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‘War Thunder’ Adds HTC Vive Support

War Thunder, the popular WWII-themed plane combat game, now has integrated support for the HTC Vive, and it works great. War Thunder developer Gaijin has been experimenting with virtual reality since the early Rift days. Early versions of War Thunder's...

Valve Confirms New Vive Base Station Coming This Year

Late last year at Steam Dev Days, Valve talked about a new and improved design for the SteamVR Tracking / Lighthouse base stations, a core component of the Vive's tracking technology. Now the company says it plans to launch...

PSVR Dating Sim ‘Summer Lesson’ to Get English Subtitles and Broader Release in April

Summer Lesson, a rather unique offering among PSVR games, launched alongside the headset in Japan back in November. Now, come April 28th, the game will see a broader release into Southeastern Asia release with English subtitles, opening the door...
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Video Hands-on: ‘The London Heist – Getaway’ on Sony Morpheus

At E3 2015 Sony is showing a brand new addition to their The London Heist VR game, this time putting the player in an action-packed car chase. From Sony's London Studio, the demo represents another exemplary entry into the company's VR...

HTC’s $100 Million ‘Vive X’ VR Accelerator Announces First 33 Investments

Today at the China International Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy 2016), HTC announced the first batch of companies to take part in their recently announced Vive X Accelerator program. The cohort of 33 VR startups, coming from across the industry, will see...
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One of VR’s Best ‘First Time’ Experiences Comes to CV1 and HTC Vive

Consistently a firm favourite here at Road to VR, Sightline: The Chair is an award winning 'greatest hits' of VR vignettes that happen to be one of the best introductions to virtual reality. The developer just released the latest...
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This VR Training Simulation is One of the Best We’ve Ever Seen

One of the best we've seen, this video, demonstrating a dangerous workplace simulation for train operators, shows how virtual reality and motion controllers might revolutionise training in the work place. Anyone who's experienced the torture of mandatory safety training and...

HTC to Offer Wireless Vive Upgrade Kit, Pre-orders Start Friday

HTC plans to offer a wireless upgrade accessory for the Vive created by TPCAST. Launching in early 2017 with pre-orders starting Friday, HTC claims the device will eliminate the direct connection to the PC without any noticeable difference in...

‘Arizona Sunshine’ Review

In the overcrowded genre of VR shooters, with quite a few of the zombie variety already out in the wild, Vertigo Games have a take on zombie slaughter that makes enough tweaks to the formula to ensure that Arizona...
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VirtualGrasp Aims to Finally Deliver Realistic Hand Interactions in VR

Swedish robotics specialists are working on a system to allow game developers to deliver realistic, realtime and dynamic interaction animations, so that your VR hands can finally grasp in-game objects convincingly. By the end of this year, every major virtual reality...

Valve’s Only VR Title, ‘The Lab’, is the Highest Rated Game on All of Steam

Among more than 9,000 games on Steam, Valve's VR title The Lab is heading the platform's list of top rated games. Valve's The Lab is a free VR-only title that offers players eight short room-scale experiences which range from photogrammetry to castle...

Sneak Peek at The VOID’s Latest Tech to Feature at TED 2016

The VOID, the virtual reality theme park experience, has caused quite a stir in the industry over the last 12 months. Now, the company are taking their free-roaming brand of mixed reality entertainment to TED2016 and Road to VR's...
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VorpX’s New Virtual Cinema Lets You Play Non-VR Games on a Virtual Big Screen

vorpX news has been thin on the ground just recently, but that's because the team behind the project have been busy preparing one of the biggest releases yet. v0.8.0, released today, brings with it a raft of new features,...

HTC Vive Consumer Edition Has Landed, We Unbox Room-scale VR

The HTC Vive is due to land on people's doorsteps from April 5th, and our in depth review is on its way then too. In the mean time, here's a sneak peek at what you can expect to get in...

Valve Reveals Timeline of Vive Prototypes, We Chart it For You

Welcome to Valve's Steam VR Mini-museum Virtual reality is still in its infancy. Many hard problems are being worked through and thus, the hardware to deliver compelling VR experiences is still evolving. Anyone who's followed the VR space for a while...
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