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VRX 2017 Hosts Top VR/AR Companies in San Francisco This Week – Road to VR Readers Save 15%

Road to VR

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. The event takes place at the San Francisco Marriot Marquis this week on December 7th and 8th. Check out all the latest VRX details here. Not attending?

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Google Unveils $79 Daydream VR Headset

VRScout

The Daydream View headset was announced along with Google’s new Pixel phone in San Francisco, which is the first phone to be Daydream Ready. For Google’s solution, just place your Pixel phone into the View headset, close the latch, and the system will auto-align the picture to make sure everything is lined up perfectly.

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Microsoft Just Bought VR Social App AltspaceVR

VRScout

Announced at today’s Windows Mixed Reality event in San Francisco, AltspaceVR will be joining Microsoft as part of the family. AltspaceVR is expected to continue to work on PC and Mac in 2D mode, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Daydream by Google, and Samsung Gear VR. Microsoft’s lineup of VR headsets.

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Taking a Virtual Spin Around The Solar System

Tech Trends VR

Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive but now launched on Oculus Rift as well, Available on the Oculus Store, Viveport and Steam for $9,99. It’s therefore not surprising that they were awarded “Best Education Experience” at this year’s GDC in San Francisco.

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Editorial: We are entering into a new cycle of XR

The Ghost Howls

This era ended with the launch of the first consumer-oriented PC VR headsets: the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1. Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon. Google and Samsung will release an XR headset. When I landed in San Francisco in 2021, ads about the Quest were all over the city.

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Oculus Wants to “Go big” On Opening Their Platform to Third-party Headsets, When the Time is Right

Road to VR

Speaking with Nate Mitchell, Head of Rift, at an Oculus press event in San Francisco last week, it became apparent that the company categorizes the way that other headsets could interface with Oculus’ ecosystem in two distinct ways. Powered by Oculus (or not).

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Take A Virtual Tour Around The Solar System With ‘Overview’

VRScout

Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive, but has now launched on the Oculus Rift as well. It’s not surprising that they were awarded “Best Education Experience” at this year’s GDC in San Francisco.