Road to VR

‘Ground Control’ and ‘Stompz’, Two Natural VR Controllers for Your Feet

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Mar 28, 2015

The VR community has been rattling its cage for intuitive input devices for quite a while now, and because nobody really knows exactly what that means yet, we’re entertaining anything and everything until we do. Here we take a look at two Kickstarter campaigns currently in progress addressing just that: ‘Stompz’ and ‘Ground Control’, two small form factor input solutions designed to be used with those dangly useless things hiding under your desk right now (your feet).

ADR1FT Wins $15,000 in Latest Round of Unreal Developer Grants

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Mar 28, 2015

We’re seriously excited for ADR1FT, a made-for-VR title which takes the ‘astronaut-in-peril’ themes seen in films like Gravity into the interactive realm with stunning visuals to boot. Happily, Epic Games seems to have recognised ADR1FT’s promise, awarding developer Three One Zero $15,000 one of the 3 final Unreal Developer Grants.

HTC Vive ‘Developer Edition’ Sign-ups Could Start Next Week

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Mar 28, 2015

According to a report at Ars Technica, HTC’s VR Headset the ‘Vive’ could find its way into selected developers hands very soon for nothing. Sign-ups for the device may also begin as early as next week.

‘Action Star: Parachute’ VR Experience Has You Throwing Yourself Out of a Plane

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Mar 27, 2015

Istanbul based digital workshop Codemodeon have come up with a VR experience which adopts some clever mechanics to sell the illusion of throwing yourself out of a plane and parachuting to an island paradise.

Abrash Spent Most of His F8 Keynote Convincing the Audience That ‘Reality’ is Constructed in the Brain

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Mar 27, 2015

Oculus’ Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, took to the Facebook F8 conference stage yesterday to tell the audience ‘Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You’.

“They did it!” William Gibson is Given a Taste of Cyberspace via Gear VR

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Mar 26, 2015

Legendary author of 80’s cyberpunk thriller Neuromancer, a book in which he famously coined the term ‘cyberspace’, takes a spin in virtual reality courtesy of Samsung’s Gear VR. It seems he was suitably impressed.

Steven Spielberg to Direct Film Adaptation of ‘Ready Player One’ VR Novel

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Mar 26, 2015

Prolific director and producer Steven Spielberg is coming back to Warner Bros. to direct the film adaptation of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline’s lauded VR-centric novel set in a dystopian future.

Update: Facebook’s CTO May Have Just Hinted at a 2015 Release Date for the Oculus Rift

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Mar 26, 2015

On stage at Facebook’s F8 conference, the company’s CTO, Mike Schroepfer, may have just let slip a hint at the Oculus Rift release date.

Oculus’ Michael Abrash ‘Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You’ Livestream @ 10am PST

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Mar 26, 2015

Today Oculus’ Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, will take to the stage at Facebook’s F8 conference to expound upon virtual reality. As Abrash puts it, “Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday and for the rest of your life—this talk will explain why you’re going to care about virtual reality and what it means for developers.”

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 98): Catching up with Ikrima Elhassan from Kite & Lightning

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Mar 26, 2015

It has been a while since the guys from Kite & Lightning have been on the show, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been pumping out some amazing things since we last spoke. Ikrima takes some time out of his busy day to discuss their latest projects, and the current news in VR.

Samsung Gear VR Heads to More than 100 Best Buys for Demo and Sale

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Mar 26, 2015

Samsung is getting a bit more bold with what’s so far been a fairly soft launch for the company’s first mobile headset, Gear VR. Come March 27th, Gear VR will be available in more than 100 Best Buy locations to try and buy.

NASCAR is NextVR’s Latest Pit Stop for Live VR Video

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Mar 25, 2015

From the beginning, NextVR has been positioning its VR video technology toward live broadcasting, especially for sports. We’ve already seen NextVR demo their technology with the NBA, NHL, and more, while their latest test has taken them to Auto Club Speedway to capture and livestream a NASCAR race.

Facebook Experimenting with Live VR Video ‘Teleportation Station’, Adding 360 Video with Oculus Rift Playback

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Mar 25, 2015

At Facebook’s F8 conference which kicked off today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to open the event. There he revealed that the company will bring support for 360 degree video to the Facebook News Feed, capable of playback on the Oculus Rift. Further, the company is experimenting with live 360 VR video, which they are showing off at the event today at the ‘Teleportation Station’.

Hands-on: Sony’s 120Hz Morpheus Demo, ‘Magic Controller’, and ‘Bedroom Robots’

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Mar 25, 2015

With the reveal of Sony’s 2015 Morpheus prototype, the company surprised the VR space with the announcement that the headset would support a 120Hz refresh rate, significantly higher than the 90Hz of the competition. We went hands-on with the company’s first native 120Hz demo, Magic Controller, along with Bedroom Robots from the same studio.

Leap Motion Partners with OSVR to Provide Integrated Sensor Faceplate for HDK

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Mar 25, 2015

Leap Motion are furthering their commitment to the Open Source Virtual Reality initiative. They’re working with OSVR to produce a Leap Motion enabled faceplate for the project’s flagship VR Headset, the HDK.

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