Road to VR

Technolust’s ‘Cloudstep’ VR Locomotion and Overcoming the Uncanny Valley by Coding Social Behaviors

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Nov 4, 2015

Blair Renaud is the creator of Technolust, and he talks about his strategy for creating different experiences out of the Technolust universe for the Vive, Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, and Gear VR. Technolust has been one of the early VR adventure games, and so Blair has been on the forefront of trying to find a good VR locomotion solution that is comfortable for the majority of users. He explains their flexible dungeon crawler locomotion scheme that they’re calling “Cloudstep”, as well as some of their strategies for overcoming the uncanny valley with realistic social behaviors.

New Trailer Announces PlayStation VR Horror ‘White Day’

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Nov 4, 2015

Koreans like their horror it seems, which means that the release of this new teaser trailer for ROI Games developed title White Day will likely be welcome indeed. The title has is about to launch on IOS and PC in Korea and is now on the way for Sony’s PlayStation VR platform. What’s more, it looks mighty scary from the brief glimpses shown here.

VR Simulation ‘3D Tripping’ Lets You Drive Stoned, Drunk and Wasted

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Nov 4, 2015

Ever wondered why the law advises not to drive under the influence? A new virtual reality experience from the Virtual Dutchmen and JUNCTION lets you find out as it simulates what it’s like to drive a car whilst drunk, on Ecstasy, high on Cannabis and tripping on Magic Mushrooms!

Sundance and Jaunt Announce Immersive Video Residency Program for VR Storytellers

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Nov 4, 2015

Sundance Institute and Jaunt Studios announced recently a new collaborative cinematic virtual reality residency program that will allow story tellers to create unique VR-based works of art.

‘NullSpace VR’ are Building an Upper Body Haptic Suit and Gloves

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Nov 4, 2015

NullSpace VR are a startup formed from Rochester University Robotics Club who are building a haptic suit and gloves they claim will allow you to feel your virtual worlds.

VRGO is a Wireless VR Controller You Sit On, Kickstarter Campaign Live

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Nov 4, 2015

We’ve seen some pretty crazy VR-focused motion controllers at Road to VR over the years, but this latest offering from UK based VRGO probably makes the top 5. A wireless motion controller using inertial input that you sit on. Their £20,000 Kickstarter campaign has just gone live, we take a closer look.

AltspaceVR Introduces Emojis

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Nov 4, 2015

Social VR platform AltSpaceVR has announced that users can now communicate via emoji. The initial release includes six emoticons that “let you smile, frown, laugh, heart, high-five, and wave,” according to a press release announcing the new feature.

‘Child of Cooper’ Teaser Trailer Shows a Dark and Surrealist World

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Nov 4, 2015

Might and Delight, an indie game studio based in Stockholm, has released a new teaser for their upcoming project Child of Cooper. Like a peek into a fragmented nightmare, the game’s tone is intriguingly unsettling.

Work All Day in Virtual Reality with Envelop VR

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Nov 3, 2015

Envelop VR is a productivity tool that provides a virtual shell to allow users to use all of their existing 2D applications within the context of virtual reality. I had a chance to talk to the founder Bob Berry at the SEA-VR Expo, which he also founded last year. Envelop VR announced last week that they raised a $4 million round of funding from Madrona Venture Group. Bob talks about their strategy to create a generalized solution to be able to work all day within VR, and some of the challenges that they had to solve along the way.

Smart Vive Game Pits Tennis Players Against Themselves

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Nov 3, 2015

SelfieTennis adds a simple VR twist to the more than 150 year old sport which allows players to practice in a way they could never do in the real world.

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 111): Introducing ‘Bebylon Battle Royale’ With Ikrima Elhassan

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Nov 3, 2015

The guys from Kite & Lightning have already been on the Rev VR Podcast twice, and now Ikrima is back again to introduce their exciting new VR game title, ‘Bebylon Battle Royale’.

Google’s ‘Project Tango’ Competition Winners Showcase the Tech’s Potential

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Nov 3, 2015

Google have announce the winners of their Project Tango innovators competition, designed to draw out original and impressive use cases for the computer vision, environment mapping technology.

K&L’s Ikrima Elhassan on Developing a Comedy Tabletop Game Bebylon

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Nov 2, 2015

I talk with Ikrima Elhassan of Kite & Lightning about their new tabletop VR game called Bebylon Battle Royale, which is a “Vehicular Melee Party Brawler.” Kite & Lightning has a made a name of creating high-end cinematic VR experiences such as Senza Peso as well as Insurgent movie VR experience. Bebylon is K&L’s first foray into developing a comedy game, and so we talk about their game development philosophy as well as the challenges of creating innovative gameplay with support for both gamepads and touch controllers.

Facebook-like ‘Code of Conduct’ Governs Voice Communication in Oculus Social Alpha

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Nov 2, 2015

Oculus released their first social platform to the world last week, a Gear VR app called Oculus Social that currently connects up to five people to watch shared viewings of Twitch and Vimeo streams. And like Facebook, Oculus’ parent company, there is an official Code of Conduct governing communications on the platform.

Kite & Lightning’s New VR Game Takes the Studio in a Radically Different Direction

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Nov 2, 2015

bebylon-battle-royale — See Also: K&L’s Ikrima Elhassan on Developing a Comedy Tabletop Game Bebylon

Kite & Lightning is an LA-based creative studio that’s released some of the most polished VR experiences we’ve seen throughout the development of the Oculus Rift. Now the studio is taking it’s first step away from ‘experience’ and into the realm of games, and boy… what a step it is. The studio’s first VR game is Bebylon: Battle Royale, where players will take on the roll of “babies in Max Max style vehicles duking it out.”

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