Microsoft’s ‘Productivity Future Vision’ of 2020 Could Actually Be Possible with HoloLens

Is the future going to be filled with paper thin displays and touch interfaces abound? Microsoft thinks so, because they've been fleshing out their "productivity future vision" concept videos ever since 2009, underlining just that. But what could these omnipresent displays...
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Beautiful Oculus Rift Puzzler ‘Pneuma: Breath of Life’ Hits Steam

A new puzzler from developers Deco Digital has just hit Steam available for a limited time with 10% off. The game has you playing the god 'Pneuma', traversing a beautiful, puzzling world rendered using the cutting-edge Unreal 4 engine accompanied by your...

Hands-on with DAQRI’s New Industrial Augmented Reality Helmet

The DAQRI Smart Helmet is a prototype in the works by a Los Angeles-based company who is approaching augmented reality from an industrial standpoint rather than a commercial one. It features thermal imaging, head tracking, motion sensing, pattern recognition,...

Sponsored: Intel Developer Lab Explores Gesture Input With Latest RealSense Depth Cameras

On February 18th Intel held a developers lab in Rocklin, CA (north of Sacramento) in the new 'Hacker Lab' space at Sierra College. The event sought to teach devs the in's and out's of developing with Intel's latest RealSense...

Welcome to Road to VR 4.0

"4.0?!" you say. Yup. Did you know we've been around since 2011? In the back of my mind I know that's when we started, but when I'm forced to write it down as I am now... whoosh!... it comes rushing...

This Uncovered Silhouette May Be the First Glimpse of the SteamVR Headset

So you've probably heard by now that Valve is set to reveal a SteamVR Dev Kit come GDC 2015 next week. Well, some folks poking around their website found a photo hidden in the source code that reveals what...

Oculus Lists Official Samsung Gear VR Compatibility for Note 4 Variants

While the Galaxy Note 4 is the only 'one' phone that is compatible with Samsung's Gear VR headset, there's different variations of the phone for different regions. Should you be attempting to import a Gear VR from a country...

Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 Offers $1 Million in Prizes Beginning in April

Come April, Oculus will hold a Mobile VR Jam with prizes totaling $1 million. The company is incentivizing the creation of virtual reality games and experiences for the Samsung Gear VR headset, which Samsung built in collaboration with Oculus. The...

Tactical Haptics Returns to GDC 2015 with New Demo for Haptic Controller

Tactical Haptics is coming back to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to give a fresh demo of their haptic controller, Reactive Grip. The device aims to give popular motion tracking devices a more immersive feel for in-game...

First Look: NHL Testing NextVR for Live VR Broadcast of Hockey Games

We knew NextVR was showing off its panoramic video at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit last week, but now the company says the NHL will be getting the same 360 degree treatment, transmitted live and in 'broadcast quality'. See Also: NBA Games...