2023 Sections
Jaunt Raises Additional $27.8 Million in Series B Funding Round
Jaunt VR, a company dedicated to creating a platform for the production of cinematic virtual reality content, today announced that it has closed a series B funding round, raising $27.8 million, led by Highland Capital Partners with participation by...
Preliminary Oculus Rift DK2 Support Comes to Second Life and OpenSim
David Rowe, the developer behind the unofficial CtrlAltStudio Viewer for Second Life and Open Sim, has released a preliminary build to give Oculus Rift DK2 users their first glimpse into the popular virtual world.
David Rowe developed the first unofficial...
Gamescom 2014: Morpheus Interview – Sony Had Prototypes Earlier Than You’d Expect
At Gamescom 2014, Road to VR Editor Paul James got to sit down with Anton Mikhailov who works in Sony's 'Magic Lab', an R&D division tasked with creating innovative experiences for PlayStation. Mikhailov revealed that the company has had prototypes...
One of the Best Early Examples of Educational VR Experiences Now Updated for Oculus Rift DK2
Titans of Space is one of the classic Oculus Rift DK1 experiences. It takes users on a tour through the solar system, with a particularly amazing star size comparison at the end which is unlike anything you've ever seen...
Gamescom 2014 – Oculus Talk Connect, War Thunder on Morpheus and Great New VR Games
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so," Douglas Adams once wrote, and it's a fitting way to summarize how fast the last 12 months have felt since I was at Gamescom in 2013. Visiting the biggest games show in...
Half-Life 2 and Steam Get Oculus Rift DK2 Support, Here’s How to Make it Work
Today Valve has released an update for SteamVR, the virtual reality mode for the popular game distribution service. The update enables Oculus Rift DK2 support for Half-Life 2 and the Steam Big Picture mode. Here's a detailed guide to...
Gamescom 2014: Sony Shows War Thunder Running with Project Morpheus and HOTAS Support
At a Sony press event today during Gamescom 2014, the company showed the flight combat game War Thunder running on Sony's VR headset, Project Morpheus, and with a 'HOTAS' joystick accessory.
War Thunder has had support for the Oculus Rift...
Why ‘Sightline: The Chair’ on the DK2 is My New VR Reference Demo
Virtual Reality is still so fresh, young and new that it's likely those VR Enthusiasts around since the inception of the Oculus Rift still have only a handful of moments that they can point to that convinced them virtual...
‘Pollen’ is a Sci-Fi Virtual Reality Exploration Game with Stunning Visuals
Let's be honest here. Back when the Oculus Rift DK1 was barely in enthusiast's hands, the majority of content available for this new breed of VR headset wasn't pretty. Such was the power of this new platform and the new-ness...
VorpX Update to Add Oculus Rift DK2 Support and More – Skyrim Positional Tracking Demo (video)
It's been a little while since VorpX, the 3D injection driver that allows you to use your Oculus Rift with many non-VR games, was released. VorpX was the first commercially available driver of its kind to be released...
Reverend Kyle Gets a DK2, Shares Tips on Getting Games to Work (Video)
It's been a hectic couple of weeks here at Road to VR. The DK2 finally shipped and as each member of the Road to VR Collective has received their long awaited Oculus Rift DK2 VR Headsets, we've tried to...
We Play Elite: Dangerous in the DK2 – In-Depth Hands-On Video
A couple of days ago, I asked you - our dear readers - what you'd most us to try once we received our Oculus Rift DK2s (mine arrived yesterday). Elite:Dangerous has been consistently among the highest requested games you guys...
News Bits: New Radial-G Demo With DK2 and Mac Support Due For ‘Soft’ Release Next Week
Both Ben Lang and I have confessed our love for the classic anti-gravity futuristic racing franchise 'Wipeout', and recently Ben waxed enthusiastic about a new Oculus Rift title from UK based developers Tammeka Games. The company launched a £50k Kickstarter...
Surgeon Uses Oculus Rift On Patients, Streams Operation Using Google Glass
One of the joys of writing about reporting from the cutting-edge of a newly reborn technology like virtual reality is that you're constantly being surprised as what people are finding to do with it. Almost weekly there's some innovation...
Valve’s SteamVR, Now with Support for Mac and Linux, Is the Best VR Web Browser Yet...
While there are a number of people and projects currently working on what the future of VR on the web might look like, the question remains: how do we use the internet—as we know it today—in VR? One of...
