John Carmack Talks Virtual Reality Latency Mitigation Strategies
John Carmack, the famed developer who helped put the Oculus Rift on the map, has been doing plenty of virtual reality research as of late. Carmack is particularly interested in latency. Specifically, he's interested in reducing latency to a...
The Verge Goes Hands-on With Google Glass [video]
Google Glass is an exciting wearable computing project that the company hopes will be ready for consumers by the end of 2013. The Verge's Joshua Topolsky recently got to demo Google Glass for himself -- something that only a...
Oculus to Give Virtual Reality Talk at GDC Next Month
The Oculus Rift is expected to be delivered to developers next month (and is already in the hands of a select few). This coincides nicely with the ever popular Game Developers Conference (GDC) where we expect to hear much about virtual...
New Google Glass Pictures Reveal Hidden Sensor [gallery]
Along with the new video that we pointed out earlier, the company has released some cool new Google Glass pictures. One of the photos shows something we haven't seen before; on the inside of the eye-boom there is a...
New Google Glass Video Shows What It Feels Like to Wear [video]
You'll probably have noticed that Road to VR is rather excited for Google's fledgling Augmented Reality project, codename 'Google Glass'. It's a project shrouded in mystery and it's secrets tightly guarded, as evidenced by the strict NDAs required by...
Studying the Consequences of Avatar Embodiment at Stanford’s State-of-the-art Virtual Reality Lab
Stanford uses their virtual reality lab to study the consequences of avatar embodiment. A ten minute presentation by the lab's director, Jeremy Bailenson, reveals some enthralling findings showing that how we see ourselves in virtual reality can measurably impact our actions in real...
Oculus Rift Developer Kit Arrives at Minecraft Headquarters, Notch Apologizes for Breaking Embargo
Mojang, the company that developed everyone's favorite indie game success story, Minecraft (2011), might be the first in the world to have received the Oculus Rift developer kit. Two weeks back, Oculus Inc. shared the latest on their manufacturing progress....
Peter Kafka from AllThingsD tries the Oculus Rift, “I’m a little queasy, but it’s awesome” [Video]
At the 'D: Dive Into Media' conference on Tuesday, Brendan Iribe joined Peter Kafta from AllthingsD to give him a chance to try the Oculus Rift HMD. His reaction to the experience, mirrored those of many before him --...
Laughable Article Attacks Oculus Rift and Virtual Reality, “Total Immersion Technology Will Train Future Mass Murderers”
A pathetic article by NaturalNews.com (which I won't link to to prevent feeding their controversy-driven "journalism"), is attacking virtual reality at large and specifically the Oculus Rift, making the claim that "total immersion technology will train future mass murderers."
It's...
‘PosiTTron’ DIY Oculus Rift Positional Tracking Addon Prototype
This guest article is written by Jordi Batallé, who has been hard at work over the last few months developing a DIY positional tracking solution for head mounted displays (HMDs / VR headsets). Batallé is a virtual reality enthusiast who holds...
