Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Headed to Kickstarter: Walk, Jump, and Sprint in Virtual Reality
The Virtuix Omni is a passive omnidirectional treadmill that looks like it could fill one of the last major missing pieces of the VR puzzle. The Omni, which is soon to hit Kickstarter, allows players to walk, jump, and...
Mechwarrior Online Oculus Rift Support On the Way?
The developers of MechWarrior Online, the latest title in the long-standing mech franchise, tried out the Oculus Rift at GDC 2013 and seem very impressed. Their report from GDC teases heavily that Oculus Rift support for MWO could be...
How to Add Positional Tracking to the Oculus Tuscany Demo with the Razer Hydra
Tony Bowren recently shared his rather ingenious solution to the problem of the Oculus Rift Development Kit's lack of positional tracking using the Razer Hydra on YouTube. He talks to us about this project, a little of himself, and...
Oculus Rift Teardown Reveals Good Modding Potential, High Repairability
Ever wondered what the inside of the Oculus Rift dev kit actually looks like or how it scores when it comes to reparability? If you have, be sure to check out iFixit's extensive Oculus Rift disassembly. The writers take...
90 Year Old Grandmother Tries on the Oculus Rift
User Paul Rivot from YouTube posted this video of his 90 year old grandmother taking a virtual reality trip to tuscany thanks to the Oculus Rift. She seemed very impressed with the graphics and at 1:16 quite adorably asks,...
The Gallery Kickstarter Fully Funded, Still Needs $5k for Razer Hydra Support
Just a quick note of congratulations to the folks of CloudHead Games who just had their Kickstarter campaign for The Gallery: Six Elements fully funded. The game, which is influenced by the Myst series, brings ground-up support for the Oculus Rift. The Razer...
Oculus Rift Razer Hydra Tuscany Demo Now Available from Sixense
Sixense, developers of the Razer Hydra, have officially released the Razer Hydra enabled 'Tuscany' demo that Ben had an exclusive hands-on with at GDC just a few weeks ago. The demo is a heavily customised version of the 'Tuscany'...
Oculus Rift Hawken Wallpaper for Road to VR Readers
For those who just can't wait to get your hands on the Oculus Rift version of Hawken (coming soon, we hope), we've whipped up a little something to tide you over. Thanks to a sweet poster that Oculus had hung up...
The Gallery community Q&A with Denny Unger from CloudHead Games
We put your questions to Denny Unger from CloudHead Games, the development studio behind Oculus Rift integrated game The Gallery: Six Elements. A game that not only seeks to revive memories of classic adventure games such as Myst -...
Early Oculus Rift Reviews from Two Experts
Since the very first reported arrival of the Oculus Rift developer kit on March 27th, units are trickling out to developers around the world. Two folks that I follow closely got their hands on a Rift to examine and...
