Oculus ‘Rift Compatibility Check’ Tool Tells You if Your PC is “Ready For Rift”

Not sure if you're computer is going to be ready in time for March when your pre-ordered Rift ships? Oculus has just published a handy tool that assesses your system and simultaneously confronts you with the stark reality that...

Evangelizing VR Within an Indie Game Studio

Kayla Kinnunen is a game director at Roadhouse Interactive, which is an independent game development studio based out of Vancouver, BC. She talks about her process of evangelizing VR at her studio and slowly ramping up a VR team....

Envelop VR Closes Series A Funding With Google Ventures to Deploy VR Productivity Environment

Envelop VR, a company working on a productivity focused virtual reality environment, today announced they'd closed their Series A funding at $5.5 million with additional investment from Google Ventures. While VR is great for entertainment, it's also has potential to revolutionize...
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‘Budget Cuts’ Uses Portals to Solve Room-Scale Locomotion Problem

Large tracking volumes, like the type afforded by Steam VR's Lighthouse system, are a godsend for fans of virtual reality. But what about when you reach the edge of the wall? Where do you go then? Neat Corporation, an indie game and tool...

VR Interface Design Insights from Mike Alger

Mike Alger just finished up his master's degree focusing on VR interaction design methods, and he's released a couple of popular videos summarizing his insights into immersive usr interfaces. I caught up with Mike at the Seattle VR expo...

Google’s VR Head Now Focusing Full Attention on Virtual Reality Efforts

After continually dipping its corporate toe in the waters of immersive entertainment over the last couple of years, Google is finally committing to VR (and by turns AR) by appointing former VP of Product Clay Bavor to head up...

Oculus Rift: What You Really Get for Your Money

There's been some commotion about the price of the new Oculus Rift pre-order bundle, and although nearly doubling the infamous '$350 ballpark' estimate given out by company founder Palmer Luckey (for which he apologized), we thought this quick high-level breakdown...
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‘Hover Junkers’ Pre-order Now Available on Indiegogo

Hover Junkers is a multi-player first-person shooter set aboard customizable hovercrafts, and if you've followed any of Stress Level Zero's recent video updates, you've seen just how cool it looks. Hover Junker superfans can now pre-order through the studio's Indiegogo campaign, which is set...

VRLA Winter Expo to Feature 72 Exhibitors and 4 Exclusive Reveals, Jan 23

Hard to believe it's that time of year again, but the VRLA Winter Expo is here once more and promises no less than 72 Exhibitors and 4 exclusive announcements from Crytek, Survios and Starbreeze and it all kicks off January...

Epic Games to Talk Making-of ‘Bullet Train’ Oculus Touch Demo at VRDC

Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine (not to mention a slew of best-selling titles), has worked closely with Oculus over the years to create VR tech demos. Their latest, Bullet Train, was the first to incorporate the Oculus...