“World’s First Virtual Reality Painting Exhibiton” Takes Place 12-13th June, Presented by Tilt Brush
Tilt Brush, the made-for-VR painting program that lets you create anything and everything with the stroke of a virtual brush, have announced "the world's first VR painting exhibition" to take place June 12-13th, 2015 in San Francisco.
Skillman & Hackett,...
Closeup with the HTC Vive Developer Edition Headset for SteamVR
The first Vive Developer Edition headsets and controllers for SteamVR are arriving and Owlchemy Labs have been kind enough to provide us with high resolution shots of the system, including the new wireless Lighthouse tracked controllers.
The road to consumer...
Valve ‘Vive’ Developer Edition Kits Have Arrived – First Unboxing Images Appear
Valve’s first ‘Vive’ Developer Edition VR headsets and controllers are now shipping and some lucky devs already have them. We take an early look inside the box.
Announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona back in March this year,...
‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 3)
The first class of Rothenberg Ventures’ ‘River’ VR accelerator have graduated. Thirteen companies, in which Rothenberg invested a combined $1.3 million, showed off their latest work at the company’s annual Founder Field Day event. Road to VR was on the...
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...














