STEM Kickstarter Update: Reduced Prices, iOS/Android Stretch Goal, and More
The already highly successful STEM Kickstarter just keeps getting better. A new update from the team at Sixense brings prices down, adds a new stretch goal at $700,000 for iOS/Android, and introduces a new $149 reward level.
Reduced Pricing on...
Inversion Project: Low Cost ‘Pop-up’ VR Environment, Zombie Game Demo Video
It looks like we've got a new challenger to Project Holodeck. 'Inversion Project' by Zero Latency Media is a low-cost, portable VR environment that allows players to crouch, jump, and move around a physical space while having that movement...
Buyer Beware… Possible Oculus Rift Counterfeits — UPDATE: Seller Response Added
A certain web based seller is advertising to sell prospective buyers Oculus Rift Development Kits in bulk. Something's amiss here, Road to VR investigates.
Buyer Beware
You know your product has 'made it' when scammers begin to target your product for...
Virtual Reality Star Wars? Skim the Death Star Trench with New Oculus Rift Demo
Fancy re-living one of the most iconic scenes in Cinema history? Author Boone (of Rift Coaster fame) has released video of new Star Wars inspired demo for the Oculus Rift.
"Thank the Maker!"
A new VR demo being developed by Boone,...
VR Jam Winner E McNeill Talks Ciess and a Future Commercial Release [Interview]
We talk to E McNeill (real name Ed, known as 'E'), author of Ciess - recently crowned winner of the Indiecade VR Jam contest. We discuss what the development process was like and of course whether Ciess will see...
Welcome to Road to VR 3.0
Hello dear readers, and welcome to the latest version of our site. For those of you wondering why we’ve been slow on the reporting lately -- now you know!
We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes creating a brand...
Neal Stephenson: “STEM… is going to give Clang a huge boost in playability and realism”
In a newly published video, Neal Stephenson, project leader on Clang, extols the benefits of the Sixense STEM system, and how it will enable Stephenson's goal of realistic sword fighting in videogames.
Clang is a project by Subutai Coroporation, which...
Oculus + IndieCade VR Jam Winners Announced
The VR Jam held by Oculus VR Inc and IndieCade has come to an end. Two winners, announced today, take home $10,000 each, along with a trip to attend and exhibit their game at IndieCade 2013, and an invitation to...
Sixense STEM Kickstarter Crushes Goal on Day One, Wireless Base Station Stretch Goal Announced
The Sixense STEM system for VR motion control blew through its $250,000 goal one day one. The campaign is now at $476,000 and appears well on the way to $1 million. Sixense have announce a 'stretch goal' at $550,000...
Oculus and IndieCade ‘VR Jam’ Finalists [Preview Roundup Part 1]
The 20 finalists singled out for the finals of the Oculus / IndieCade VR Jam have now been chosen. We take a look at the first 10 games to be selected as finalists.
Grass Roots
Right from the beginning, Oculus VR...
