[Update From Oculus] News Bits: Oculus Confirms Consumer Rift for 2015?
According to a report from Business Insider Australia, the consumer version of the Oculus Rift (also known as the CV1) will go on sale in 2015.
Update (5/1/2014, 12:52pm EDT): Speaking with Road to VR, Oculus reiterates what their position has been for...
Oculus Rift and Other Tech Combined to Induce Real-life Lag
Ever wonder what it's like to live with three seconds of lag in real life? An 'experiment' from Swedish ISP UME uses the Oculus Rift to show just what that would be like. It turns out that real-life lag...
3 Month Delay for STEM Motion Controller Aims to Improve Accuracy and Modify Modular Design
Sixense, creators of the popular (and now rather expensive!) Hydra system, today announced to their Kickstarter backers a three month delay in delivery of their upcoming STEM motion controllers “for the sake of performance optimization." The controllers, originally due...
Go On Safari with the Award Winning Cyberith Virtualizer, Kickstarter Campaign Coming (video)
Cyberith has released a new video demonstrating its unique omni-directional treadmill being used to go on safari on the wildlife rich plains of Africa. Plus, hints of an incoming Kickstarter campaign.
Update: More Kickstarter details from Cyberith emerge
With the development making...
The Faces of SVVR Conference & Expo 2014 – New Speakers and Panellists Announced!
The first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference and Expo is gathering serious momentum with a flood of new speakers, exhibitors and panellists now confirmed.
SVVR Expo Attracts Industry Leading Lights
The SVVR movement has swiftly positioned itself as one of the leading gatherings...
News Bits: John Carmack is Making a Virtual Reality Comic Book Store
John Carmack has never shied away from unique projects. His latest appears to be a virtual reality comic book store, presumably for the Oculus Rift.
@Dethtron5000 I am building a VR comic book shop. Not kidding.
— John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) April...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 60): A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of Virtual Reality with Kevin Williams
Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment specialist, Kevin Williams joins me in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast. We discuss virtual reality's rocky history, some interesting developments in the Arcade world, and make a few predictions for the future.
When I last...
Billionaire ‘Shark Tank’ Investor Mark Cuban Flip-flops on Virtuix Omni, Joins $3 Million Investment
After initially shunning the product during an appearance on ABC's investment reality show, Shark Tank, billionaire investor Mark Cuban joins other venture capitalists in raising $3 million in seed funding for the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill.
A few months...
New Unreal Engine 4 VR Roller Coaster Demo Shrinks You to the Size of a Mouse (Video)
Well, it looks like the legendary RiftCoaster may well finally have a successor. Teddy Lipowitz knocked up this coaster demo, based on the new Unreal Engine 4 platform, over the Easter Weekend. The twist? You're avatar is the size...
