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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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VR Training Case Study: Y-12 National Security Complex

HaptX

Through the HaptX SDK and in collaboration with the University of Central Florida Modeling Simulation and Training Lab , this project has achieved multiuser haptics functionality to support collaborative haptic scenarios.

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The SoulKeeper: Chronicles is the Next Fantasy Adventure From HELM Systems

Peter Graham

Florida-based developer HELM Systems has been working on its virtual reality (VR) fantasy adventure The SoulKeeper VR since at least 2015, with a Steam Early Access launch taking place in 2017.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. University of Florida, USA. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First. Universität Hamburg, Germany.

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