12 Free Resources To Learn About Virtual Reality

Media Websites

UploadVR — Upload VR is an opinionated breaking news outlet with reviews, community events and interviews.

Road to VR — Road to VR tracks virtual reality, augmented reality, and human-computer interaction trends and includes project leaks, podcasts and major event highlights.

VR Focus — VR Focus is a game-heavy website that organizes its content by console.

VR Scout — VR Scout takes a broader approach to covering entertainment trends, big industry project updates and company/brand marketing approahces in VR.

VR Index — A VR index enabling discovery of content beyond the mainstream periphery

Online & Social Media Forums

http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/ — Reddit is a great tool for rumors, breaking news and all things VR, typically curated straight from the developers themselves

http://www.facebook.com/groups/gearvr/ - A relatively underground group of enthusiasts discussing Valve HTC Vive, Nvidia VR, Gear VR and Oculus Rift developments.

https://forums.oculus.com/ — The go-to Oculus forum hosted by the company themselves

http://forum.unity3d.com/forums/virtual-reality.80/ — Unity’s VR development community

Communities & Conferences

SVVR — One of the fastest growing VR communities in the world that includes monthly meetups, high-profile expos, and a passionate community growing in size every year

SFVR — The leading VR meetup in San Francisco that includes speakers and demos from top companies like Oculus, Sixense and Leap Motion

VRLA — An entertainment & film skewed crowd that includes enthusiasts, developers, VC’s and Hollywood studios

SFNY — A monthly meetup in the Big Apple that’s quickly becoming the premier East Coast VR hub.

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