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Hello dear readers, and welcome to the latest version of our site. For those of you wondering why we’ve been slow on the reporting lately — now you know!

We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes creating a brand new version of the site. If all has gone according to plan, you should find that Road to VR 3.0 is faster, more readable, and now automatically adjusts to your screen, whether you’re reading on a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

There’s more than just a fresh coat of paint in the pipeline… we’ll be taking the wraps off of that in due time.

For now, please pardon any rough edges (there are sure to be some here and there). If you see anything that doesn’t seem to be working as it should, we’d really appreciate your feedback — please feel free to leave a comment below. General feedback about the new design is also welcome!

Please join me in thanking the fine folks who spent their time making this possible — not to mention all of our loyal readers!

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Without a sense of the past, how can we have perspective on the present and future? We present to you here the past faces of Road to VR:

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Ben Lang
Ben is the world's most senior professional analyst solely dedicated to the XR industry, having founded Road to VR in 2011—a year before the Oculus Kickstarter sparked a resurgence that led to the modern XR landscape. He has authored more than 3,000 articles chronicling the evolution of the XR industry over more than a decade. With that unique perspective, Ben has been consistently recognized as one of the most influential voices in XR, giving keynotes and joining panel and podcast discussions at key industry events. He is a self-described "journalist and analyst, not evangelist."
  • Daan Kortenbach

    Congrats guys!

    • Paul James

      Thanks for your hard work Daan, sit back and admire your creation! :)

  • Andreas Aronsson

    Looking fashionable as ever :) Nice! Update brought on by iOS7? Haha, j/k… or am I?

    • Paul James

      Heh, I hadn’t made that connection Andreas – let’s just say that moving to this new theme has unlocked some ‘special powers’ we’re able to exploit in the near future – stay tuned. ;)

  • Morgan

    Looks great!

    • Paul James

      Thanks!!

  • Dominic Eskofier

    Looks great, awesome work! There’s a little strange behaviour on my Android HTC One when swiping through galleries, but nothing serious.

    I love that you decided to go back to the white theme – looks way more professional IMO.

    • Paul James

      Thanks Dominic, I’d noticed some slowness on the slider on my new Nexus 7 so we’ll look into it.

      I’m still adjusting to the brightness myself, with earlier versions it felt like a nuclear bomb had been detonated in my browser. :)

  • Kamus

    I liked the black background with white text layout a lot more… it’s easier on the eyes. You should give your readers an option. This is just way too bright for long reads.

    • Paul James

      Unfortunately, white/light is by far the easiest scheme to work with from a design and day to day admin perspective. If we can work out a way to offer a dark theme that doesn’t compromise the look of the site then we’ll look into that.

      Thanks for your feedback.

      • Mageoftheyear

        I kind of like the new theme more, very clean and the ads don’t stand out as much – which I prefer. But to give an example of what Kamus is talking about I thought I’d post this: http://tinyurl.com/pplqxov

        Hover over the main menu pane and on the right-hand side you’ll see there is an option to change the site’s theme. I get that you guys probably use a completely different backend though, so I’m oblivious of the work involved.

  • Rob

    I like the new design
    It auto scales very well on iPad and iPhone, well done