XR Industry News
The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.
VR Devs Experiment With Virtual Locomotion at HTC Vive VR Jam in Austin
Last weekend, Owlchemy Labs and VR Austin hosted an event in conjunction with Valve, HTC, Nvidia, Epic, and Unity, that gave VR developers a chance to created rapidly prototyped VR experiences for the brand new HTC Vive headset that works...
‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 1)
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...
HoloLens App Envisions Immersive Future for Architecture and Construction
Microsoft has recently released a video showing some of the architectural applications of HoloLens, the company's untethered AR headset. The prototype app shows the device's ability to improve communication between industry professionals through the use of immersive 3D models.
Trimble, a company focused...
‘Wearality Sky’ Passes $100,000 Kickstarter Goal, Meetups in San Francisco and New York
With only 4 days left until the official end of its crowdfunding campaign, Wearality Sky has passed its funding goal of $100,000. The company will be offering trials of their 150 degree field of view (FOV) lenses in San Francisco...
HTC Vive-enabled Unreal Engine 4.8 Coming next Week, Devs Can Start Work with Rift DK2
Epic Games has today announced that the company will be releasing an Unreal Engine 4.8 preview build next week which will offer support for Valve's highly anticipated SteamVR / HTC Vive. Epic says that even developers who don't have...
Unity Announces Support for Microsoft HoloLens, Complete Toolset Free of Charge
Unity has officially joined Microsoft in its quest to render the world around us with fantastical interactive 3D imagery, an endeavor made possible by HoloLens, Microsoft's as yet unreleased augmented reality visor. The game engine will fully support HoloLens and just like the...
Microsoft to Talk ‘Hololens’ at Build 2015, Keynote Livestream @8:30AM PT / 11:30AM ET
Microsoft biggest event of the year 'Build 2015' kicks off today and with it brings promise of more information for their intriguing augmented reality headset, Hololens.
Running from April 29-May 1st, Microsoft's Build event has grown to become Microsoft's most important...
HTC Vive Developer Edition Signups Now Open, Free for Selected Devs but Not for Sale
Apparently on their way to making good on the promise of the HTC Vive Developer Edition being available this Spring, Valve has opened the developer signup form for interested parties to throw their name into the hat. Valve will be...
Google Launches ‘Works With Google Cardboard’ Certification for VR Smartphone Adapters
Today Google is taking the wraps off of a new certification program for VR smartphone adapters. 'Works with Google Cardboard' will allow Cardboard VR apps to adjust specifically for a given VR smartphone adapter and help users see which adapters...
Intel Makes Multimillion Dollar Investment in VR Enterprise Developer WorldViz
Today WorldViz has announced that it received a "multimillion" dollar Series A investment from Intel Capital, the investment arm of the famed chip manufacturer. The company wouldn't specify the exact amount, but says that the money will be used...
WEARVR Raises $1.5 Million for Universal VR App Marketplace
Today WEARVR has announced a $1.5 million funding round to continue to grow their universal VR marketplace, which houses apps for a wide range of VR headsets. For the month of April, Road to VR is partnering up with...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 98): Catching up with Ikrima Elhassan from Kite & Lightning
It has been a while since the guys from Kite & Lightning have been on the show, but that doesn't mean they haven't been pumping out some amazing things since we last spoke. Ikrima takes some time out of...
Magic Leap Cancels TED Appearance and Reddit AMA, “Reasons Unknown”
If you thought you were finally getting your hands on some info about the secretive Google-backed startup, Magic Leap, you'd be wrong—at least for now—because amidst much speculation, Magic Leap executives have cancelled their public talks on the technology.
Magic Leap is...
Crytek’s 50 Person VR Dev Team Can Only Mean One Thing
At GDC 2015, game developer and CryEngine creator Crytek was showing an impressive virtual reality experience on the Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototype. But it would seem that the company has much more up their collective sleeve than a...
Epic Games Offering up Cash from $5 Million Fund to ‘Anyone Making Cool Things with UE4’
Epic Games is offering developers a "no strings attached" piece of their recently established development fund, a financial grant pool that tops out at $5,000,000 worth of cash. The funds are earmarked for projects with working prototypes, that are...



















