RiftVR.com to Merge with Road to Virtual Reality
Today I'm pleased to announce that Paul James of RiftVR.com will be joining me here at Road to Virtual Reality. Paul and I have a similar passion for the world of virtual and augmented reality and have decided to...
WizDish Could Be the First Virtual Reality Locomotion Device Suitable for Your Living Room
After head mounted displays, one of the obvious next steps for virtual reality immersion is to find a way to physically walk around a VR environment without walking into objects in the real world. A myriad of solutions (falling...
YEI Creates First Person Virtual Reality Demo With Full Body Tracking in Unreal Engine [video]
The ultimate goal of virtual reality gaming is to convince players that they are actually the inhabitants of another world. A number of components are needed to make this a reality. While head mounted displays like the Oculus Rift...
IGN Talks Future of Gaming, Tries out the Oculus Rift and Interviews Creator Palmer Luckey
IGN is running a series of segments talking about the future of gaming, their latest episode takes a brief look at where we are on the road to virtual reality gaming. Naturally the Rift is mentioned; IGN interviewes Oculus Rift head...
Sharp Begins Production on 5-inch 1080p Panels, Could be Ideal for the Oculus Rift 2.0
Today electronics manufacturer Sharp announced that the company is beginning production on 5-inch full 1080p LCD displays. The company mentions that the panels are for smartphone use but they could also be ideal for the Oculus Rift consumer version...
Beautiful DIY Oculus Rift Built by VR Enthusiast, Here’s How to Make Your Own
Palmer Luckey has made it clear since the beginning that it wasn't any incredible invention or unlikely innovation that makes the Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset possible. Instead, he credits the mobile device (smartphones, tablets, etc.) industry as being...
Armored Ops VR Game Incorporates Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra for Multiplayer Mech Combat [video]
While a number of games plan on supporting the Oculus Rift head mounted display, not many of them are being made specifically for it. Owen Pedrotti has a functional prototype of a virtual reality game that he is making to...
Oculus Rift News Bits: Rift Now Available for Direct Pre-order, New Job Listing for Art Director
The Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset is now available for pre-order from the company's website for those who missed out on the initial Kickstarter. If you're late to the party, have no fear, you can pick...
Augmented Reality Welding Mask Provides 100 Million to 1 Contrast Ratio in 3D for Precision Welding [video]
What you see above is not an alien visitor but rather a normal human wearing a prototype augmented reality welding mask. This system, dubbed 'MannVis welding helmet' by its creators, allows welders to see their work with an incredible level of...
Ibex is a Virtual Reality Desktop Environment for the Oculus Rift and other VR Headsets [video]
The Oculus Rift developer kit might not have shipped yet, but that hasn't stopped some intrepid developers from working on exciting Rift projects like virtual reality desktop environments. Hesham Wahba is a developer working on one such project, he calls...
