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...
News Bits: Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta Released – New Firmware, Chromatic Aberration Fix, and More
Oculus VR has released an updated version of their SDK, the Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta. The update includes new firmware, with a fix for the Rift DK2's built-in latency tester, a chromatic aberration fix for headsets using the minimum...
Oculus CEO: ‘You’ll See A Lot of Devices Powered By Oculus on Mobile and PC’
Following the Samsung Gear VR announcement and the official reveal of the "deep and integrated partnership" with Oculus, the company's CEO, Brendan Iribe, confirms that Gear VR is but one of many 'Powered by Oculus' devices to come.
Yesterday's announcement...
VRDC Meetup Brings Virtual Reality to Washington, DC, First Gathering on September 8th
The virtual reality community is truly one of grassroots growth. Meetup groups for VR developers and enthusiasts are springing up around the world. A new group, VRDC, is bringing a VR meetup to the United States capital. The group's...
The Drive Toward Virtual Reality in the Commercial Entertainment Sector
Alongside being a guest contributor to RTVR through his A Wider FOV article series; Kevin Williams is a well-known figure in the immersive entertainment community—steering his consultancy KWP, he also is the chairman of the Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment Network Association...
‘Temple Run VR’ Brings the Mobile Mega-hit to Samsung Gear VR
With more than one billion downloads on mobile platforms, the Temple Run series is one of the biggest games in the mobile space. The developer behind Temple Run, Imangi Studios, is bringing a virtual reality version of the game...
