VR at PAX West 2016: What’s There and How to Find It

Seattle's annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. So, here's a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor...

Oculus Affirms Commitment to Gamepad Input As Touch Launch Nears, “we don’t believe gamepads are going...

While Oculus has been drumming up its soon to launch Touch VR controller for many months now, the company doesn't expect motion input to supersede the gamepad gameplay that Rift users are using today. The introduction of an Xbox One...

Qualcomm’s New VR Headset Could the Reference Platform We’ve Been Waiting For

For a while now we've been waiting for the industry to coalesce around a standard VR hardware platform. Now Qualcomm, a leading semiconductor company which regularly releases smartphone 'reference' platforms from which companies build their products, aims to fill that...

Crazy Camera Rig Captures Volumetric VR Video with 14 Cameras and LiDAR

HypeVR is working to bring live-action volumetric 360 video to VR. The company's crazy camera rig, built to capture the necessary data, is a mashup of high-end cameras and laser scanning tech. HypeVR recently shot a brief demonstration of the...

Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Unlocks More Natural Human Input for VR

Leap Motion has announced it's to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine, a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands. If you've ever spent time with a...
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Confronting the End – ‘The Last Moments’ Gives You the Choice to Live or Die

The Last Moments immerses users in the discussion about euthanasia with a VR film that reveals the process of an assisted death. Virtual reality and empathy go hand in hand. The very nature of being closed off to the world,...

‘Pool Nation VR’ Gets NVIDIA Multi-Res Shading Support and More in Latest Patch

Good news for NVIDIA GPU owners today as Pool Nation VR was updated to include support for Multi Res Shading alongside other feature additions and improvements. Pool Nation VR is a firm Road to VR favourite, with our own Garret Bullard awarding the...

HTC Invests $5 Million in VR Game Developer Steel Wool Studios

Steel Wool Studios has picked up a $5 million investment from HTC. The studio was formed in 2011 by Pixar and LucasArts alumni. Steel Wool Studios, which today announced a $5 million Series A investment from HTC, was founded in...

Google Says Global VR Search Volume Grew 400% in 12 Months

Google, who has now has several major VR initiatives underway, notes major gains in interest in virtual reality and 360 degree video capture and sharing. The company is now prompting brands to consider what role VR will play in...

SMI Talks Eye Tracking VR Applications & Foveated Rendering

Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) is a German-based eye tracking company who has released an eye tracking kit for the Oculus DK2 & Gear VR, and most recently for the HTC Vive. At SIGGRAPH this year, Nvidia was showing a foveated...