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Oculus Rift ‘Crescent Bay’ Prototype Heading to SVVR Holiday Party on December 11th

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Nov 25, 2014

The SVVR Meetup in Mountain View, CA is getting an early gift this year: Oculus is bringing their latest ‘Crescent Bay’ Rift prototype to the organization’s Holiday Party on December 11th, one of the first opportunities for the public to try the unit. The Holiday Party event also features a lineup of presentations, including the delivery of the first production-ready STEM system which will be given by Sixense to SVVR.

Pinć VR Wants to Hide a VR Headset in Your iPhone 6 Case, Indiegogo Now Live

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Nov 25, 2014

Move over Google Cardboard and Durovis Dive, because Pinć wants a seat at the mobile VR table, and with their new iPhone 6 case—which hides a small form factor VR headset—they’ll be needing a little elbow room.

Looking for a Job in Virtual Reality? Apple’s Hiring

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Nov 25, 2014

If you thought a company like Apple was too big and too busy to concern itself with virtual reality, think again. A new job listing from the company seeks a software engineering who can create “high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems.”

Update to Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Prepares Phone for Gear VR Launch (screenshots)

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Nov 24, 2014

At Samsung’s 2014 Developer Conference, it was finally announced that the Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ headset, powered by Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 mobile phone, would be released in early December. The Note 4’s latest software update (v4.4.4) indicates Samsung is on track to deliver and reveals what might be in store for early adopters.

Preview Two Promising VR Entries in Leap Motion’s ‘3D Jam’: Soundscape VR and Weightless (videos)

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Nov 24, 2014

Leap Motion’s ‘3D Jam’ is a developer competition sponsored by IndieCade, and centers around the popular 3D motion controller, Leap Motion. With contestants vying for $75,000 in prizes, you can imagine that the competition to produce interactive environments that play well with the Oculus Rift-mountable sensor is pretty stiff. Previews are out and the finish line is near, with the competition is set to close on December 1st. Among them, we take a look at two crazy-awesome submissions in particular that have caught our attention here at Road to VR – Soundscape VR and Weightless.

Vireio Perception 2.1 RC1 Released with Memory Location Scanner to Improve Compatibility

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Nov 23, 2014

Vireio Perception is a free, open source VR injection driver that can ‘graft’ VR support to non-VR games titles. The Vireio Perception team have just released RC1 of the driver which includes an innovative memory location scanner which promises to improve compatibility.

CastAR Ship First Sets of ‘Early’ Glasses to Backers (Video)

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Nov 22, 2014

castAR, the augmented reality gaming system, have provided an update for Kickstarter backers eagerly awaiting news. The first ‘early’ design glasses have shipped! What’s more they filmed the journey of the very first set from packing to Post Office.

What Happens When You Live in VR for a Month Straight? One Man Aims to Find out

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Nov 21, 2014

Mark Farid, a British artist based in London, wants to strap into a head-mounted display for 28 days straight—and we’re not talking about a month of Minecrift. Farid’s new Kickstarter campaign, called Seeing I, is supposed to straddle a fine line between performance art and social experiment, and is devised to explore the personal and cultural repercussions of living life through the eyes of another person.

Magic Leap to Surface Next Year as Part of Potentially Groundbreaking Public Event

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Nov 21, 2014

Magic Leap is fast becoming legendary in the field of augmented reality for technology very few people have seen or know anything about. That may all change soon however as it’s been announced that the technology will be used in a unique collaboration with SFX house Framestore as part of a UK festival.

Stuck in VR, Send Help

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Nov 20, 2014

Hello people of the real world. My name is Ben Lang. If you’re reading this message, you’re reading words composed and published from within virtual reality.

DreamWorks Reveals Glimpse of 360 Degree ‘Super Cinema’ Rendering for VR Films (video)

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Nov 20, 2014

On stage at Samsung’s 2014 developer conference last week, Warren Mayoss, Head of Technology Product Development at DreamWorks Animation, spoke about the company’s initial work with virtual reality on the Oculus Rift and Gear VR. Though they’ve produced several real-time VR experiences, the studio’s bread and butter is high-fidelity pre-rendered CGI. But how to bring that level of quality to virtual reality? One approach may be pre-rendered 360 degree 3D CGI footage which the company calls ‘Super Cinema’.

Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’ Performance is Jaunt VR’s First Publically Available Cinematic VR Content

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Nov 20, 2014

Jaunt VR, the company creating tech for capturing 360 degree 3D VR experiences, has today finally revealed their first publically available content: a performance taken from Sir Paul McCartney’s recent Candlestick Park gig in San Francisco earlier this year.

South Park Takes on the Oculus Rift

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Nov 20, 2014

South Park’s episode last week, Grounded Vindaloop, has zeroed in on the beloved Oculus Rift, along with some longstanding fears surrounding virtual reality. The episode, which dives into a meta virtual reality, also pokes fun at outsourced customer service. If you missed the episode, it’s available in full right here.

DODOcase Sells More Than 65,000 Cardboard VR Kits, Now Kickstarting New Version and Open-source VR Tools

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Nov 20, 2014

DODOcase is probably known by most for their phone and tablet cases, but the San Francisco-based company jumped on an opportunity to get Google Cardboard VR kits into the hands of a VR-hungry public. To date, the company has sold more than 65,000 of the kits and has now launched a Kickstarter campaign to spur what they’re calling a “DIY Virtual Reality Open Source Future,” which includes open software components for VR web development and a newly designed version of Cardboard that has a Leap Motion mount and greater smartphone compatibility.

News Bits: GTA V Publisher on VR Support “.. we’ll be first in line to give it to [customers]”

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Nov 20, 2014

Take Two Interactive, publishers of the phenomenally successful Grand Theft Auto franchise have gone on record stating that if there is customer demand for virtual reality support in their games, it’s ready to provide it.

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