‘Nuren’ and ‘Apollo 11’ VR Experiences Successfully Funded on Kickstarter
Two exciting non-game Kickstarters projects out of the VR community that we’ve been watching over the last few weeks have hit their goal.
Oculus Confirms Dual Screens in Crescent Bay, Consumer Rift Will Not be an Exclusive Platform
In a Q&A session at Austin’s SXSW event, an Oculus panel including VP of Product Nate Mitchell and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirmed that their latest feature prototype, ‘Crescent Bay’ does indeed comprise two display panels.
YouTube Now Supports 360 Video, No VR Support (Yet)
Today YouTube announced that the video streaming service will now support 360 degree video that can be viewed in the browser or through the Android YouTube app. There’s no VR support yet, but I’ve got a feeling that we can count on it coming soon.
Crytek’s 50 Person VR Dev Team Can Only Mean One Thing
At GDC 2015, game developer and CryEngine creator Crytek was showing an impressive virtual reality experience on the Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototype. But it would seem that the company has much more up their collective sleeve than a mere demo or Rift support for their engine.
Valve, Bossa Studios and Vertigo Games Talk Steam VR at EGX Rezzed, Video Now Up
After HTC’s surprise announcement at MWC and the subsequent VR frenzy of GDC, it became apparent some lucky developers had had their hands on early Steam VR hardware for some time. Two of them are Bossa Studios‘ (Surgeon Simulator) and Vertigo Games (Skyworld). The video for their recent EGX Rezzed discussion, as compared by Valve Writer Chet Faliszek, is now online.
3 Free VR Talks to Check out on Day 1 of SXSW 2015
VR is returning to this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in a big way, with sessions featuring familiar names from Oculus, and a number of key leadership from game studios and hardware companies currently developing for future VR devices.
First-Time Reactions from Oculus’ Crescent Bay and HTC’s Vive VR Headsets, 24 Hours Apart
After months of hearing about Oculus’ latest prototype VR headset, Crescent Bay, and pining after a session with the bleeding edge device for so long, I finally secured a demo with the Crescent Bay prototype at this year’s GDC. What I wasn’t counting on though, was that 24 hours later I would be thrown straight into the new HTC Vive.
‘The North Face’ Brings the Wilderness to You Courtesy of Jaunt’s Cinematic VR
Jaunt VR, a company specialising in 360 VR Video, has collaborated with outdoor apparel giant ‘The North Face‘, going out on into the wilderness to create a VR experience which captures the beauty of the great outdoors in 360 degree 3D glory.
Apollo 11 Educational Experience Nears Kickstarter Goal With 3 Days Remaining
The clock is ticking for Immersive VR Education’s Apollo 11 Virtual Reality Experience. With only 3 days left in the Kickstarter campaign, the team is more than 75% of the way to reaching their crowdfunding goal.
SteamVR Gameplay from ‘The Gallery: Six Elements’ Demo Shows Intuitive Interaction
SteamVR made a powerful debut at last week’s GDC 2015. Valve collaborated with a diverse group of indie VR developers to create demos for the system. Now SteamVR gameplay footage has emerged from The Gallery: Six Elements demo.
‘NUREN’ Passes 50% Crowdfunding Mark, Classic Console Musician Chris Hülsbeck Signs On
NUREN: The New Renaissance has now obtained more than half of its crowdfunding goal, and with only a few days left until the close of their campaign they’ve also announced that they’ll be tacking on another big name in video game music composition to the project.
Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap – Final Days
While we left off with a Day 2 recap, this episode actually wraps up the last several days of GDC and actually takes place several days after the event ended. Why? Because our friends at Road To VR took a much needed break, recouped, and now Ben Lang is back to give us the final piece to our podcast puzzle.
My First Paid Experience with the Gear VR Store
I’ve got everything I need to kill time at the airport: Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Gear VR headset, my last bag of American Cheetos before I leave the homeland for who knows how long. I’ve even managed to work up the self confidence to wear the thing while sitting in the International Concourse in front of a pack of Italian teenage girls. Barring any repressed memories that still haunt me to this day (locker room incident: I don’t want to talk about it), I have a few hours until my flight departs, and free demos just aren’t going to cut it.
‘AR/VR Austin’ Event During SXSW Celebrates Immersive Tech, Tickets Now Available
Virtual and augmented reality is hitting this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) multimedia festival in Austin in a big way. With more sessions and meetings involving VR than we can count, there’s one event happening during the festival for sure not to miss: ‘AR/VR Austin’, a collaboration of companies in the field offering live demonstrations of their content and hardware.
Road to VR Executive Editor Ben Lang Holding GDC 2015 Q&A
Road to VR’s Executive Editor, Ben Lang, is holding a Reddit Q&A about the latest VR tech from GDC 2015 right now! Feel free to drop some questions.
