NUREN is First VR Project to Receive Unreal Dev Grant
: The New Renaissance is the first VR project to get a slice of Epic Games' development fund, coming to the tune of $18,000 worth of "no strings attached" funds to further the development of the virtual reality experience.
Last month, Epic Games announced...
Tactical Haptics’ Will Provancher Talks Updated ‘Reactive Grip’ and We Go Hands-on
As Ben Lang says in his interview introduction, Will Provancher is one of the OG's of virtual reality. Tactical Haptic's 'Reactive Grip' controller was one of the few peripherals shown back at GDC 2013 that aimed to enhance...
OSVR’s Yuval Boger Talks HDK and SDK Updates
OSVR has announced at GDC 2015 that it plans to update it's Hacker Developer Kit (HDK) open source headset to 1.1 bringing with it a collection of enhancements. OSVR's Yuval Boger walks Ben Lang through the hardware and software...
Sixense’s Danny Woodall on Porting ‘Jedi Training’ STEM Demo to Unreal Engine 4
Road to VR last caught up with Sixense at CES, where they demonstrated an early integration with Gear VR to add positional tracking. The 'Jedi Training' demo now comes to GDC, running on Unreal Engine 4. Ben Lang Speaks to Creative...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Steam VR’s Lighthouse Tracking System
Lighthouse is Valve's laser-based tracking system that forms the bedrock of Steam VR's input system. Alan Yates, Hardware Engineer at Valve was a key player in the system's design and implementation. Alan, frustrated with being asked the same questions...
HapTech is Bringing Realistic Weapon Recoil to a VR Controller for $60
HapTech, formerly Striker VR, are specialising in haptic and recoil simulation for use in gaming peripherals. Ben Lang got to try out the company's new prototype and chat with Founder and President Kyle Monti.
We first covered HapTech, formerly known as...
New Steam Page Suggests HTC Vive November Release
We know that HTC and valve plan to ship Steam VR products such as the Vive VR headset by the end of the year. Are these new pages shows in Steam's client application and website, confirmation we may have it...
Sony Present: Virtual Visuals: Key Lessons for Artists Working with VR – Live Blog @ 2pm PST
"Virtual Reality is real, it's happening, no longer the stuff of sci-fi films. We know it's going to take many years and the combined efforts of the whole games industry to fully explore what is possible within the realm...
Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ Portal VR Demo Leaked
Steam VR is taking GDC 2015 by storm with the HTC Vive VR Headset being demonstrated along with the dedicated, laser tracked controllers. One of the demo's is a new, special version of Portal built for virtual reality. Here's...
Oculus Presents: Developing VR Apps with Oculus SDK – Live Blog @ 12:45 PST
"Learn about programming VR apps using the Oculus SDK. The talk will cover the current SDK, upcoming features and some future directions we are considering."
Speaker:
Anuj Gosalia - Director of Development, Oculus SDK
Ben Lang and Scott Hayden are Live Blogging this...
