Augmented World Expo 2015 8-10 June to Feature Over 200 AR and VR Industry Pioneers
The 2015 AWE (Augmented World Expo) is around the corner and it's set to feature over 200 companies that are blazing trails in the augmented and virtual reality industry. Better yet, Road to VR readers get 50% off the...
2 VR Gloves Promising Haptic Feedback, 2 Very Different Approaches
There's a coming tide of VR peripherals on the horizon, and haptic gloves represent a compact, and (relatively) cost-efficient solution among the multi-pronged challenge that is VR input.
While infrared depth cameras like Leap Motion and Microsoft Kinect can facilitate...
Oculus Mobile VR Jam Winners Announced, Taking Home $1 Million in Prizes
Oculus today announced the winners of the Mobile VR Jam, a contest that saw some of the most innovative games and experiences targeted at the Gear VR platform.
Divided among two tracks—Games and Apps/Experiences—more than 300 entries made exclusively for the...
Google Tango Dev Contest Includes AR/VR Track and $95,000 in Prize Money
Project Tango is Google's computer vision initiative that seeks to equip consumer devices with consistent and useful environmental tracking capabilities. Google thinks that the platform could be useful for virtual and augmented reality too, and is encouraging developers to start experimenting by...
VR Stunt Flyer ‘Faceted Flight’ Preview, Kickstarter Now Live and Demo Available
Faceted Flight is a crowdfunded VR Stunt Flyer that's packed with style, offering a gameplay experience that recalls classic 16-bit titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Star Fox (1993), and Pilotwings (1991). The game's Kickstarter campaign just went live, so we take a...
Oculus Reveals Second Made-for-VR Film – ‘Henry’, the Hedgehog Who Just Wants a Hug
Oculus has revealed their second VR film project from Story Studio, the company's internal CG film studio. The VR film is called Henry and is based on a lovable but folly-prone cartoon hedgehog.
As a hedgehog, Henry is anything but huggable, even if that's the...
VR Developer Reload Studios Picks up $2 Million Investment
Reload Studios, a VR development studio formed by former Call of Duty developers, has announced that they've received a $2 million investment from World Innovation Lab.
World Innovation Lab is a tech investment firm based in Silicon Valley and Tokyo....
1 Million Cardboard Headsets Shipped, Google Says
The latest public data point on the number of Google Cardboard viewers shipped shows tremendous growth for this inexpensive entry point into virtual reality.
A week after Google launched Cardboard as an experiment at I/O 2014, the company told us they'd...
Behind-the-scenes With Google’s New Live-action 360 Short Film ‘Help’
During ATAP's presentation at this year's Google I/O, the in-house skunkworks debuted HELP, a new live-action 360 monster movie made in collaboration with The Mill and Star Trek 3 director Justin Lin.
Google Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) has recently debuted HELP, a made-for-VR 360...
Watch 2 Players Take on GTA V with Cyberith Virtualizer Treadmills in Virtual Reality
Cyberith are well known for their fun and irreverent gameplay videos, demonstrating their omni-directional treadmill the Virtualizer. The team are back with this new video, showing 2-player Grand Theft Auto V hilarity as they career around San Andreas in...














