Road to VR

NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH: New Quadro GPUs, AI, & the Future of Interactive Ray Tracing

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Aug 15, 2016

iray-vr-gensler-420h — A scene rendered with NVIDIA's Iray ray tracing renderer

SIGGRAPH is a popular place for GPU manufacturers to announce new versions of professional graphics cards designed for the visual effects industry and high-end virtual reality content producers in architectural visualization and engineering. NVIDIA announced two new ‘Pascal’ GPUs including the Quadro P6000 with a 24GB frame buffer and a staggering 3,820 CUDA cores, as well as the Quadro P5000 card with 2,560 cores and 16GB frame buffer.

‘Racket: Nx’ is a Retro-Inspired Futuristic VR Sports Workout for HTC Vive

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Aug 15, 2016

Racket: Nx is a new, futuristic VR sports title which draws inspiration from the game of Racquetball and classic arcade titles and promises to help you work up a sweat.

This Project to Preserve Classic Ghost Trains in VR Needs Your Help

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Aug 15, 2016

The Dark Ride Project is an initiative that wants to preserve the dying history of the classic carnival ghost train ride by setting out to capture as many as possible in 360 video before they disappear forever.

Social Gear VR Title ‘Slot Tub Party’ is as Bizarre as it Sounds

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Aug 15, 2016

COLOPL NI have launched a new social VR title for Gear VR which is focused on gambling and hot-tubbing. Yes, really.

Microsoft Launch HoloLens ‘Commercial Suite’, Declares it “Ready for Business”

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Aug 14, 2016

Microsoft have just launched a new HoloLens ‘Commercial Suite’ which packages the augmented reality visor as ready for business with numerous new features and benefits for business buyers.

How to Play ‘No Man’s Sky’ in VR (Warning: Strong Stomach Required)

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Aug 14, 2016

This is how to get No Man’s Sky running on your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset using the VR injection driver VorpX. Be warned though, you’ll need to have an iron constitution before setting out.

‘Doom’ & ‘Fallout 4’ Devs are Collaborating to Make Titles Work in VR

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Aug 14, 2016

Doom VR Executive Producer Marty Stratton sheds light on Doom VR, how Bethesda are approaching the project, what VR hardware they’re targeting and whether it’ll ever see a full release.

New PSVR ‘Rigs’ Trailer Reminds Us Why We Like it so Much

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Aug 13, 2016

Guerilla Cambridge developed arena shooter Rigs: Mechanized Combat League will be available at the PlayStation VR’s launch and this new trailer reminds us why it’s one of our most anticipated titles for the platform.

Prototype VR Robot Fighter Reminds us of ‘Pacific Rim’ in the Best Possible Way

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Aug 13, 2016

This footage of a physics-driven, motion-controlled robot brawler not only looks amazing, but also features an extremely clever VR control mechanic we’d love to get our hands on.

Ubisoft Fart Simulating “Nosulus Rift” South Park Ad Pokes Fun at VR Headsets

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Aug 13, 2016

Ubisoft have taken immersive hardware peripherals to the next logical level for the new South Park game with a fictional, but completely functional, nose-mounted odour generator, the Nosulus Rift.

Sony Announce PlayStation VR Gamescom Lineup

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Aug 13, 2016

sony-playstation-vr-psvr-virtual-reality — Image courtesy Sony

These are the PlayStation VR games making their way to Gamescom 2016 in Cologne next week.

National Geographic and “Hurt Locker” Director Team Up on New VR Film

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Aug 13, 2016

National Geographic are further committing themselves to immersive film-making as they announce a new VR short, co-directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Director of The Hurt Locker, which aims to bring the terrible plight of the African Elephant to VR.

HTC Vive Now Shipping With a New VR Game Bundle

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Aug 12, 2016

steam-vr — Image courtesy Valve

The free three-game bundle that comes with the purchase of an HTC Vive is now featuring two new titles.

Social Presence & Training Social Dynamics with Virtual Humans

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Aug 12, 2016

Team training scenarios are often difficult due to the logistics involved with coordinating many different people’s schedules. One solution has been to use virtual humans as stand-ins for actual humans in team training scenarios where the conversation is mediated by ‘Wizard of Oz’ interactors who are puppeting the virtual humans. The goal is to recreate a sense of social presence so that the person being trained forgets that they are interacting with virtual humans instead of actual humans.

Elders React to the HTC Vive with Joy, Fear, and Disbelief at How Far Technology Has Come

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Aug 12, 2016

…granted, that’s not much different than how the rest of the world reacts to it in their first try of VR, but this video (above) in the ‘Elders React’ series is too good to pass up.

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