‘UniverseVR’ Lets You Visualize 20 Million Galaxies in the Oculus Rift

A developer named Markus Lipp has created a spectacular space demonstration for the Oculus Rift that can help you wrap your head around just how big the universe really is. It's called UniverseVR and utilizes data taken from the Millennium Simulation...

Review: ‘NewRetroArcade’ is a Must-play Homage to Video Game Culture Old and New

I just stepped out of what may as well have been a time machine. NewRetroArcade uses gaming's newest technology to take players back to a classic arcade of yore, replete with playable arcade machines buzzing and blinking in a battle...

‘NewRetroArcade’ is a Brilliantly Detailed 80’s Arcade That Will Take You on a VR Nostalgia Trip

Developer Digital Cybercherries has just released NewRetroArcade, a brilliantly detailed 80's arcade that's built in Unreal Engine 4. Inside, players are taken on a nostalgia trip, able to play any one of many working arcade machines representing classic titles. The...

Paramount’s ‘Interstellar’ 4D VR Experience Lands in LA, We Go Hands On

With the upcoming release of Christopher Nolan's science fiction action thriller Interstellar, the companies behind the motion picture have taken a virtual reality marketing stint on the road to get people interested in the film. Paramount Pictures has integrated...

Epic Games Share Insights: Optimizing ‘Showdown’ for 90 FPS on Oculus Rift Crescent Bay Prototype

At Oculus Connect in September, the VR company brought together experts and developers from across the world to talk VR. Among them were developers from Epic Games, creators of Unreal Engine, who shared some of the challenges and solutions to...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 83): Crystal Rift with Developers Jon Hibbins and Nick Pittom

Most of you already know Nick Pittom from his successful Kickstarter for "RedOfPaw's Big Crazy Stupid VR Adventure and American Pie". What you might not know is that he is also working with developer Jon Hibbins on an amazing...

Every ‘Oculus Connect 2014’ Video and Presentation is Now Online

Connect was Oculus VR's inaugural event dedicated solely to virtual reality. It was a huge success in terms of bringing like minded developers together in one space but was also home to some fascinating keynotes and presentations on virtual reality. Luckily, especially...

News Bits: Designer Mocks-up Oculus Rift Consumer Version (CV1) Concept

A product designer has taken a stab at conceptualizing the look of the Oculus Rift consumer version, colloquially called the 'CV1'. Syed Rahman is a Maryland-based product designer who studied mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland—the same place where...

Cyberith Virtualizer Targets Mobile VR With New Bluetooth Feature

Cyberith, fresh from their extremely successful Kickstarter campaign, are clearly not resting on their laurels. They've announced that with their newest addition to their VR locomotion device the Virtualiser, they can offer compatibility with the new generation of mobile VR...

Nimble Sense Kickstarter Aims to Bring Time-of-Flight Depth-sensing Tech to VR on the Cheap

Today Nimble VR launches a Kickstarter campaign for Nimble Sense, a natural input controller that the company says was designed for virtual reality input. And while Nimble Sense doesn't at first appear to be much different than Leap...