Kat Walk, the newest addition to the lineup of VR treadmills, has raised a total of $149,278, putting them well over their initial $100,000 Kickstarter funding goal. KatVR, the China based company behind the VR locomotion device, have announced that non-Kickstarter pre-orders for the device will be coming soon.
To fans of Star Trek, space will always be ‘the Final Frontier’, but I wouldn’t be so sure that VR can’t also make that claim. Enterprises, a project headed by indie dev William Palmer, shows off a 1:1 scale of eight different Enterprise Starships, spanning the Star Trek franchise from 1966 to present day.
Null of Hope takes your memories of 8 bit illustrated adventure games, turning on it’s head whilst throwing the lot into an immersive VR powered experience. Watch the debut trailer.
Disney has added Littlestar, the “VR Cinema Network,” to its accelerator program. Joining the media conglomerate’s tech accelerator will give the startup access to Disney’s considerable resources and a chance to garner more investment from industry players down the line.
Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.
Bali, the famed Island of the Gods, with its varied landscape of hills and mountains, rugged coastlines and sandy beaches, lush rice terraces and barren volcanic hillsides all providing a picturesque backdrop to its colourful, deeply spiritual and unique culture, stakes a serious claim to be paradise on earth. Join INTREPID360 on a journey through this incredible island, from Sunrise to Sunset. Relax, take a deep breath, and enjoy your trip.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows / MAC)
BadBox: not recommended for humans
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Enjoy the Boursin Sensorium virtual reality experience as you journey through a decadent fridge packed full of delicious foods and Boursin ingredients. Sweep through the herb forest, duck beneath the towering vegetables, wind around giant bottles of bubbly, and dive into the cheese – we promise this is a journey like no other!
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows)
VRBloX is a virtual reality puzzle game where the object is to build a tower to the target height. VRBloX supports full head tracking and allows you a unique viewpoint on a traditional puzzle game.
Its as simple as looking at the block you wish to move, picking it up and dropping it where ever you want to start building! If it’s too unstable, it will topple over!
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows)
DinoTrek is a Virtual Reality immersive experience showing what it might have been like to live during the time of the dinosaurs! It is designed for Google Cardboard, by Geomedia, Inc. and HIVE VR.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows), iOS
“The Hum:Abductions – VR Proof of Concept” is a VR experience created – by Totwise Studios – to share with you a first insight of their efforts creating The Hum:Abductions – the alien abduction horror game in which they are working. You will take the role of a man who will discover the terrible situation of his family, while beginning a journey to the unknown.
This Proof of Concept is not intended to show actual gameplay features from the final game.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
This is Leeco Studio’s impressive first project on UE4 using 3ds Max, Marvelous Designer, Photoshop and Speedtree.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Inspired by Taroko Gorge in Taiwan. Take a relaxing boat ride on calm waters through nature with this short VR tech demo.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Step right up and take a ride through the corridors of a haunted mansion. You can sit back and relax, but that’s easier said than done. It’s the haunted carnival ride you remember from your childhood, with a VR twist.
This is a short preview version, and you can experience the 1st part of the ride right now. More coming soon!
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
A simple Minecraft clone for the HTC Vive. Build structures freely in 3D space, then tear them down with throwable TNT blocks!
See Also: ‘Vivecraft’ Demo Shows Just How Amazing Minecraft and More Will Be with Natural Input
Platforms: HTC Vive (Windows)
Cedar Fair, the theme park company behind the famous Cedar Point park and 13 others, is set to trial virtual reality technology on one of the company’s many roller coasters.
Having just announced a large injection of cash in the form of a $15 million Series A investment, AR glasses company CastAR says that the funds will help them fulfill commitments to their Kickstarter backers and push forward to a full consumer launch.
Linden Lab, the developer behind Second Life, has announced the invitation of a select group of engineers and creators to trial the company’s next generation virtual world, Project Sansar.
With the annual PAX Prime conference just around the corner, Cloudhead Games says they’ll be showing off a new demo of their episodic made-for-VR game, The Gallery. The developer will show the demo running in conjunction with their newly revealed ‘Blink’ locomotion system that’s designed to allow players to seamlessly navigate large spaces on the room-scale HTC Vive.
Visiting 10 cities, showcasing 20 curated, innovative and immersive experiences from around the world, the Kaleidoscope VR Film festival heads out on a road show designed to celebrate leading innovators in cinematic VR content and to bring it to a wider audience.
In a new 360 degree video series, Vice Sports are aiming to capture the thrill of extreme sports in the most immersive way possible. The first in the series begins following Parkour / Free-running legend Ronnie Shalvis as he tackles Utah’s Goblin Valley state park.
CastAR (formerly Technical Illusions) today announced a $15 million Series A fundraising round to continue development of their augmented reality glasses of the same name. The company previously raised just over $1 million on Kickstarter in late 2013.
