Oculus Rift Kickstarter Adds Bulk-buy Dev-team Tiers with Premium Support
The Oculus Rift Kickstarter continues to raise funds; check the sidebar on the right and you'll find that it is currently sitting at $1.34 million, 536% of the funding goal. Given the excitement, and in an effort to get...
Watch the QuakeCon Virtual Reality Keynotes Here
At QuakeCon this week there were two keynotes that are relevant to the VR world. These presentations were streamed live, but if you missed them they're now available in their recorded form.
First is John Carmack's keynote which isn't 100%...
Watch the QuakeCon VR Keynote Tonight Live at 7PM EST. Oculus Rift Kickstarter Passes $1 Million Under 36 Hours
Tonight at QuakeCon a panel of VR experts will take the stage to talk about the future of VR and the Oculus Rift. Speaking of which, the Oculus Rift Kickstarter has passed $1 million in less than 36 hours...
Oculus Rift Kickstarter 230% Funded Before Day 1 Ends, Well on the way to $1 Million; Minecraft Support Coming
We knew that the Oculus Rift was going to be big... but this big?! After only 3 hours or so Kickstarter contributors had backed about $130,000, about 56% of the $250,000 goal. At the time of writing (8:28pm EST), the Oculus...
Oculus Rift Kickstarter is Live Starting at $275!
The Oculus Rift Kickstarter is officially live. Here's the link! Read on for pricing and other details.
Here's the Kickstarter launch video for the Oculus Rift:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxptk8P15TI
There wasn't a straightforward commitment from Valve about Source integration as I had hoped, but...
Oculus Rift Kickstarter Watch: Palmer Luckey Spotted With Valve’s Gabe Newell and Michael Abrash
If you needed any convincing that Valve is serious about the Oculus Rift, check this photo for some evidence. Pictured left to right is Michael Abrash, Valve's VR/AR researcher, Palmer Luckey, the brains behind the forthcoming Oculus Rift HMD,...
Oculus Rift Kickstarter Watch: Prototype, SDK, and Other Updates
The Oculus Rift Kickstarter is due to start any day soon and the VR community couldn't be more excited. The man behind the promising wide field-of-view head mounted display / VR headset, Palmer Luckey (AKA PalmerTech), has shared this...
Project Holodeck Seeks to Create a Low Cost Full-motion VR Gaming Environment with the Help of the Oculus Rift HMD
A team of 25 members is working at the University of Southern California to create a full-motion virtual reality gaming environment, they're calling it Project Holodeck. By 'full-motion' I mean that the playspace allows the user to actually walk...
Here’s CliffyB With an Oculus Rift Prototype (and other updates)
Need proof the Palmer Luckey (AKA PalmerTech) wasn't teasing when he said he was working on the Oculus Rift HMD with some big names in the game industry? Here's Cliff Bleszinski (AKA CliffyB), checking out a prototype of the Oculus...
Welcome to the New Road to Virtual Reality
Hi and welcome to the new Road to VR. If you've been a regular reader, you'll notice that things look at bit different. Fear not, looks are indeed the only thing that have changed. This refresh of the site...
