Preview: ‘Meso VR’ Transports You to 900AD to Visit Mayan Temples

Meso VR, an educational project created by Dallas based studio Eightfold VR, introduces you to the world of the Maya by taking you back to 900AD to see one of the ruins brought to life. Meso VR first presents you with a quick history lesson...

Creating Meaning and Saving the World with CCP and Virtual Reality

Hilmar Veigar Pétursson has a bold vision for CCP with the mission statement "To create virtual worlds more meaningful that real life." He believes that after someone's basic needs on Maslow's hierarchy of needs are met, then humans will...

Minimalist iPhone Case Figment VR Passes Kickstarter Goal in 7 days

Figment VR, a virtual reality smartphone adapter created by Quantum Bakery LLC, has passed its $75,000 Kickstarter funding goal in just 7 days. With more and more virtual reality-based content coming into the mainstream like Facebook's support for 360 video in its...

Nick Ochoa on the State of Social VR

Nick Ochoa is a co-founder of UploadVR, and he was recently at the VRX Virtual Reality Intelligence conference hosting a panel on social VR. Nick talks about of his open questions about social VR such as what does it...

3 Important Warnings for New Gear VR Users

With Samsung's mobile Gear VR headset hitting stores in time for the holidays, a deluge of new VR users is on the way. If you're among them, here's three quick warnings you should heed. 1. Never Leave Your Gear VR...

‘BUTTS’ Creator Working on New VR Project in Collaboration with WEVR

Tyler Hurd, creator of the infamous BUTTS: The VR Experience, is working on a new project in collaboration with VR production studio WEVR, Road to VR has learned. Hurd cut his teeth for 9 years as an animator at Double Fine Productions. After setting...
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Total Cinema 360 Brings Disney’s The Lion King Musical to VR

Disney and Total Cinema 360 have released a 360-degree video documenting the opening five minutes (read: “The Circle of Life”) of The Lion King musical to VR platforms, including Littlstar’s iOS and Android apps, YouTube 360, Vrideo’s app and...
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Samsung’s New Gear VR Advert Shows How to Sell VR

Samsung's Gear VR launched officially in it's first consumer ready form last week, and as the first commercial VR headset launching in decades, how do you sell a technology famously difficult to demonstrate other than in person? Samsung's new...

The First 6 Gear VR Apps & Games New Owners Should Try

Consumer VR is finally here with this week's release of the Samsung Gear VR. If you've never owned a Gear VR (there's two previous 'innovator editions' out since last year) but you've managed to get your hands on a pre-ordered...

Epic Games’ Ray Davis on Lessons Learned from ‘Bullet Train’

Ray Davis is the Studio Manager of Epic Games Seattle, and he talks about working on Bullet Train, which is Epic's latest VR tech demo that uses the Oculus Touch controllers and debuted at the Oculus Connect 2 gathering....