We’re set to see the actual debut of Google Daydream on October 4, and it’ll hopefully serve as a significant step up from Cardboard—their current virtual reality smartphone platform. If you want to get an early taste, you can set up a development kit—you just need two phones to do it. One of those phones...
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The Incredible VR Painting Experience Tilt Brush Adds Greater Control, 3D Models & a Word Game
Google’s Tilt Brush has proven to be one of the most compelling VR experiences for the HTC Vive, letting you paint with crazy materials like electricity and duct tape. It is clearly an experiment in bringing the joy of imagination to life—or creating some form of virtual LSD—and the app’s latest update brings a variety...
These Five 360-Degree Nature Videos Showcase Planet Earth
Featured image: President Barack Obama watching a virtual reality film captured during his trip to Yosemite National Park in 2016. Going outside in winter can be…well, terrifying. Luckily, makers of Virtual Reality have created amazing pieces for us to watch while buried in our big blanket/sack hybrids. (Snuggies? Snoogies? Whatever they are, I am definitely...
Watch: Stunning Blade Runner VR Fan Project is Nearly Done, But There’s a Hitch
We check back in with Blade Runner 9732, a stunningly detailed fan developed VR recreation of Deckard’s iconic flat from the original film. The project was recently updated showing some incredible progress, but despite its near final status, there’s one snag which is holding up its completion. It’s been a little while since we last...
Wireless Rift and Vive Add-On KwikVR Set To Debut At CES
TPCAST’s wireless add-on kit for the HTC Vive has a new rival that’s promising to cut the cord on both HTC’s headset and the Oculus Rift. KwikVR from 3D cloud solutions company Scalable Graphics is set to debut at CES 2017 in Las Vegas next week as the latest device to try and remove the...
Pimax to Unveil 4K Per Eye, 200-degree Field of View VR Headset at CES 2017
Being told that something is impossible often is the best motivation to make it so, and that seems to be exactly what is happening with the VR and AR industry. Earlier this year at Oculus’ developer conference, Oculus Connect, the company’s Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, stepped on stage to present his predictions for the near term...
Field in View: 5 Big VR Questions I Can’t Wait To Answer In 2017
Welcome back. Had a nice break? Well that’s great because there’s a lot of work to do over the next 52 weeks. We’ve got our three major headsets and our mobile devices, we’ve got ecosystems and apps and developers. We’ve got millions in investment and mountains of promise. Now, what are we going to do...
KwikVR is an Oculus & Vive Compatible Wireless VR Solution to Debut at CES 2017
Cloud compute specialists Scalable Graphics are to debut a new 1 pound wireless PC VR solution compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets at next weeks CES convention in Las Vegas. As we stated in our recent CES VR retrospective, wireless VR looks set to be a big focus for next weeks...
Exclusive: Nokia Launches OZO Player SDK, a Cross-platform Video Playback Engine for VR Apps
Nokia has launched the OZO Player SDK, a cross-platform foundation for creating applications with high fidelity VR video playback. Road to VR spoke with Nokia’s Head of VR Technologies, Tarif Sayed to learn more about the offering. While VR video portals like Jaunt, Littlstar, Samsung VR, and others offer a single destination from which to stream many different...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 12/26/16
Though Christmas is over, that hasn’t stopped devs from putting together one of the better themed offerings in Nick. The game is a defensive shooter with various weapons you can grab for Vive, the ability to fortify your dwelling, and some impressive visuals all for free. It’s a light week for releases but, even though...
