Correction: Meta Did Not Publish Active User Figures for VR Fitness App ‘Supernatural’

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Jan 9, 2015

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Correction (January 9th, 2025 – 5:31PM ET): A previous version of this article reported that Meta had revealed that Meta’s VR fitness app Supernatural had reached 110,000 active users. This report was incorrect.

Meta reached out to inform Road to VR that the “110,000 people” figure mentioned in this blog post was not the active user numbers for the Supernatural app, but actually a count of the Official Supernatural Community on Facebook. Meta updated the language in its blog post to prevent any further confusion.

As such, we have archived the original version of this report and removed it from the front (page by setting its publishing date back to 2015) but this correction will remain here for posterity.

CES 2015: AltspaceVR CEO Eric Romo Talks Social VR at Intel’s Booth

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Jan 8, 2015

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We had a chance to talk shop with the minds behind AltspaceVR, a yet unreleased social platform for virtual reality, located at the Intel booth at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. Executive Editor and intrepid reporter Ben Lang spoke with Eric Romo, CEO of AltspaceVR about the social aspects of in-game interaction and the importance of non-verbal communication in virtual spaces.

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CES 2015: Oculus Audio SDK Coming to Rift DK2 and Gear VR Before CV1 Launches

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Jan 8, 2015

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Oculus Audio SDK impressions ces 2015 (2) — See Also: Oculus Rift ‘Crescent Bay’ is Designed for Audiophiles – Here’s Why that’s Important for VR

At CES 2015, Oculus brought their latest Rift Crescent Bay prototype to show off at the show. And while the unit remains identical to what we saw at the company’s ‘Connect’ developer conference in 2014, there’s new stuff hidden in the headphones, specifically the 3D positional audio that the company says is key to virtual reality immersion.

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CES 2015: Samsung Gear VR Begins International Shipping by Month’s End, Followed by App Purchasing

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Ben Lang

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Jan 8, 2015

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At CES 2015, Road to VR spoke with Oculus’ Head of Mobile, Max Cohen, who confirmed that Samsung’s Gear VR mobile headset would begin its international rollout by the end of January. The company is also working toward developer monetization and the upgrade path for Android 5.0 Lollipop.

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CES 2015: Virtuix CEO Talks Production-ready Omni, Shipping Expected in March (video)

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Paul James

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Jan 8, 2015

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We caught up with Virtuix who were exhibiting their final, production design for their omnidirectional treadmill, the Omni, at CES 2015. Ben Lang speaks to Virtuix CEO, Jan Goetgeluk to about shipping dates and on how this unit differs from earlier prototypes.

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Rev VR Podcast: CES 2015 Recap – Day 2

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Jan 8, 2015

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It’s time for the day two recap as our pals, Ben Lang and Paul James, get their hands on even more VR stuff today as they fight their way to the front of the lines at CES 2015. Let’s listen to what fun things they got to experience today.

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CES 2015: Avegant’s Allan Evans on the Glyph’s new Design, Launch and Future (video)

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Paul James

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Jan 7, 2015

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We caught up with Allan Evans, CTO at Avegant, home of the unique personal media viewer – the Glyph, to talk about their new ‘near final’ design and the future of the device.

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CES 2015: Interview with OSVR HDK Creators, ‘HDK is Not a Razer Headset’

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Jan 7, 2015

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After yesterday’s announcement of the new Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) project, Ben Lang sits down with two of the key players in the project; Yuval Boger, CEO at Sensics and Chris Mitchell, Senior Product Manager at Razer.

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CES 2015: Avegant Glyph, New Design Nearing Consumer Level Fit and Finish

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Jan 7, 2015

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Here at CES 2015 in Las Vegas we had the opportunity to try on a new design prototype of the Avegant Glyph, a head-mounted display that resembles a high-end pair of headphones.

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CES 2015: Hands-on With the HDK VR Headset From Razer & Sensics

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Ben Lang

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Jan 7, 2015

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After yesterday’s announcement of OSVR and the ‘Hacker Development Kit’, we met up with creators Razer and Sensics to check out the forthcoming $199 headset for ourselves.

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Rev VR Podcast: CES 2015 Recap – Day 1

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Reverend Kyle

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Jan 7, 2015

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As we’ve done during other big events, the Road to VR team is using the Rev VR Podcast to recap their daily adventures at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. What did they see today? Ben Lang and Paul James talk about their experiences with all of the budding VR tech on day one at CES.

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CES 2015: Razer Announces $199 ‘Hacker Dev Kit’ VR Headset as Part of OSVR Initiative

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Jan 6, 2015

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Today Razer and Sensics, along with a bevy of VR industry supporters, have announced the OSVR (Open Source Virtual Reality) initiative alongside the $199 ‘Hacker Dev Kit’ VR headset which is due to launch this summer.

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Reserve Your Demo with Oculus Rift Crescent Bay at CES 2015, Android and iOS Apps

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Jan 5, 2015

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Reserve your spot at Oculus VR’s demo of their Crescent Bay prototype at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show with a new Android/iOS app.

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CES 2015: ‘The Walking Dead’ Creators Working on New Made-for-VR TV Show

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Jan 5, 2015

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At Samsung’s Press Day conference here at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, the company just demonstrated a new commitment to Gear VR video content via their new Milk VR portal with the creators of The Walking Dead announcing work on a dedicated, made-for-VR show.

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CES 2015: Hands-On with ‘3D Rudder’ the Motion Controller for your Feet

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Jan 5, 2015

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CES is officially underway and at the press preview event ‘CES Unveiled’ last night I got the chance to get my hands and feet on with the new 3d Rudder motion controller.

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Road to VR

Correction: Meta Did Not Publish Active User Figures for VR Fitness App ‘Supernatural’

CES 2015: Oculus Audio SDK Coming to Rift DK2 and Gear VR Before CV1 Launches

CES 2015: Samsung Gear VR Begins International Shipping by Month’s End, Followed by App Purchasing

CES 2015: Virtuix CEO Talks Production-ready Omni, Shipping Expected in March (video)

Rev VR Podcast: CES 2015 Recap – Day 2

CES 2015: Avegant’s Allan Evans on the Glyph’s new Design, Launch and Future (video)

CES 2015: Interview with OSVR HDK Creators, ‘HDK is Not a Razer Headset’

CES 2015: Avegant Glyph, New Design Nearing Consumer Level Fit and Finish

CES 2015: Hands-on With the HDK VR Headset From Razer & Sensics

Rev VR Podcast: CES 2015 Recap – Day 1

CES 2015: Razer Announces $199 ‘Hacker Dev Kit’ VR Headset as Part of OSVR Initiative

Reserve Your Demo with Oculus Rift Crescent Bay at CES 2015, Android and iOS Apps

CES 2015: ‘The Walking Dead’ Creators Working on New Made-for-VR TV Show

CES 2015: Hands-On with ‘3D Rudder’ the Motion Controller for your Feet

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