Sony: Morpheus Developers Will be Upgraded to 2015 Prototype

Representatives from Sony confirmed at their GDC 2015 media event that owners of company's VR headset dev kit, Project Morpheus, will be receiving an upgrade to the new and improved 2015 prototype, a device that has made a big...

Valve Talks ‘Advanced VR Rendering’ – Live Blog @ 5pm PST

"Valve has been creating advanced prototype VR HMD's since mid-2013 that are more advanced than other developers currently have access to, and this head start has allowed us to gain a ton of VR-specific rendering knowledge that we'd like...

Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap – Day 1

Just like we did with CES 2015, I will be joined by members of the Road to VR team each night for a recap of the days events at GDC 2015. In this first recap episode, I am joined by Ben...

Weta Digital and Epic – Technology-Infused Storytelling: VR Challenges That Lie Ahead – Live Blog @ 3:30 PST

"In this intermediate to advanced session, Weta Digital and Epic discuss the state of using VR to tell rich, authentic stories through the lens of VFX" Speakers: Nick Donaldson - Lead Designer, Epic Games Alasdair Coull - Head of R&D, Weta Digital Tim...

AMD on Low Latency and Stutter-Free Rendering in VR and Graphics Applications – Live Blog @ 3:30pm

"This talk will provide a detailed explanation of several mechanisms by which graphics engine developers can dramatically reduce both actual and perceived latency and "stuttering" in graphics and virtual reality applications running on modern GPUs such as those powered...

VR Direct: How NVIDIA Technology is Improving the VR Experience – Live Blog @ 2pm PST

"Virtual reality is the next frontier of gaming, and NVIDIA is leading the way by introducing VR Direct, a set of hardware and software technologies designed to cut down graphics latency and accelerate stereo rendering performance. In this talk,...

Developers Start Your Engines: Gear VR Full Launch Next Samsung Product Cycle

At his GDC 2015 session, 'The Dawn of Mobile VR' John Carmack, CTO at Oculus, included lots of information on Gear VR, his primary project at the virtual reality firm. He's also now said with confidence that Gear VR will...

HTC Vive / Steam VR Controllers Pictured – Appear to Use Similar Tracking to Headset

As hinted at during HTC's reveal on Sunday of it's Valve collaboration in VR, the Vive virtual reality headset, Steam VR does indeed have it's own specially designed controllers. This is what they look like. Embargo's on Valve's new Steam...

Sony, Beyond Immersion – Project Morpheus and PlayStation GDC 2015 Session Liveblog @ 12:30pm PST

"Project Morpheus not only aims to bring Virtual Reality to PlayStation, but more importantly brings PlayStation to Virtual Reality. This session will focus on updates since last year's Project Morpheus GDC presentation, and will give developers new information about...

nVidia Titan X Announced, Powering New Oculus Demo from Weta Workshop — Breaking

A surprise entrance by nVidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, has revealed a new graphics card is on it's way from the electronics giant. The Titan X. Seems that Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of nVidia wasn't content with his epic event last night. He crashed...