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Remastered ‘Half-Life 2’ Coming to Vive & Rift with VR Controller Support via Revamped Mod

Praised as one of the greatest games ever made, the 13 year old Half-Life 2 is a lauded piece of gaming history. But soon you'll be able to revisit the perils of City 17 using the latest and greatest VR hardware...

YouTube VR Creator Lab to Mentor and Fund Creators up to $40K

On August 7th 2017, YouTube Space LA hosts the beginning of the VR Creator Lab, a 3-month program to assist content creators in producing "original and experimental" 360-degree videos. Along with regular mentoring and advanced education from leading VR...

HTC Says Vive 2 Will Come When It Can Offer “really meaningful innovation”

In a recent interview, HTC Vive General Manager Daniel O’Brien provided a carefully-worded answer when asked specifically about a ‘Vive 2’. HTC’s current VR headset is now over year old; PC VR hardware cycles are anticipated to last somewhere...

‘Skyrim’ Coming to PSVR with Motion Controls, Trailer Revealed at E3

It's official. Sony is bringing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to PlayStation VR. Revealed today during Sony's E3 conference, the company showed the full physicality of the game in a trailer with the watermark "PlayStation VR Game" to prove it. While it...

Fallout 4 VR Shows that Triple-A VR will Bring Triple-A Prices, Pre-Order Now

At Bethesda's E3 briefing last night, the studio announced that Fallout 4 VR will be coming this year for the HTC Vive, but with AAA virtual reality PC content, comes prices to match. Update: A previous version of this article...

Intel, Oculus & ESL Launch $200,000 VR eSports ‘Challenger League’

Intel have announced a partnership with ESL and Oculus to launch an eSports league dedicated to VR gaming, featuring Oculus Rift titles The Unspoken and Lone Echo's multiplayer counterpart Echo Arena. It's official, sitting around watching other people play games is...

‘Doom VFR’ Pre-order Available for $30, a Separate “standalone VR game” from ‘Doom’

Doom VFR, the VR-compatible game following Id Software's recent Doom (2016), is now available for pre-order for $29.99 on PSVR and HTC Vive, a far cry from the non-VR game's original launch price of $59.99 just last year. You might be wondering why. While...

How to Sharpen Your HTC Vive’s Visuals with Supersampling

Want to substantially improve image quality whilst immersed in your HTC Vive? Here's details of a new tweak that allows you to engage supersampling in SteamVR and compatible games with the resulting differences impressive - as long as your...

VR Developers Are Increasingly Prioritizing VR Arcades for Content Distribution

The virtual reality industry is poised for a transformative five years. While consumer VR equipment is still cost prohibitive for many, location-based 'VR arcade' businesses offer a chance for consumers to experience high-end VR equipment without a big up-front...

‘Superhot VR’ is Coming to PSVR This Week

Sony's E3 press conference saw a rush of reveals coming to the company's PlayStation 4 headset PSVR, including a full release of Skyrim VR coming in November and a list of VR exclusives soon to follow. Among them is the stylized and the...

Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS

Apple's broad embrace of VR this week shows that the company has had virtual reality support on its roadmap for quite some time. During a session at WWDC, Apple and Valve confirmed they've been working together for nearly a...
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‘Raw Data’ Launches out of Early Access Today with 25% Discount, Comes to PSVR October 10th

Survios’ stunning VR action game Raw Data (2017) is officially out of its long, but healthy stint on Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The high-flying shooter, slicer, and high-tech beat 'em up will also be available on...

HTC Vive Review: A Mesmerising VR Experience, if You Have the Space

We go hands on with Valve and HTC’s new room-scale virtual reality system the Vive and discover that with incredible VR experiences come great real estate requirements. We’ve been reporting on virtual reality since 2011 here at Road to VR, and it’s...

Hands-on: ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Shows Improvements, but I’m Still Not Sold

Entering the Wasteland, sneaking up on a group of raiders and shooting them down with guns in your own two hands, tossing back a Nuka-Cola, hanging out with Dogmeat; these are some the things that get fans excited about playing Fallout...

You Can Now Watch 360 YouTube Videos in VR (Currently Android Only)

With a recent update to the Android YouTube app, Google Cardboard-compatible smartphones can now view 360-degree video in side-by-side configuration. The video streaming giant quietly rolled out VR support for their 2D 360-degree videos earlier this month, with no official mention...
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