VRTGO 2014: CCP Games – ‘EVE: Valkyrie – The Making of a Cross-platform VR Exclusive’, Live Blog @9:45am GMT

EVE: Valkyrie is a VR-exclusive, fast-paced space dog-fighting game from EVE: Online creators CCP Games. As one of the first games to showcase the incredible possibilities of VR technology in games, EVE: Valkyrie has played a pivotal role in...

ZeroLight to Demo Virtual Showroom Tech Using Rift DK2 at VRTGO Conference

ZeroLight, a UK-based digital visualization company, is adding virtual reality support to their virtual showroom engine. Doug Wolff, Executive Producer at ZeroLight, is set to speak tomorrow at the VRTGO conference about the company's work with virtual reality in...

NextVR Raises $5 Million for Live VR Broadcast Tech, Content to Come Pre-loaded on Samsung Gear VR

NextVR, formerly Next3D, have announced a $5 million funding round designed to grow the company and develop their virtual reality live-broadcast technology. The company has been working with Samsung on Gear VR since before the reveal, and its stereoscopic...

10 Samsung Gear VR Panoramas from Immersive Media’s 360 Video Player ‘im360VR’

Considering that Samsung Gear VR is yet to go on sale, the breadth of content announced thus far is impressive. One thing that is clear however, Samsung and Oculus clearly see this device as much as a video delivery...

Guide: Play Minecraft on Oculus Rift DK2 Using the Minecrift Mod

As the world's best selling game, there's serious demand for Minecraft in virtual reality. While developer Mojang is busy with things other than VR, some enterprising folks have been unofficially adding Oculus Rift support to the game since the...

Gamescom 2014: Hands-On With Pollen from Mindfield Games and Developer Interview (Video)

Pollen from Helsinki based developer Mindfield Games is an immensely promising 'Oculus Rift Optimised' story driven adventure set on Saturn moon Titan. I got a chance to catch up wit of the Mindfield team at this year's Gamescom in...

VRTGO 2014: CCP Games, Sony, RSI, Bossa Studios, nDreams to Speak at UK’s First VR Conference, September 11th

VRTGO is the UK's first dedicated VR Conference and is set to highlight the UK's importance in both the gaming industry at large and the fledgling industry of virtual reality. The one day event comes to the Baltic Centre...

Samsung Gear VR Microsite is Live, Listed by Third-party Retailer for $245

Although Samsung hasn't announced an official price or specific release date for Gear VR, the new VR headset has appeared on the website of an authorized Samsung retailer priced at $245. Samsung has launched an official Gear VR microsite,...

Dr. Llyr ap Cenydd, Developer of Ocean Rift: The Need for Procedural Animation in VR

Dr. Llŷr ap Cenydd is the developer of two well known Oculus Rift demos: Ocean Rift and (my personal favorite) Crashland. As an expert in procedural animation, Cenydd has imbued his creatures with beautiful and organic animation that's convincing...

Darknet is Coming to Samsung Gear VR, Developer E-McNeill Shares Thoughts

Today's flood of content announcements following Samsung's Gear VR announcement is starting to look like a procession of VR's old guard classics. Darknet, Oculus Rift enabled hacking game originally conceived during an Oculus sponsored VR Jam competition (and finally...