Two New Game Engines Support Oculus Rift: TouchDesigner and CopperCube
More game engines with Oculus Rift support means more choices for developers! Recently, TouchDesigner and CopperCube have updated their engines to work with the Oculus Rift.
Derivative TouchDesigner
Derivative's TouchDesigner software is a visual programming language for artists. It's been used...
Cyber-thriller ‘Technolust’ for Oculus Rift Launches Kickstarter, Unveils New Prototype (Developer Interview)
Futuristic cyber-thriller Technolust launches its Kickstarter today and unveils a stunning new prototype for the Oculus Rift. Brian Hart takes a look and speaks with its developer, Blair Renaud.
Cyberpunk, Built for VR
"In the early part of the 21st century, the...
Darknet Demo Now Available for Oculus Rift
We were lucky enough to get an early glimpse of Darknet last week. Now, developer Ed McNeil has made the demo available to Oculus Rift users everywhere to try.
McNeil is calling this a "flavor demo." It's designed to give...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 57): Discussing the First Los Angeles VR Meetup (VRLA), with Founder Cosmo...
With almost 200 people from the Los Angeles area packing the motion capture stage of FX-house, Digital Domain, the first VRLA Meetup exceeded founder Cosmo Scharf’s vision to bring virtual reality to his city.
When Cosmo first told me about...
New 360 Video Trailer Teleports You to Japan, Courtesy of the Oculus Rift
Polygon Window Productions are a company specialising in the capture of immersive movies. Their latest project leverages the power of the Oculus Rift to deliver a 360 video in which you can look around at will. We take a...
GameFace Labs Has the First VR Headset on the Block with a 2.5K Display—And It’s Mobile
GameFace Labs may very well be the furthest along in the quest to create a mobile VR headset. Based on Android, GameFace Labs has been working hard to iterate on their prototypes, their latest is the first VR headset...
Save $100: Road to VR Discount for SVVR Conference & Expo
The SVVR Conference & Expo is next month and the organizers have kindly extended a $100 discount to 50 lucky Road to VR readers.
SVVR started as a humble meetup for virtual reality enthusiasts, but the well attended gathering is...
What’s the Mystery Port on the Oculus Rift DK2? (Update: Mystery Solved, But More Questions Arise)
The Oculus Rift DK2 includes a number of upgrades over the DK1, one of those being a conveniently placed USB port for people who want to experiment with other devices attached to the Rift, like depth cameras. Next to...
Virtual Reality Will Go Mainstream, But Here’s a Little Perspective
Virtual reality, with Oculus Rift as the industry front-runner, is poised to become the 'next big thing,' but it isn't there just yet... in fact, there's a long way yet to go.
It's easy, covering virtual reality so closely as...
Tickets Now Available: First Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference & Expo, May 19–20
Tickets are now available for the first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) Conference and Expo event. To mark the event, Karl Krantz walks us through the short but already history of the social event from which it was born.
SVVR...
