Last week we saw the latest Oculus Rift prototype, dubbed ‘Crystal Cove,’ and this week we’ve been waiting patiently for info on Valve’s prototype virtual reality head mounted display that the company showed yesterday and today at the Steam Dev Days conference. Here’s a roundup of initial accounts from those who have tried the HMD.
At CES 2014 Road to VR caught up with YEI Technology, the company behind the PrioVR virtual reality motion input suit. We interview Paul Yost, head of development at YEI, to get the latest on this exciting system. PrioVR will be re-launching a Kickstarter next month.
At CES 2014, SoftKinetic, the company that powers the Creative Depth Camera, was showing off a pretty cool Oculus Rift demo which used the depth camera mounted to the headset. The demo enables the user to put their own hands in the virtual world and build basic structures. The camera mount is available to be 3D printed.
CES 2014 has wrapped up, and the awards and mentions are still rolling in for Oculus VR’s Crystal Cove prototype. Road to VR recaps them for you.
Ahead of Steam Dev Days, the annual conference where this year Valve will demonstrate VR hardware and hold several talks on VR, the company has released a beta for ‘SteamVR’ a new way to interact with Steam using the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
At CES 2014, we sit down with Next3D co-founders David Cole and D.J. Roller who are acting on what I’d wager everyone involved with VR has thought about at some point—live virtual reality sports. Next3D has created a platform called FULL-COURT for broadcasting live sports, up to 4k resolution, with a wide field of view that allows you to look around the action as though you were really there using the Oculus Rift.
At CES 2014, Road to VR had the opportunity to meet with Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus and inventor of the Oculus Rift, and Nate Mitchell, VP of Product at Oculus. We got our hands on the much anticipated ‘Crystal Cove’ Oculus Rift prototype and sat down to have the dynamic duo answer our curious inquiries.
Another hectic day full of cool VR technology and great people; here’s a breakdown of what we did and saw on day 2 of the International CES 2014.
CastAR, the unique AR/VR gaming headset coming from Technical Illusions, made an appearance behind closed doors at CES 2014. Road to VR is the first to go hands-on with the latest HD prototype.
In a surprising appearance, the team behind Eve Valkyrie showed up at Intel’s CES 2014 booth with four Oculus Rift HD prototypes connected in a networked environment running multiplayer matches of the forthcoming virtual reality space dog-fighter.
Avegant invited Road to VR to have an early look at a prototype of their new transforming virtual retina display based HMD, targeted squarely at the portable entertainment market. Paul James goes hands on with the Avegant Glyph.
A tweet sent my Oculus VR Software Engineer Tom Forsythe seems to finally confirm that a new Oculus Rift prototype will be shown at CES 2014. Here’s a roundup the credible speculation on the next generation Oculus Rift.
We’ve got some fresh new images straight from Avegant showing their plans for their upcoming VRD (Virtual Retina Display) based HMD, Glyph.
Atomic Motion Systems have announced their intentions to add HMD support (starting with the Oculus Rift) to their motion simulator platforms to create the ultimate in motion feedback.
