Road to VR Passes a Milestone — Celebrate With VR Swag!
Hey there VR fans. A bit of meta news today -- the Road to VR Facebook page just ticked up to four digits, we've officially got 1000 'likes.' To celebrate, we've got some VR swag for you.
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How to Measure Your IPD and Create a VR Player Profile with the New Oculus Configuration Utility
Oculus VR Inc is making steady improvements to the Oculus Rift SDK; the company recently launched version 2.3. Along with some other changes comes the Oculus Rift Configuration Utility which lets players measure IPD, input height, and create a...
New VirtuaView video released — 7 Days Left to Back the Project
VirtuaView, the promising Multiplayer Virtual Cinema and Meeting project, is coming to the end of it's IndieGogo campaign. Its author Christer-Andre Fagerslett (aka Namielus) has released a new video highlighting the project's potential.
We looked at VirtuaView back in June at the...
Video of 2 Year-old Using the Oculus Rift Raises Some Interesting Questions [Update: Video Removed]
Beyond the question of safety (Oculus' official recommendation is that children under 10 not use the Oculus Rift) and the fact that the child's IPD is probably too low to properly see through the Rift, one has to wonder...
Microsoft Illumiroom Immersive Gaming System — New Video and Research Paper
Back in January, Microsoft Research revealed an interesting project called Illumiroom. The system, which uses a Kinect and commodity projector, scans the environment around your TV and uses the info collected to intelligently project extra info around the TV...
LG Announces World’s Thinnest 5.2-inch Full HD Display — Good News for Oculus
Yesterday, LG Display announced the world's thinnest 5.2-inch full HD display. As more panel makers announce full HD displays of this size, it means more choices and lower costs for the forthcoming Oculus Rift consumer version.
Back at E3 2013,...
Crashland is an Atmospheric FPS Oculus Rift Demo with Razer Hydra Support (video)
The creator of the Ocean Rift demo is hard at work on an atmospheric FPS for the Oculus Rift that looks wickedly fun. The game affords full avatar embodiment with arms controlled by the Razer Hydra. So far the...
Oculus: “Hawken VR is coming — Stay tuned”
If you've been following the Oculus Rift saga since the beginning, you'll recall that Hawken (2012, Meteor/Adhesive) was said by the developers to have Oculus Rift support as of the open beta launch on December 12, 2012 -- even...
Quake gets Rifted! Back Through the Slipgate with the Oculus Rift (video)
Gamers of a certain age rejoice! The first 'true' 3D First Person Shooter that spawned a generation of FPS nuts, Quake (id Software, 1996), has been given the Oculus Rift treatment. We take a quick look back at the Quake legend...
CloudHead Games’ Denny Unger: Mini Q&A Talks About The Gallery and Kickstarter Success
You've read our article on the VIP Preview of The Gallery: Six Elements, now read the Mini Q&A. We catch up with Denny Unger, Creative Director at Cloudhead Games, to find out about what development life is like post-kickstarter.
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