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Watch: Stunning Blade Runner VR Fan Project is Nearly Done, But There’s a Hitch

We check back in with Blade Runner 9732, a stunningly detailed fan developed VR recreation of Deckard's iconic flat from the original film. The project was recently updated showing some incredible progress, but despite its near final status, there's...

KwikVR is an Oculus & Vive Compatible Wireless VR Solution to Debut at CES 2017

Cloud compute specialists Scalable Graphics are to debut a new 1 pound wireless PC VR solution compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets at next weeks CES convention in Las Vegas. As we stated in our recent...

Exclusive: Nokia Launches OZO Player SDK, a Cross-platform Video Playback Engine for VR Apps

Nokia has launched the OZO Player SDK, a cross-platform foundation for creating applications with high fidelity VR video playback. Road to VR spoke with Nokia's Head of VR Technologies, Tarif Sayed to learn more about the offering. While VR video portals like Jaunt,...

‘Unearthed Inc: The Lost Temple’ Review

Unearthed Inc: The Lost Temple is a puzzle adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a fresh recruit to a treasure hunting company. With telekinetic powers and an obligatory wise-cracking robot sidekick named Droid, you venture deep into the Amazonian...

Valve Takes ‘Onward’ Developer Under its Wing

VR exclusive online military simulator Onward has been wowing room-scale VR audiences since its inception and now lone developer Dante Buckley has been invited to continue development under gaming giant Valve's roof, at least for a short time. One of...

‘Athena’ is a New Lighthouse Tracked VR Gun Controller from Ilium VR

Ilium VR are working on a new VR-centric gun peripheral which plans to use Valve's SteamVR 'Lighthouse' tracking to bring realistic weapon control to virtual reality games. Shooting things in games is cool. Shooting things in VR can be infinitely cooler....

THX Creates Audio Chip Positioned for VR Claimed to “best every other amplifier product in the...

THX has announced the development of a new audio amplifier chip which the company claims offers "the world's lowest levels of distortion and noise," along with "incredibly low power consumption," positioning the amplifier for mobile VR headsets, wireless headphones,...

Experimental VR Alzheimer’s Therapy App Made Just Hours After Plea by Child of Afflicted Father

After a recent bout of news articles detailing an experimental Alzheimer's Disease therapy that has showed promising results in mice, the child of an afflicted father made a plea to the VR community to create a VR app which...

Why CES 2017 Will Set the Stage for the Next Year of VR

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has served as a good way-point for VR's progress over the years. With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and low-lights) from 4 years...

Managing Pain & Anxiety in Hospitals with AppliedVR

There's been more than 30 years of research into the medical applications of virtual reality, but it's not until the recent consumer VR revolution that the technology has been cost-effective enough to use. The research shows that the combination...