Road to VR

Video Game Violence: Protecting the Frontiers of VR with ESA Ratings

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Dec 23, 2015

Mike Gallagher is the CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, which is the political arm of the interactive industry. The ESA established the Entertainment Software Ratings Board in 1994 in response to criticism of violent content found in video games. They also won a Supreme Court case that established video games as a form of protected speech under the First Amendment. Mike suspects that VR will face a lot of political pressures similar to what video games have faced in the past.

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

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Dec 23, 2015

cher-wang-htc-vive-chairwoman — Cher Wang, HTC Chairwoman

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 from the event was a partnership to bring arcade-like Vive stations to China’s massive internet café market.

Oculus Rift Pre-order Slips to Early 2016, Q1 Launch Window Still on Track

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Dec 22, 2015

Having previously announced that the consumer Oculus Rift and Touch controllers would be available for pre-order in 2015, Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey today confirmed that pre-orders will hit “soon after New Year.”

New Lunar Flight Images Reveal Detailed Cockpit Makeover

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Dec 22, 2015

Lunar Flight from Shovsoft, is one of those OG’s of virtual reality gaming, and a damned fine one too. We’ve not heard too much from the developer recently, but the game work on the game does continue. These new shots of the newly remodeled WIP cockpit have us itching to get back to the game.

Epic Games Founder Teases “Something Much Bigger” Than VR Tech Demos

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Dec 22, 2015

showdown oculus rift screenshot 3 — 'Showdown', one of Epic's VR tech demos build on Unreal Engine

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney dropped a major tease about what we’re likely to see from the company’s ongoing VR efforts.

3DRudder VR Controller Priced at $175, Ships in March 2016

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Dec 22, 2015

This what the retail version of 3DRudder, a unique motion controller designed that aims to “free the hands and lets the user do more”, looks like. And this is how much it’ll cost when it finally goes on sale at retail in March 2016.

Sixense Releases 5 STEM Demos and SDK Compatible with Razer Hydra

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Dec 22, 2015

On the path to eventually releasing the STEM VR motion controller, Sixense has released the Sixense Core API and SixenseVR SDK with support for the still-kicking Razer Hydra. Included in the release is 5 STEM demos which are playable with the Hydra.

Today is the Last Day to Order Gear VR in Time for Christmas

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Dec 22, 2015

Don’t put it off another minute, because today is the last day to order a Samsung Gear VR to get it in time for Christmas.

Manus VR Experiment with Valve’s Lighthouse to Track VR Gloves

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Dec 22, 2015

The Manus VR team demonstrate their latest experiment, utilising Valve’s laser-based Lighthouse system to track their in-development VR glove.

Oculus Rift Shipping to Select Developers This Week with SDK 1.0

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Dec 21, 2015

Oculus has announced via their official blog that “early builds of final Rift hardware” are shipping this week to developers alongside the Oculus SDK 1.0.

NVIDIA Releases OpenGL Friendly ‘VR SLI’ Capable Driver

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Dec 21, 2015

gameworks-vr — See Also: NVIDIA Takes the Lid Off ‘Gameworks VR’ – Technical Deep Dive and Community Q&A

Today NVIDIA announced a new driver release bringing compatibility with its latest Gameworks VR 1.1, which in turn brings with it multicast GPU acceleration for OpenGL applications.

3DMark PC Benchmark Adds VR Rendering Preview

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Dec 21, 2015

Futuremark, one of the biggest names in PC benchmarking software, has added VR rendering to their 3DMark program.

Survios Breaks Stealth With Debut of Action-packed Title Headed to Rift and Vive

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Dec 21, 2015

Survios, one of the earliest companies to spin up in this new era of VR, is today debuting gameplay from a new VR title that’s coming to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Inside, players battle robots in an “environment rich with interactive and destructible objects.”

First Look: ‘vTime’ is a “Sociable Network” for Mobile VR, Available Today on Gear VR

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Dec 21, 2015

Starship, a Liverpool-based digital entertainment studio, has today released vTime on the Gear VR store, the mobile platform’s latest social VR app. I got a chance to check out vTime’s alpha and sat down with Paul Hollywood, the studios product development director, to find out more.

Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeney Talks Three Major Modes of VR Gameplay

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Dec 21, 2015

bullet-train — Bullet Train, one of Epic Games' VR tech demos

Tim Sweeney is the founder of Epic Games, which has been collaborating with Oculus over the last two years creating a number of different tech demos with their Unreal Engine 4. I had a chance to catch up with Tim at the VRX Conference and ask him about the evolution of virtual reality at Epic, cinematic VR, whether Epic is working on a full VR game, and where he sees the biggest potential of VR.

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