Road to VR

‘CableRobot’: A Crazy Motion Platform for Complete VR Immersion, If it Doesn’t Kill You

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Sep 28, 2015

Now that some of the hardware problems surrounding virtual reality, such as 1:1 head tracking and high frame-rate displays, are being resolved, the ways in which a player’s physiology can be brought in line with the mind are being looked to as the next step for complete immersion. This latest contraption aiming to do just that is called CableRobot Simulator and it’s one of the most unique motion platforms we’ve yet seen.

How Oculus Studios’ First Touch Shooter Made Me Feel Like a Gun Slingin’ Badass

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Sep 27, 2015

Dead and Buried is the latest game to come from the first-party Oculus Studios; built specifically for the company’s Touch controllers, the game has you gunning down targets backset by an old west mining operation. With your hands directly in the game, there’s room for your own style to break through into the experience.

‘Strangers with Patrick Watson’ to be Remastered for Oculus Rift with Nearly 2x Resolution

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Sep 27, 2015

Strangers with Patrick Watson by Felix & Paul Studios has been showered with much acclaim. The VR video, which gives users a piano-side seat for an intimate performance by musician Patrick Watson, has only ever been publicly available on Samsung’s Gear VR, but a remastered version will make its way to the Oculus Rift with a substantial increase in quality.

CNN to Livestream Democratic Debate in Virtual Reality with NextVR

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Sep 27, 2015

CNN and NextVR are teaming up to bring the Democratic presidential debate to VR this October. While NextVR captured the recent CNN Ronald Reagan Debate in VR, the upcoming Democratic debate will be the first to be livestreamed in VR.

Bill Clinton Features in ‘Inside Impact: East Africa’ VR Film by Felix & Paul

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Sep 27, 2015

Felix & Paul Studios along with Matter Unlimited have collaborated on a project documenting the work the Clinton Global Initiative have been doing in the region of East Africa. Follow President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea in 360 video as they visit the region to find out what impact the CGI have had on the region.

Twitch VR Will Let you Watch Game Streams with Friends, Coming Soon to Gear VR

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Sep 26, 2015

During the Oculus Connect keynote address, among the company’s many announcements like Netflix for Gear VR and Minecraft for VR, was the news that Twitch is coming to Gear VR. And the best part: you can watch it socially with friends while in the comfort of your virtual living room.

8 Wild Oculus ‘Medium’ Creations from Connect

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Sep 26, 2015

Oculus Medium, the company’s new 3D VR sculpting app revealed at this year’s Connect, allows anyone to create clay-like works of art from the very simple to the frighteningly realistic with a few swipes of Oculus Touch hand controllers.

First Look: The ‘Elite: Dangerous’ Experience on HTC Vive is the Best Yet

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Sep 26, 2015

EGX 2015 was seemingly over flowing with virtual reality headsets this year and interestingly, with the exception of a handful of Playstation VR demo stations, the Valve’s flagship VR Headset the HTC Vive dominated. A nice surprise too, Elite: Dangerous being publicly demo’d on SteamVR’s first headset. We went hands-on.

Manus Machina Begins to Ship Early Wireless VR Gloves to Developers

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Sep 25, 2015

Manus Machina, a company dedicated to virtual reality input devices, has begun shipping their first sets of wireless VR gloves to developers.

‘Henry’ Realtime VR Trailer Hits Oculus Share, A Glimpse at the Evolution of Storytelling

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Sep 25, 2015

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Oculus Story Studio, the VR headset company’s in-house production team, has released an immersive trailer of their animated VR short featuring a lovable little hedgehog, Henry.

Content and Task Based Navigation for Structural Biology in 3D Environments

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Sep 25, 2015

Nicolas Férey was presenting a number of papers at the first-ever workshop on Virtual and Augmented Reality for Molecular Science at the IEEE VR. Nicolas was presenting different navigational paradigms for molecular biology tasks that were designed with the involvement of experts in structural biology.

Here’s a Look at Just a Few of Oculus Touch’s 300 Prototypes

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Sep 25, 2015

During Oculus Connect’s keynote speech yesterday, it was revealed that Touch, the company’s optically tracked hand controller was, perhaps unsurprisingly, the result of hundreds of early prototypes.

Here are the Games Launching with Oculus Touch

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Sep 25, 2015

A number of games compatible with Touch were announced yesterday at Oculus Connect, ensuring at least 8 titles launching simultaneously so you can play right out of the box.

Oculus Rift Manufacturing Overview Reveals 200+ Custom Parts, IPD Adjustment Mechanism

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Sep 25, 2015

In a session at day 1 of Connect, Oculus’ Caitlin Kalinowski and Stephanie Lue took to the stage to speak about the challenges associated with making the Oculus Rift a mass-producible product.

Oculus Unveils ‘Medium’, a Creator’s Tool that Lets You Sculpt in VR Using Oculus Touch

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Sep 25, 2015

At Oculus Connect today a new 3D paint program was announced that aims to take Oculus Touch to the artists among us, and it’s called Medium.

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