‘Star Citizen’ to Refocus on VR Support in Early 2016
Star Citizen, the massively crowd-funded space adventure game, committed to adding VR support back in 2012, before the now relatively ancient Rift DK1 had even begun to ship. Unfortunately the game's VR support hasn't seen much attention beyond some...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.114): Rev. Kyle’s Final Thoughts on 2015
Almost none of the predictions I made during my 2014 year-end podcast were correct. In fact, If you listen to that podcast now, most of the comments I make could technically be made again right now and still be...
Oculus Teases Improved Touch Controller with “Significant Advances in Ergonomics”
After revealing the Touch 'Half Moon' prototype earlier in 2015, Oculus has continued to hone the already impressively designed VR controller. Alongside an update stating that Touch would be shipped in the second half of 2016, the company also...
Oculus Touch Release Date Pushed to 2nd Half of 2016
Oculus has announced that their 'Touch' VR controllers will be released in the second half of 2016. Previously the company had expected the Oculus Touch release date to come in the first half of the New Year.
After recently announcing...
More Images of ‘Rink’, Samsung’s Gear VR Motion Controller Surface
We covered the news today that Samsung will be debuting a new motion controller designed specifically for virtual reality and it's Gear VR headset at CES next week. Now, some new images have surfaced of the devices which give...
‘Teslasuit’ is a Tactile Skin that Lets You Feel VR, Kickstarter Jan 1st
A UK based company company who has integrated EMS (Electro Muscular Stimulation) into a wireless suit, they claim is capable of allowing you to feel sensations ranging from a cool breeze to the impact of a bullet.
VR headsets are,...
Samsung to Demo Gear VR Motion Controller ‘rink’ at CES 2016
The Samsung and Oculus engineered Gear VR mobile headset is available in many countries now at retail, but unlike it's desktop brethren from Oculus and Valve / HTC, it currently relies on basic, standard input for its applications. Samsung...
HTC Vive’s Laser-based Lighthouse Trackers Get FCC Approval for Safe Use
As one of the necessary steps for getting a product ready for consumer sale in the U.S., the HTC Vive and its laser-based 'Lighthouse' base stations have received approval from the FCC.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is tasked with...
Highlights of Education and Medicine in VR Panels from Seattle VR Expo
Trond Nilsen studied with Tom Furness at The University of Washington and currently works with him the RATLab LLC. He has a Ph.D. from University of Washington, which focused on building educational games that teach human anatomy. He moderated...
OSVR Supporters Grow to 300 with 70 New Developers Added
The organisers of the Open Source Virtual Reality movement (OSVR) have today announced that their supporter list has grown to 300, with the recent addition of 70 new companies and groups interested in developing for Open Source VR.
Razer announced OSVR,...
