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Oculus CTO Explains Why “Gear VR’s days are numbered”

Oculus CTO John Carmack took to the stage at Oculus Connect 6 to give his patented stream-of-thought speech. Here, he gave what he called a "eulogy for Gear VR," as he detailed the failings, and some of the harder...

Samsung Reportedly to Release “multiple AR and VR products” in Coming Months

Samsung hasn't really said much about VR since the release of Samsung Odyssey+, the hardware refresh to its Windows Mixed Reality headset that came to market in October 2018. However at Augmented World Expo (AWE), the company offered a...

Samsung’s New Galaxy S10 Lineup Announced with Gear VR Support

Samsung today announced its latest and greatest flagship phone lineup, the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, and S10 5G. The company has confirmed that all variants of the S10 are compatible with the latest Gear VR headset. Gear VR, a snap-in...

Oculus Now Lets You Record Abusive Behavior on Go & Gear VR

Oculus released an update yesterday that brought screen casting to its standalone VR headset, Oculus Go. In a measure to increase user safety on the platform, the company also launched a new security feature which now lets you to...

Samsung Offers Free Gear VR USB-C Adapters to Note 9 Users

Samsung hasn't released a new Gear VR model since the launch of Note 8 last year, but you'll still be able to use the latest Gear VR with that shiny new Note 9. As reported by Engadget, the SM-R325 Gear VR...

Oculus Mobile Store Now Lets Devs Offer DLC, Coming to Rift Store Soon

It appears the age of paid downloadable content in VR is rapidly approaching us. Oculus developers will now be able to add discrete DLC to their games on Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR. Oculus Rift support isn't far...

Oculus Revamps ‘Rooms’ for Go, New Apps ‘Oculus Venues’ & ‘Oculus TV’ Coming Soon

Following today's Oculus Go launch announcement at Facebook's annual F8 dev conference, the company also revealed that Rooms, the social VR space first launched on Gear VR, is getting revamped to inaugurate Go. The company announced two upcoming apps...

Samsung Funds Episodic VR Videos, Filmmakers Use Company’s $10K ‘Round 360’ Camera

Samsung today launched 'Pilot Season', a new initiative aimed at putting original episodic VR video content into the Samsung VR Video service. The initiative, which aims to foster the VR filmmaker community and generate exclusive content, has given financial...

Oculus Now Lets Gear VR Devs Post Notifications to Better Communicate With Players

For developers, it's not easy grabbing a player's attention when their game is getting a big update, or an important in-game event is about to happen. In effort to remedy this, Oculus is opening up Notifications on Gear VR...

Samsung Galaxy S9 Will Support 2017 Gear VR, No 2018 Model Announced

Samsung officially launched its new S9 and S9 Plus smartphones today. Though Gear VR wasn't mentioned during the reveal, the company has confirmed to Road to VR that both the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will support the 2017 Gear...

Everything You Need to Know About Samsung Gear VR Phone Compatibility

The Samsung Gear VR headset is a collaboration between Samsung and Oculus, and is one of the best mobile VR headsets out there. However, the release of the device has seen several variations over time, each compatible with a...

Oculus Rolls Out Worldwide Refund Policy for Rift & Gear VR Digital Content

Oculus announced its digital marketplace will now include automated refunds for games purchased on both Oculus Rift and Gear VR platforms—effective immediately and across the entire world. Oculus says they will refund many Rift content purchases made on their store "for any...
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NextVR Developing Longer Format Original VR Content, Starting With ‘Paranormal Evidence’

NextVR, a platform known for its VR live broadcasting of sporting and concert events, is creating original VR content in the form of a suspenseful show called Paranormal Evidence. The California-based VR broadcast company developed the program, described as...

Report: Facebook to Ship a $200 Standalone Mobile VR Headset in 2018

According to a report by Bloomberg, Facebook is working on a wireless, standalone VR headset said to target the $200 price range. Citing "people familiar with its development," the report reveals the Oculus-branded headset, code named 'Pacific', will ship sometime next year. The headset...

Dungeons & Dragons ‘Dungeon Chess’ Comes to Oculus Rift and Gear VR

Dungeon Chess, described as "the first official Dungeons & Dragons-themed Gear VR Game", is now available on both Samsung’s mobile VR platform and the Oculus Rift. The title combines classic chess gameplay with iconic D&D creature designs and suitably...
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