This VR Experiment Generates Beautiful Worlds From Your Biometrics
STRATA is a new virtual reality experiment from The Mill that taps into biometric data—heart rate, breathing etc.—and produces beautiful procedurally generated worlds to match.
No Man's Sky is the latest and possibly the most high profile example of procedurally generated...
Telling Stories in VR with Improv Acting and ‘Mindshow’
At VRLA Summer Expo 2016, Visionary VR premiered Mindshow, an interactive storytelling platform which allows users to animate and voice characters by inhabiting those character's bodies.
I had a chance to catch up with Visionary VR and VRLA co-founder Cosmo Scharf,...
Oculus Rift to Hit Stores in Europe and Canada from September 20th
Soon you'll be able to walk into a regular store in Europe and Canada and pick up an Oculus Rift headset, according to a tweet from the company's CEO Brendan Iribe.
Oculus' launch in March was certainly viewed as 'less...
Ubisoft Sets Dates for VR Titles ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’, ‘Eagle Flight’ and ‘Werewolves Within’
Ubisoft have announced the release dates for it's first three dedicated VR games, 'Star Trek: Bridge Crew', 'Eagle Flight' and 'Werewolves Within'.
Ubisoft are one of the first triple-A games studio to throw their weight behind virtual reality in gaming in...
Latest Version of Touch has Better Tracking & Longer Range, Says Oculus
Oculus revealed Touch, their VR motion controllers, all the way back in June of 2015, but didn't commit to shipping the controllers until the second half of 2016. Since the announcement, the controller has seen several design permutations, but Oculus...
Understanding Binocular Overlap and Why It’s Important for VR Headsets
Binocular overlap refers to the visible overlapping portion between the two eyes of a stereoscopic vision system. In other words, it describes how much of the viewed scene can be seen by both eyes as opposed to by just...
Microsoft ‘Holographic Shell’ Aims to Immerse You in Windows by 2017
At Intel's Developer Forum this week, Microsoft has announced that it's to bring its 'Holographic Shell' to Windows operating systems everywhere by 2017 with an aim to provide "one platform for VR, AR and MR."
For some perhaps, there's nothing...
Overcoming Fears of Public Speaking with ‘Speech Center VR’
Cerevrum is building an ambitious educational platform starting with training people to become better public speakers with Speech Center VR. The basic mechanic is that you stand in a variety of different virtual rooms in front of an animated crowd...
Digital Domain’s New 360 Camera to Capture 250 Hours of Major Sports Footage
Digital Domain is to capture some 250 hours of immersive 360 video at a major sporting event in Rio this year using a new bespoke camera of their own design.
Visual Effects house Digital Domain have been a familiar name...
Introducing Exemplar 2, Save $100 on Our Second-generation VR Test Bench
Today we're are pleased to announce Exemplar 2, the second generation of our high-end VR gaming PC designed for those who want to push the limits of immersion. Exemplar 2 Ultimate is Road to VR's internal test bench for...















