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Oculus Touch Shooter ‘Bullet Train’ Publicly Debuts at SEA VR Oct 28th, Register to Try it Now

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Oct 7, 2015

Connect 2, Oculus’ developer conference held last month, witnessed a focus on their new VR input system Oculus Touch, including a flagship title built from the ground up for the devices from Epic Games named Bullet Train, a virtual reality first person shooter. The title impressed all who tried it and Epic have now announced the game will see it’s public debut at the forthcoming virtual reality event SEA VR, held in Washington on October 28th. Register now to try it for yourself.

Jaunt CTO Talks ‘One’ VR Camera Specs, Lightfields & Ambisonics

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Oct 6, 2015

Arthur van Hoff is the CTO of Jaunt, and I had a chance to catch up with him at Oculus Connect 2 to go over some of the most important specifications for their Jaunt ‘ONE’ 360-degree camera, formerly known as ‘Neo’.

Microsoft Reveals ‘Project XRay’ HoloLens Gameplay

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Oct 6, 2015

On stage at Microsoft’s Windows 10 event today, the company showed gameplay of Project Xray, a mixed reality shooter for HoloLens which has players using a “wearable hologram” to blast aliens that are bursting out of walls.

Nicole Lazzaro on the Four Keys to Fun in Virtual Reality

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Oct 6, 2015

Nicole Lazzaro is the founder and president of XEODesign, Inc., and she has twenty years expertise in Player Experience Design for mass-market entertainment products. She’s recently started developing a VR game called Follow the White Rabbit and consulting on a number of different virtual reality projects.

Applications for HoloLens Developer Edition Open to US and Canada-based Devs

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Oct 6, 2015

At today’s Windows 10 device event, Microsoft executive VP of operating systems Terry Myerson took to the stage to release date and price info for the developer edition of HoloLens, the company’s untethered AR headset.

Microsoft Prices HoloLens Development Kit at $3000, Available Q1 2016—Breaking

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Oct 6, 2015

At Microsoft’s ‘Windows 10 devices event’ today, it was revealed that a HoloLens development kit, the company’s augmented reality headset, will be available for purchase in Q1 of 2016 for the hefty price of $3,000.

Now Playing: Kent Bye’s ‘Voices of VR’ Podcast Comes to Road to VR

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Oct 6, 2015

We’re excited to announce that the Voices of VR podcast by Kent Bye will now be syndicated through Road to VR. Kent began his journey in May, 2014, seeking to catalog the insights of experts working in the core of the virtual reality industry. With more than 200 episodes released, Kent’s podcast is an ever-growing repository of VR knowledge.

VR Launchpad Deadline Extended to Wednesday – Apply Now for Your Chance to Pitch in the Heart of Silicon Valley

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Oct 5, 2015

VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs have been extended to October 7th. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of investors and media in Mountain View, CA.

Microsoft Teases “Exciting” HoloLens News at Windows 10 Device Event Tomorrow

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Oct 5, 2015

Microsoft have just dropped word of a special Windows 10 event focussing on devices built around the new OS, stating that “We have some exciting news to share”, seemingly about their augmented reality device, HoloLens.

Sony to Give ‘PlayStation VR’ Keynote at UK’s VRTGO Conference, November 12th

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Oct 5, 2015

It’s perhaps easy to forget that Project Morpheus, now known as PlayStation VR, would be ‘just another VR headset’ were it not for the vision and talent of Sony’s UK game developers and designers. It’s appropriate then that they’re now set to keynote at the UK’s VRTGO conference in Gateshead on November 12th.

‘DeathTolls’ VR Experience Creates Chilling Visualizations of Human Loss from Disasters Worldwide

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Oct 5, 2015

DeathTolls VR experience is a chilling visualization of the enormity of human loss created through various violent conflicts and disasters throughout the world, and aims to help quantify this loss by presenting the user with a field of the deceased.

The NFL Teases More Interest in VR Technology in Second ‘NFL Next’ Video

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Oct 5, 2015

The NFL seems to be acquainting itself with the idea of VR in their new video for NFL Next, the association’s name for the bevy of technology they’re adopting to help revolutionize the game. The second promo reel was released as somewhat of speculative head-scratcher that makes us wonder if there might be some NFL VR content around the corner.

‘GTFO’ Gameplay Reveals VR Fun with Physics and the HTC Vive

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Oct 5, 2015

I’m a big fan of games which just allow you to enjoy the mechanics of a game space. Give me a virtual room, objects and some well implemented physics and I’ll get lost in my own sandboxed world, as if a 5 year old again. GTFO (Gravitational Testing Facility & Observations) for the HTC Vive looks to be shaping up to be one of those games.

Half-Life 2 City 17 Area Re-created in Unreal Engine 4 with Oculus Rift Support

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Oct 5, 2015

There are few games which stir gaming passions or memories as strong as Half-Life 2. Valve’s Source Engine powered sequel was a masterpiece of emergent first person shooter design and ushered in a new era of gaming for many. Well, you can now explore the opening environments of this beloved title, gloriously up-rezzed via Epic’s cutting-edge Unreal Engine 4 in virtual reality, courtesy of one industrious 3D artist.

I Have One Word For You: ‘Holograms’

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Oct 3, 2015

Magic Leap — Magic Leap's promotion pics are enticing if mysterious.

In another in a series of articles, Noah Nelson reports from the annual Online News Association’s meeting and ponders the future of virtual reality journalism, and it’s probably not holograms (at least not yet).

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