It looks like we’ve got a new challenger to Project Holodeck. ‘Inversion Project’ by Zero Latency Media is a low-cost, portable VR environment that allows players to crouch, jump, and move around a physical space while having that movement mirrored in a virtual reality game. The developers are showing off an early demo using the environment with a game called Zombie Fort: Smackdown.
A certain web based seller is advertising to sell prospective buyers Oculus Rift Development Kits in bulk. Something’s amiss here, Road to VR investigates.
Fancy re-living one of the most iconic scenes in Cinema history? Author Boone (of Rift Coaster fame) has released video of new Star Wars inspired demo for the Oculus Rift.
We talk to E McNeill (real name Ed, known as ‘E’), author of Ciess – recently crowned winner of the Indiecade VR Jam contest. We discuss what the development process was like and of course whether Ciess will see a full commercial release.
Hello dear readers, and welcome to the latest version of our site. For those of you wondering why we’ve been slow on the reporting lately — now you know!
In a newly published video, Neal Stephenson, project leader on Clang, extols the benefits of the Sixense STEM system, and how it will enable Stephenson’s goal of realistic sword fighting in videogames.
The VR Jam held by Oculus VR Inc and IndieCade has come to an end. Two winners, announced today, take home $10,000 each, along with a trip to attend and exhibit their game at IndieCade 2013, and an invitation to visit Oculus HQ and spend the day with the Oculus team.
The Sixense STEM system for VR motion control blew through its $250,000 goal one day one. The campaign is now at $476,000 and appears well on the way to $1 million. Sixense have announce a ‘stretch goal’ at $550,000 which will make the STEM base station wireless.
The 20 finalists singled out for the finals of the Oculus / IndieCade VR Jam have now been chosen. We take a look at the first 10 games to be selected as finalists.
Today Sixense launched a Kickstarter for the highly anticipated STEM VR motion controller. STEM is essentially a sequel to the Razer Hydra. It cuts the cords to go fully wireless, supports up to five independent sensors for full-body tracking, and increases performance and range over the Hydra.
In a move that’s sure to make PrioVR backers and would-be backers alike quite happy, YEI Technology has announced a big price drop for both the PrioVR Lite and PrioVR Pro systems. On top of that, they’re shaving four months off of the delivery date. Good news all around, I’d say.
Last week Blue Isle Studios teased that they may be bringing Oculus Rift support to Slender: The Arrival. The studio has confirmed to Road to VR that Rift support is indeed on the way.
We talk to Karl Krantz, telepresence professional and founder of the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup about Virtual Reality roots and it’s future.
With yesterday’s launch of the PrioVR Kickstarter, we had a few questions about the system. We got in touch with Paul Yost, Chief of R&D at YEI Technology, to get answers straight from the source. Read on for our Q&A.
At Gamescom this year I was lucky enough to be granted time with Palmer Luckey (Founder of Oculus VR) and Nate Mitchell (VP of Product) to talk all things VR. Here’s the video of that interview.
