Book of Spells Review; Harry Potter Augmented Reality Game on PS3
Last month Sony launched Book of Spells, a Harry Potter augmented reality game that takes advantage of the PlayStation Move and new 'Wonderbook' peripheral. The game, which is intended for children, uses the Wonderbook as a tracking marker for...
Free AR App Idea: Keyboard Trainer
If you've been following along for a bit here at Road to VR, you know I've got a chip on my shoulder when it comes to AR. So far we've seen few useful implementations of augmented reality. The technology exists to...
Oculus Rift News Bits: Prototype Review and New Display Details
Time for a catch up on the latest Oculus Rift news. In this edition of ORNB we look at an Oculus Rift review of a prototype developer kit and learn details about the new 7" display that the head...
Minecraft Reality AR App Let’s Players Import Creations Into the Real World
Minecraft Reality is an AR app created by 13th Lab in Conjunction with Minecraft developer Mojang. The app, which is currently only available for iOS devices, allows users to place Minecraft creations in the real world as augmented reality...
What is Virtual Reality?
This sounds like a simple question, but it is one that I've been meaning to discuss. Without a foundation, everything we talk about on this site is more or less floating somewhere in abstract space. To ground the subject,...
Google Glass New York Fashion Week Gallery
In the world of technology reporting, it's rare to have a good excuse to stare at beautiful women. Let's indulge while we have the opportunity -- as I noted earlier, Google Glass walked the runway in September during New...
Google Glass News Bits: Panoramic Photo Mode, Models Wear Glass on the Runway
This one slipped under my radar but I think it's worth a mention. Back in September, Spencer Ante of the Wall Street Journal spoke with Google co-founder Sergey Brin and got a brief exclusive preview of Google Glass (sometimes...
Oculus Rift Developer Kit Delayed Until March; New Prototype Photos, Larger Screen
Not the best news for backers of the Oculus Rift Kickstarter this morning -- Oculus Inc. has announced that shipment of the Oculus Rift developer kit has been delayed until March. The company also says that they're moving up...
TIME Names Google Glass Among ‘Best Inventions in 2012’… Doesn’t Launch Until 2014
TIME Magazine has named Google Glass as one of the 'Best Inventions of 2012' which is interesting because they also mention that the product isn't expected on the market until 2014....
Google Glass found itself among 26 other inventions on...
Android-powered Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses to Compete with Google Glass in 2013
Vuzix has just introduced the M100 Smart Glasses. The M100 is an unobtrusive head mounted display, much like Google Glass, which Vuzix hopes will be used as a hands-free smartphone display and for augmented reality applications. In addition to...