Oculus VR Inc has released a draft Best Practices guide for VR developers that, in their words, seeks to maximize: 1) oculomotor comfort, 2) bodily comfort, and 3) a positive user experience. The document can be found on the Oculus VR web site. Among a list of recommendations for developers, it also reduces the minimum recommended age of using the Oculus Rift from 10 to 7.
Road to VR’s Paul James sits down to talk with the founders of Technical Illusions, Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson and we get our hands on the new HD Prototype.
After Sony’s somewhat embarassing reveal of the HMZ-T3Q HMD at CES 2014, new unconfirmed info from Steam Dev Days reveals that the company may actually be working on a true Oculus Rift competitor in the form of a PS4 virtual reality headset.
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.
