Atlas: Turn Your Living Room Into a Holodeck With a Rift, a Printer and a Phone
Positional tracking is hard. Especially if you want to move through your virtual world as a physical space. Aaron Rasmussen has a solution and it's an elegant one. His Atlas project promises to make your home a VR playground...
Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Now Available for Direct Pre-order, $50 Coupon Through August 13th
After a highly successful Kickstarter that raised $1.1 million, the Virtuix Omni is now available for direct pre-order from the official website, along with accessories. Through August 13th you can use a coupon to get $50 off the Omni...
New Sixense Video Demonstrates Positional Head Tracking with STEM and the Oculus Rift
A short but exciting new video just released by Sixense demonstrates not only the much anticipated STEM wireless module system in action but also a glimpse at some new prototype hardware.
Sixense, the company behind the Razer Hydra positional tracking...
John Carmack Joins Oculus VR Inc. as Chief Technical Officer
Huge, unexpected news straight from Oculus VR Inc this morning: John Carmack is joining the company as chief technical officer, the company announced on its blog. Carmack was a key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story and is...
Developer Interview: ‘Teddy’ Talks Hydradeck Cover Shooter
We speak to 'Teddy', the developer behind the UDK based and Razer Hydra powered positional tracking demo 'Hydradeck' and the new 'Hydradeck Cover Shooter'.
VR Prospecting
In these early days of the Virtual Reality resurgence, there's much to be discovered. Developers...
London Celebrates First Oculus Rift / Virtual Reality Meetup
Inition has recently hosted a successful Oculus Rift / VR Meetup in London and plans to arrange future events. Industry insider Kevin Williams gives us the scoop.
Guest post by Kevin Williams
Kevin Williams is the founding chairman of the Digital Out-of-Home...
VR Researcher Flips the Script, Augments Virtual Reality with Actual Reality [video]
In what seems like a total reversal of the usual paradigm, a VR researcher is showing the benefits of augmenting the virtual world with the real world.
In 'traditional' augmented reality, we take a scene from real life and overlay...
Proton Pulse Preview: Hands-On With the Latest Beta [video]
You may well have already seen Proton Pulse, the retro breakout style bat 'n' ball blaster from developer Justin Moravetz. Cymatic 'Awesome' Bruce covered an earlier version a little while back. Justin was kind enough to send us the...
Sixense STEM Next Generation Motion Controller Goes to Kickstarter This Month
Sixense has officially announced that they'll be bringing their next-gen 'STEM' motion controller to Kickstarter this month, along with a few additional details.
Sixense, creators of the technology behind the Razer Hydra motion controller, announced the wireless 'STEM' motion controller...
Is Sony Turning Away from Mainstream VR? New HMD is Designed for Surgery
In a curious move away from virtual reality gaming, Sony has announced a revamped version of their HMZ-T2 head mounted display specifically designed for surgical use. The company is calling it the HMM-3000MT. Along with the HMD comes the 'head-mount...
