VR Across The Web

It's amazing. You strap on some gear, and then you're inside whatever world you want. It showed up in books, it showed up in movies, and everyone dreamed about it. Problem was, it kinda sucked. I tried Dactyl Nightmare at an amusement park, and it kinda sucked. Huge wires, unconvincing tracking, horrible visual fidelity. VR kept sucking for a long time, and people kinda gave up on it.

But then something happened. Or, well, it had already happened, but nobody realized. The technology was finally here to do proper virtual reality. The team behind Oculus Rift realized this, and built the first prototype of VR that was finally just good enough to be usable, and it was only going to get better and better. They set up a kickstarter to fund their enthusiasm, and a lot of people got excited. They made about ten times the money they asked for, and I was one of the top-level backers...

VR Community Blogs

The Future of Virtual Reality

I’ve always loved games. They’re windows into worlds that let us travel somewhere fantastic. My foray into virtual reality was driven by a desire to enhance my gaming experience; to make my rig more than just a window to these worlds, to actually let me step inside them. As time went on, I realized that VR technology wasn’t just possible, it was almost ready to move into the mainstream. All it needed was the right push.

DK2s Now Shipping, 0.4.0 SDK Beta

DK2s have started shipping out to developers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and we expect to have over 9,000 DK2s in developers’ hands by the end of next week. We’re working out a minor snag for Oceanic customers, but we hope to have the issue resolved soon. Customers in the first batch of pre-orders should receive a payment notification once the order has been processed by the distribution center.

Virtual Internet Hacker VR

Virtual Internet Hacker VR is a 90'ties hacker movie simulator. Type in any url and you will have to navigate through the website in virtual reality. Move by “hacking” type as much as possible at the keyboard – press the spacebar to convert hacking into momentum in the direction you are looking. Virtual Internet Hacker VR was developed for the VR Jam and won the grand prize for the selected developers.