The Human Experience of Virtual Reality: A Model of the VR Landscape
I gave a talk at Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference where I attempted to summarize highlights from over 400 Voices of VR podcast interviews. This was a daunting task which forced me to synthesize the emergent patterns that I've...
Guinness Record Set With 25 Continuous Hours in Virtual Reality
Guinness World Records, an organisation journalling the extraordinary (and often insane) stunts people will pull for notoriety, and now the book has its first virtual reality entry. Watch as Derek Westerman swaps reality for Tilt Brush inside the HTC...
SteamVR Now Lets You Skin Your Controllers and Base Stations
OK, so perhaps not the most revolutionary of updates, but certainly a fun feature addition to the latest SteamVR build is the ability to customise the look of your SteamVR controllers and, should the mood strike you, your base...
Live Nation & NextVR to Broadcast Hundreds of Live Performances in VR
Live broadcast VR firm NextVR is today announcing a major collaboration with Live Nation, the premiere event promotion company that's responsible for more than 25,000 events worldwide, including concerts and performances by some of the world's leading artists.
NextVR specializes in...
12% of Americans Plan to Buy VR Within 6 Months, New Research Suggests
A new online study of 12 western countries by Newzoo suggests that 11% of people are looking to buy into virtual reality within the next 6 months, that Spain is the most aware of VR and that Canada is...
SVVR Conference and Expo 2016 Wrap-Up Discussion
The third annual Silicon Virtual Reality Conference (SVVR) happened from April 27 to 29, and I had a chance catch up with Road to VR co-founder and Executive Editor Ben Lang to cover some of the big highlights and...
One Year Later, Oculus and Valve Still Mum on Timeline to Open Tracking to Third-parties
Both Oculus and Valve have gone on the record to say that they'd be opening up their respective tracking systems for third-parties to make use of, but after a year, neither company is ready to talk specifics.
So called '6DOF'...
Dead and Buried’s Journey from Gear VR to Oculus Touch Flagship Game
Ben Lang caught up with Oculus Studios Designer Ryan Rutherford at Oculus Game Days to find out how the impressive western multi-player shooter Dead & Buried, ended up as as a flagship motion control title for the Rift after...
Oculus Launching in-store Rift Demos at 48 Best Buys This Week
Today Oculus has announced plans to offer in-store demos at 48 Best Buy locations across the U.S. starting on May 7th.
Selling VR headsets is a particularly tough challenge because the only way to understand the experience of virtual reality is...
‘NewRetroArcade: Neon’ Bringing Multiplayer and “Huge Amount of New Content” to HTC Vive
Developer Digital Cybercherries has today announced plans to develop a new version of their acclaimed virtual arcade. NewRetroArcade: Neon will be built for SteamVR and will include multiplayer, motion-controls, and room-scale capability for the HTC Vive.
Launched all the way back in 2014, NewRetroArcade is a...
