Social VR
Video Hands-On with ‘Oculus Social’, Enabling Shared Experiences on Gear VR
Always on the bleeding edge, Road to VR's Scott Hayden braves the brand new Oculus Social alpha release, Oculus' answer to social interaction between users in virtual reality, just released on Gear VR. He also recorded his experiences for...
Oculus Social Alpha is Now Available for Gear VR
Oculus has quietly launched an alpha version of it's long awaited 'Social' platform, debuting on the Samsung Gear VR. The application lets your pick avatars, share virtual spaces and interact with others in virtual reality and represents somewhat of...
AltspaceVR Hosts a Halloween Weekend Full of Fright (and Scary Movies)
Halloween is nearly upon us, and AltspaceVR, the social VR platform, is hosting a ghoulish party with special surprises across a number of event spaces.
Festivities start Wednesday, the 28th, and go throughout Halloween weekend. AMong some of the activities will be film...
Building A Better Mousetrap: A “Landmark” Dream Of The Ultimate Content Platform
Noah Nelson is back with another instalment of Immersion Point and this week digs into Landmark Entertainment's recent unveiling of their new 'Pavilion of Me' project, an immersive content platform designed to be the first step on the road...
Oculus Connect Live Recap in VR with Ben Lang, Cymatic Bruce, & Special Guest Brad Herman...
Last week's Connect conference was three days of exciting announcements from Oculus. Join Road to VR's Ben Lang as he and Cymatic Bruce host special guest Brad Herman inside of VR itself to recap and discuss the latest news...
Twitch VR Will Let you Watch Game Streams with Friends, Coming Soon to Gear VR
During the Oculus Connect keynote address, among the company's many announcements like Netflix for Gear VR and Minecraft for VR, was the news that Twitch is coming to Gear VR. And the best part: you can watch it socially...
OC2: Day One Recap in AltspaceVR @8:30pm PST, Hosted by Ben Lang and Cymatic Bruce
Oculus' 2nd developer conference 'Connect' is under way, and with day one over, Road to VR is partnering with AltspaceVR bring you a virtual reality recap of everything that happened. Hosted by our very own Ben Lang and AltspaceVR's 'Cymatic' Bruce Wooden...
Join Road to VR for Daily Oculus Connect Recaps in AltspaceVR
Oculus' 2nd developer conference 'Connect' is almost here, starting on the 22nd September running for three days. For this year's event, Road to VR are taking to the social virtual reality social platform AltspaceVR to bring you the chance to enjoy...
Watch Oculus Connect 2 Keynote Livestream in VR Sept 24th
The virtual theater in Convrge, a VR social platform known for their characteristic low-poly style, is holding another communal livestream viewing, this time featuring the Oculus Connect 2 keynote adresses.
The keynote speeches will be delivered by CEO Brendan Iribe, Chief...
AltspaceVR Launches New SDK to Promote Social VR Application Development
AltspaceVR have had a hell of a week. As part of their ongoing 'Social Week' the company have made some big announcements, Gear VR support and cross platform capabilities with the addition of HTC Vive support. Now, the company...
AltspaceVR Now Supports HTC Vive, Making for 3 VR Headsets in Cross Platform Space
AltspaceVR today announced that the social VR platform will be receiving official support for HTC Vive, the first consumer VR headset to integrate large-scale positional tracking.
After yesterday's announcement that the VR social space would soon be getting mobile support via...
AltspaceVR Goes Cross Platform with Gear VR Support, Closed Alpha Sign-Up is Live
AltspaceVR today announced a Samsung Gear VR version of the social VR platform, which will hypothetically allow anyone with the mobile VR headset and an internet connection to talk online face to face.
A dozen journalists from across two continents and...
‘AltspaceVR Social Week’ (Sept. 14-21) Promises a Week of New Feature Reveals
AltspaceVR is preparing to reveal a host of new features to their social VR space, which will take place during their first 'Social Week' a week-long series of events starting on September 14th. A session called "Building Holograms" may tickle...
‘Oculus Social SDK’ Slips Out in Connect 2 Schedule
Details of Oculus' second 'Connect' VR developer conference are now out and hints at a new 'Social SDK' which it's presumed is designed to help developers to create applications designed to being people together in VR.
There are many examples of disruptive...
‘Two Bit Circus’ Can Sync Audience Experiences in VR, Tech to Debut at VRLA
Two Bit Circus VR, an experiential entertainment company based in LA, has developed a system to sync 360 VR video experiences across 'limitless' local Gear VR users to help create a truly shared VR experience.
As isolating as virtual reality is...



















