VRCASTAre you ready?MenuSkip to contentHomeAbout* NEW VR Forum  *VRDIR – VR DirectoryWe try out new game technology Oculus RiftLancaster University’s ‘Campus in the City’ hosted the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality, head-mounted display which allows players to see and interact with the game world in three dimensions.A number of gamers and families turned up to the blacked-out section of the Campus in the City (CITC) shop to get the chance to use the unique technology for themselves.Exploring a dark and deserted manor, players are asked to make their way through a series of abandoned sections, as it becomes increasingly apparent that they are not as alone as it initially appears.The Oculus Rift has been in development for a number of years and is close to being released onto the consumer market.source.This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2015 by admin.HoloLens Doesn’t Mean Microsoft Won’t Also Do VRIn January, Microsoft revealed HoloLens, an augmented reality headset that blends your digital life with the real world. The reveal video even showed off how it might be used to play Minecraft, which Microsoft acquired last year for $2.5 billion. It’s a different type of technology with a different focus compared to the virtual reality headset we’ve seen from Oculus, Sony’s Morpheus, and the recently revealed Vive from Valve and HTC. However, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that HoloLens doesn’t prevent Microsoft from getting into virtual reality in the future.”I don’t think we’ve locked ourselves out [of virtual reality],” Spencer told Eurogamer in an interview. “We’ve looked at a mixed reality space that we could do with HoloLens and think about it as a unique set of features and technologies to enable, that doesn’t preclude us from doing anything in the VR space either from a first-party or partnership perspective. I’ve used Morpheus, I’ve used Oculus, I’m going to see more of the demos here.”Spencer added that while there are a lot of interesting developments in VR right now, no one knows exactly what to do with it yet. “I don’t think – and this isn’t a shot at VR in any way – I don’t think it’s landed yet on what it is and how it’s going to go to market, but the innovation work is amazing, and it’s something the games industry has always done, whether it’s AI or voice,” Spence said. “The games industry is always a place for innovation.”source.This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2015 by admin.Unity Technologies CEO John Riccitiello: VR is the futureWith new virtual reality devices in the works from Facebook-owned Oculus VR, Sony, Valve, Samsung, and HTC, John Riccitiello believes his company—San Francisco’s Unity Technologies, which makes a gaming development platform of the same name—will lead the way fo