VR Special

Executive producer Vincent Martel tells us how the developer is targeting compassion from its players

Futuretown co-founder and CTO Justin Liebregts tells Develop about the technical challenges of bringing golf to virtual reality and explains why Wii Sports won't make you a skilled putter in real life – but Cloudlands might

Studio co-founder Paul Colls reflects on the team's first two years of VR development

New SuperData Research report shows general public yet to be reached by VR hype, revises 2016 forecasts for VR industry

Following the translation of its retro-inspired card game Boss Monster into the world of VR, co-founder of tabletop publisher Brotherwise Games Chris O'Neal explains what the increasing collision between virtual and physical titles means for both gaming worlds

Nuke firm creates plug-in for 360-degree video content in virtual reality titles

VP of Amazon Games Mike Frazzini says firm is more focused on community when developing new Lumberyard engine

Opposable Group's Lukas Roper discusses why devs should consider building titles for Google's affordable VR offering

Space Pirate Trainer takes some of gaming’s most revolutionary mechanics and uses them to push the next generation of VR forwards. Dirk van Welden, founder of I-Illusions,explains how old can become new once again

Team behind VR headphones preparing for production as Kickstarter campaign draws to a close

James Batchelor speaks to Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney and Unity’s Clive Downie about the two engine firms’ plans for VR editors

Lead engineer Trevor Blom on how the studio brought the dead to virtual life in shooter Arizona Sunshine

Bruce Wooden, head of developer and community relations at AltspaceVR, tells Develop how his team translated tabletop hits to the virtual space and explains why wearing a headset can be a highly social experience

A key challenge posed by VR for game developers – and for testing labs – is ensuring that ‘presence’ is delivered for the end user. And of course, ensuring health and safety issues are addressed. Julian Mower, head of Testronic’s new VR Testing Lab offers his thoughts

HTC Vive launch title Budget Cuts is one of virtual reality’s most versatile experiences yet, requiring players to shoot, throw, duck and crawl in order to sneak past an army of murderous robots. Develop caught up with Neat Corp’s Joachim Holmér to ask why he threw virtual knives at a wall for a day and find out why stealth is the perfect fit for VR

Virtual reality experience based on cancelled MGS remake, due in May

Testers and designers among those set to adopt specialist skills and be in hot demand among studios

We’re running a whole month’s worth of VR-dedicated content – find out how you can get involved

Harbottle & Lewis' Daniel Tozer and Natalie Smith discuss how VR devs can guard themselves against product liability and data protection problems

NDreams CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh discusses why VR isn’t just a single-person experience