kits, the vast majority of the world has still never had the opportunity to try the Rift VR headset, let alone any virtual reality headset. For a technology that frequently inspires notions of 'you...

GDC Europe ‘State of the Industry’ Survey Suggests VR is Sustainable in the Long-term

The most recent 'State of the Industry' survey from Europe's Game Developers Conference (GDC) has shed some light on current trends in VR gaming. Although many European devs haven't put VR games on the drawing table just yet, a majority say...
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