NVIDIA GTC 2016 Conference Makes Virtual Reality a Top Topic This April

With major consumer VR headsets on the precipice of shipping, NVIDIA's has put virtual reality among the top focuses of their annual GTC conference coming next month. Hosted in San Jose, CA, from April 4-7, GTC 2016 is all about...

Samsung Brings Gear VR Powered ‘4D Theater’ to Spanish Galaxy S7 Launch

Samsung is celebrating the launch of their latest Galaxy S7 line of smartphones in Spain with a special Madrid event featuring 'Gear VR Theater', a shared '4D' 360 video experience comprising multiple headsets and multiple synced motion platforms. Samsung's latest...
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Tactical Haptics Reactive Brush Lets You Feel Your Art on HTC Vive

This is Tactical Haptics' latest tech demo in action, a VR painting application designed to show off the capabilities of their skin stretching Reactive Grip force feedback technology integrated with the HTC Vive's SteamVR motion controllers. We've followed Tactical Haptics'...

Samsung Uses Snapchat’s AR as a VR Advertisement

The ever popular Snapchat image sharing app has a small augmented reality feature called Lenses which detects user's faces and inserts real-time effects on top. Samsung has seen fit to use the AR feature as an advertisement for their...
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Download Crytek’s ‘Back to Dinosaur Island 2’ VR Demo for Oculus Rift Now

Crytek has released their impressive VR tech demo Back to Dinosaur Island 2, the precursor to their forthcoming Oculus Rift exclusive The Climb and PlayStation VR exclusive Robinson: The Journey, to download for free right now. One of Road to VR's favourite...

‘Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine’ Coming to HTC Vive, Leaked Trailer Indicates

Star Wars is coming to the HTC Vive courtesy of ILMxLab we now know, thanks to the experience's trailer leaking briefly. It's to be called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine and this is what it looks like. The experimental arm of the special...

WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – March #2

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. We love racing games and we hope you do too. Here's a...

The Future of Immersive Education with Apollo 11 VR & Lecture VR

One of the most compelling applications of VR will be the educational experiences that will be possible, and David Whelan's Immersive VR Education has been making some big innovations in this space. They've created the VR documentary about the...
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‘vTime’ Becomes First Social VR App on Google Cardboard

Starship Group, the makers of the social app vTime, today announced early access release of their Google Cardboard app, which allows anyone—provided you own one of the supported Android phone models—to enter the space and chat with Gear VR users. We went hands-on with vTime...

Inside ‘Realities’ Jaw-droppingly Detailed Photogrammetric VR Environments

Realities wants to transport viewers to exciting places across the globe in ways that are much more immersive than the single, flat vantage point of a 360 degree photo or video. The company is creating an efficient photogrammetry pipeline to build sometimes...