Step into the World of Skyrim with the Cyberith Virtualizer—Interview and New Video Footage with Founder Tuncay Cakmak

We interview Tuncay Cakmak, founder of Cyberith and inventor of the virtual reality omnidirectional treadmill, the Virtualizer, to find out what he and the team have been up to. Plus, a new Skyrim demonstration video. The Cyberith Virtualizer Update: We erroneously...

30 Minutes Inside Valve’s Prototype Virtual Reality Headset: Owlchemy Labs Share Their Steam Dev Days Experience

Owlchemy Labs, the developers behind the excellent Oculus Rift ready game, 'Aaaaaaaculus!', share their impressions of their time at Steam Dev Days and detail their experiences using Valve's secretive virtual reality HMD prototype. 'Year Zero' VR Developer If you don't know...

Avegant Glyph Kickstarter Surpasses Stretch Goals Before They’re Made, Try the Glyph in a City Near You

Stretch goals for the record-breaking Avegant Glyph Kickstarter have been finalized, with some of the goals having been passed even before they were even created. Rewards include new colors, noise canceling, and limited edition engraving. Avegant is taking the...

Steam Dev Days Overview and More Valve Prototype HMD Impressions—Kevin Williams Reports

Guest contributor Kevin Williams brings us a report from inside Steam Dev Days, where Valve held a number of talks on their vision of the future of virtual reality, and demonstrated a prototype VR head mounted display which wowed...

Prescription Frames Finally Ready for Google Glass Along with New Sunglasses

Ever since Google Glass was announced back in early 2012, people have asked, 'what about those who wear glasses?' Google's answer to that question has been 'wear contacts for now, we'll have prescription glasses at some point.' Now the...

Avegant’s Ed Tang and Yobie Benjamin Talk About Their Journey to Kickstarting the Glyph at CES 2014 (Interview)

During a packed CES 2014 schedule, CEO of Avegant, Edward Tang and COO Yobie Benjamin take some time to talk to Paul James about Avegant's history and how the Glyph HMD came to be. Calm Before the Kickstarter Storm Ed Tang...

Interview: CCP Games Talks Eve Valkyrie on the Oculus Rift at CES 2014 [video]

At CES 2014 Road to VR catches up with CCP Games' Ian Shiels, user-experience designer on Eve Valkyrie, to get the latest on one of the first major Oculus Rift games in production. After playing coy, CCP Games at CES...

Avegant Glyph Kickstarter Blasts Through $250,000 Goal in 7 Hours

As promised, the guys over at Avegant have launched the Kickstarter campaign for their DLP based portable media HMD the Avegant Glyph. Rapid Rise It's only been a few months since Ben Lang clapped his eyes on an early development prototype...

Oculus Releases Best Practices Guide for VR Developers, Reduces Minimum Recommended Age to 7 Years

Oculus VR Inc has released a draft Best Practices guide for VR developers that, in their words, seeks to maximize:  1) oculomotor comfort, 2) bodily comfort, and 3) a positive user experience. The document can be found on the Oculus...

CastAR Interview and Hands-On: Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson Speak to Road to VR

Road to VR's Paul James sits down to talk with the founders of Technical Illusions, Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson and we get our hands on the new HD Prototype. Genuine Jeri and Rick don't really want to be doing yet...