Up Close and Personal with the HTC Vive at the VRLA Spring Expo

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Apr 7, 2015

VR production team WEVR made a splash at the recent VRLA Spring Expo last week when they turned up with SteamVR and the HTC Vive headset to demonstrate the VR platform to attendees. It was an opportunity for writer Matthew Terndrup to get up close and personal with the new VR tech that had caused such a storm at last month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC). He came away with some of the most candid images yet seen of Valve’s Lighthouse technology and got to watch the reactions of numerous first-time users.

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VorpX’s New Virtual Cinema Lets You Play Non-VR Games on a Virtual Big Screen

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Apr 4, 2015

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vorpX news has been thin on the ground just recently, but that’s because the team behind the project have been busy preparing one of the biggest releases yet. v0.8.0, released today, brings with it a raft of new features, including an innovative method to enhance traditional games via an enormous, virtual cinema screen.

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Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 100): The Roast of Reverend Kyle

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Apr 4, 2015

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To celebrate the 100th episode of the Rev VR Podcast, some folks in the VR community decided that it would be fun to do a roast of me.

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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – April 3rd

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Apr 3, 2015

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In April, WEARVR and Road to VR are joining forces to bring you VR goodness from the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. This video gives a glimpse of the top 10 most popular experiences from the last week.

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Google’s ‘Cardboard’ VR App Exceeds 1 Million Downloads

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Ben Lang

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Apr 3, 2015

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Google surprised the VR community when it revealed Cardboard, a super low-cost VR smartphone adapter, last year at the company’s annual developer conference. Although started as a hobby-level project, the platform seems to have grown beyond their expectations.

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VFX Studio Behind Iron Man 3 and Transformers Forms Partnership for VR Video Content with Immersive Media

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Apr 3, 2015

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Digital Domain Holdings Limited and Immersive Media announced yesterday that they are partnering up to create IM360, a joint venture dedicated to creating immersive entertainment not only for tablets, mobile phones and televisions, but more importantly for VR.

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Get a Real Workout in Virtual Reality with the Widerun Bike Trainer, Now on Kickstarter

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Scott Hayden

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Apr 3, 2015

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Stationary biking is boring almost anyway you slice it. And while some people can zone out to music or lock their attention to a TV screen, others crave something a little more interactive. This is where Widerun sees their made-for-VR cycling system, a bike trainer that aims to get you cycling through 3D environments instead of staring at butts in the gym.

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WEARVR Raises $1.5 Million for Universal VR App Marketplace

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Ben Lang

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Apr 2, 2015

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Today WEARVR has announced a $1.5 million funding round to continue to grow their universal VR marketplace, which houses apps for a wide range of VR headsets. For the month of April, Road to VR is partnering up with WEARVR to bring you a look at the app store’s most popular VR content.

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SnakeVR Repurposes Your Old Nokia(s) for Immersive VR Gameplay of a Beloved Mobile Classic

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Ben Lang

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Apr 1, 2015

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SnakeVR is the spiritual VR successor of the snake-style games which gained widespread notoriety after being included on some of Nokia’s classic handsets. If you happen to have hoarded two of the company’s 3-series mobiles, go find the chargers buried somewhere in that one box and get ready for immersive SnakeVR action.

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Crowdfunding Platform Bans Projects Based on Name Alone, “No more VR,” says CEO

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Scott Hayden

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Apr 1, 2015

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IndieStartup CEO Armando McGillicutty announced yesterday that the popular crowdfunding platform is now banning a number of VR-related projects based on a single factor: their name.

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Sony Enter the Submersion Entertainment Sector with ‘Playstation Flow’

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Apr 1, 2015

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Sony have proven once again that they have their fingers on the collective gamers’ pulse with a new ‘submersive’ technology that fuses your love of swimming with your love of gaming.

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Cramer Invests in Virtual Reality for Dogs with ‘Pawculus Rift’ Project

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Apr 1, 2015

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Always on the look out for the next big thing in tech, Cramer have today announced an initiative that promises to bring VR to your pooch and it’s called ‘Pawculus Rift’.

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nVidia Convrge Talk Details Upcoming ‘VR Direct’ Driver Features

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Mar 31, 2015

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The Convrge team pulled somewhat of a coup last week when Nathan Reed from nVidia, gave his presentation “VR Direct: How NVIDIA Technology Is Improving the VR Experience” to an assembled audience inside Convrge’s charmingly polygonal VR social space.

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VR Support Coming to YouTube’s 360 Degree Video Playback

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Mar 31, 2015

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Earlier this month, YouTube officially threw the digital lever to enable 360 video support for the first time on the video sharing platform. At the time the official announcement of the new functionality didn’t include any mention of VR, though we speculated that it would surely be on the way.

And indeed it is. Since then we’ve learned, thanks to an article from Gizmodo’s Sean Hollister, that VR support for 360 videos is very much on YouTube’s radar.

“Imagine capturing a perfect sunset—or the birth of your child—then inviting someone to experience it in virtual reality. That’s coming, too,” Hollister wrote. “YouTube product manager Sanjeev Verma tells Gizmodo that Google Cardboard and stereoscopic 3D support are definitely on the roadmap. Livestreaming, as well.”

In addition to YouTube, there are a number of startups hoping to be the go-to place for streaming virtual reality video.

Gear VR Now Available in 9 Countries, Paid Store Still Stuck in US but Going Abroad “Soon” Says Oculus

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Mar 31, 2015

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Slowly but surely, Samsung has allowed limited international sale of Gear VR, the companies ‘Innovator Edition’ VR headset. But in comparison to the far reaching nature of the Galaxy Note 4, the smartphone powerhouse behind Gear VR which can be ordered directly from Samsung in a majority of countries, the world market penetration of the quasi-consumer VR headset is still lacking.

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Road to VR

Up Close and Personal with the HTC Vive at the VRLA Spring Expo

VorpX’s New Virtual Cinema Lets You Play Non-VR Games on a Virtual Big Screen

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 100): The Roast of Reverend Kyle

WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – April 3rd

Google’s ‘Cardboard’ VR App Exceeds 1 Million Downloads

VFX Studio Behind Iron Man 3 and Transformers Forms Partnership for VR Video Content with Immersive Media

Get a Real Workout in Virtual Reality with the Widerun Bike Trainer, Now on Kickstarter

WEARVR Raises $1.5 Million for Universal VR App Marketplace

SnakeVR Repurposes Your Old Nokia(s) for Immersive VR Gameplay of a Beloved Mobile Classic

Crowdfunding Platform Bans Projects Based on Name Alone, “No more VR,” says CEO

Sony Enter the Submersion Entertainment Sector with ‘Playstation Flow’

Cramer Invests in Virtual Reality for Dogs with ‘Pawculus Rift’ Project

nVidia Convrge Talk Details Upcoming ‘VR Direct’ Driver Features

VR Support Coming to YouTube’s 360 Degree Video Playback

Gear VR Now Available in 9 Countries, Paid Store Still Stuck in US but Going Abroad “Soon” Says Oculus

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