PSA: Oculus Kickstarter Backers Have Until February 1st to Claim Free Rift

Backers who supported Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter are getting a free consumer Rift headset courtesy of the company, but only if you submit your details by February 1st. In a surprise announcement earlier this month, Oculus said they'd be giving all...

Oculus Story Studio University to Bring VR Film Workshops to NYU and USC

Today during the Sundance Film Festival, Oculus has announced Story Studio University, and initiative by the company to "inspire and educate the next generation of VR filmmakers." While games are an obvious starting point for virtual reality, perhaps the next...

Minecraft Creator Develops Experimental WebVR Project

Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, has published an experimental virtual reality project that takes the form of a ray marching fractal renderer that runs in the web browser. Known begrudgingly to this writer as 'the guy who didn't...
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‘Quill’ is Oculus’ Professional VR Paint Package, Powered by Touch

At the Sundance Festival today, Oculus launched a new virtual reality application that harnesses the motion controlled accuracy of the company's Oculus Touch controllers to let you paint in virtual 3D space. The results, are quite impressive looking. Tilt Brush...
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Waltz of the Wizard Trailer Brings the Magic to VR and Motion Controllers

Asunder developer Aldin Dynamics has been creating VR content since 2013 and they're back, this time with an experience designed to demonstrate the magic of virtual reality by gifting your virtual self wizard's powers. Aldin Dynamics have now been invested in...

Rose Troche on the Vulnerability of a 1st-Person Perspective

Rose Troche knows that the first-person perspective is flawed, and she wanted to show people just how vulnerable it can by telling a single story between four different points of view. She teamed up with Specular Theory's Morris May...
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Ghost Vector Looks Set to be a ‘FTL’ Inspired Visual Feast

Thomas Kadlec, the talented developer behind the impressive Star Trek Voyager Bridge VR experience, has turned his attention to his own sci-fi creation in the form of a new project which aims to fuse the mechanics of FTL with eye-catching...

‘Allumette’ is a VR Film Which Evokes Character Presence in a Beautiful Virtual World

Penrose Studios have unveiled their second VR film Alumette at the Sundance Festival and Road to VR's Chris Madsen went hands-on with a virtual reality experience which he found evoked real empathy with the inhabitants of its beautiful, virtual world. While...

Sundance Festival Launch VR App Powered by IM360

The Sundance Festival is well under way and VR is front and centre at the events New Frontier initiative. To mark the event they're launching a new Google Cardboard application built by immersive media company IM360. The Sundance Festival, underway...

Early Jaunt VP Scott Broock Leaves to Join YouTube as ‘Global VR Evangelist’

Scott Broock, one of Jaunt's earliest members, has left the company to join as YouTube's 'Global VR Evangelist'. Scott Broock, former Jaunt VP of Content, was one of the earliest members of the company, a virtual reality firm producing hardware,...