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Valve’s Only VR Title, ‘The Lab’, is the Highest Rated Game on All of Steam

Among more than 9,000 games on Steam, Valve's VR title The Lab is heading the platform's list of top rated games. Valve's The Lab is a free VR-only title that offers players eight short room-scale experiences which range from photogrammetry to castle...

‘The Assembly’ Review

The Assembly is a first-person adventure game that wants to put your moral fiber to the test. Much like a novel, the game alternates back and forth between two characters: a brilliant neurologist entering the shadowy research institute eponymously dubbed 'The Assembly', and...

Hands-on: NVIDIA Launches GTX 1060 and Benchmarks Against AMD’s RX 480

Today marks the launch of NVIDIA's GTX 1060, the least expensive of the company's 10-series GPUs so far revealed. According to Nvidia, the GTX 1060 matches the performance of the former flagship card, the GTX 980, but at only...

Oculus Rift Growth Spurt Halts HTC Vive Market Share Expansion

There's been a lot of talk about the latest data from Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software survey, most of it drawing erroneous conclusions about overall market share of VR headsets while missing out on a very interesting data...

Analysis of Valve’s ‘Lighthouse’ Tracking System Reveals Accuracy

Valve's 'Lighthouse' tracking system affords the HTC Vive a 'room-scale' tracking space for the VR headset and its controllers through the use of area-sweeping lasers. But exactly how accurate is it? Oliver Kreylos, a VR researcher at UC Davis,...

New Darth Vader VR Experience Coming from ILMxLAB, Here’s a Quick Peek

During an ILMxLAB panel at this years Star Wars Celebration event in London, Batman movie writer David Goyer was introduced as working on a full Star Wars narrative VR experience that focuses on the series most recognisable villain, Darth Vader. The...

XBox Head Phil Spencer Sends Mixed Messages on Project Scorpio and VR

Microsoft unveiled 'Project Scorpio' to the world at E3 this year, stating that it would provide the Xbox platform enough power to run high fidelity VR experiences. But a recent interview with Xbox head Phil Spencer seems to show a...
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‘Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality’ Announced for HTC Vive

Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland today revealed a teaser for an upcoming VR game called Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality based on the cartoon's lovably weird universe. The HTC Vive demo of the game will make its debut at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego. Developed by...

‘Raw Data’ Deep Dive: Alongside Early Access Launch, Devs Reveal Four Heroes, Weapons, and Abilities

The long anticipated Raw Data by developer Survios launches for the HTC Vive on Steam today in Early Access. We sat down with Survios to get an inside look at what players can expect now and in the future...

Sony: “Nearly All PSVR Titles Will Support DualShock 4 Controllers”

Sony is gearing up for the PlayStation VR's launch this October, but you shouldn't be boxing up your DualShock 4 gamepad in favor of the Move motion controller just yet. According to a statement from Sony issued to Eurogamer, you'll be able use the...

NVIDIA’s ‘VR Funhouse’ is Proof That Good Physics Can Make Great VR

Nvidia's VR Funhouse is a virtual sandbox chasing reality, one designed to demonstrate how GPU accelerated physics can enhance presence in immersive environments. It's released for free today on Steam, but is it any fun? Perhaps it’s just my over...

Unity Raises $181 Million Series C in Anticipation of VR/AR Growth

Unity Technologies has announced a $181 million Series C investment led by DFJ Growth, a venture capital firm with the likes of Twitter and Tesla in their portfolio, in order to continue their dominance of the game engine market....

VRLA Summer Expo Bringing Reggie Watts, VR Rave, and More to LA August 5th and 6th

VRLA Summer Expo is back and aims to be bigger and better than ever. Coming to the LA Convention Center August 5th and 6th, the event we be host to keynote speaker Reggie Watts, a 'VR Rave', and more...

Oculus CEO: “Well over 5,000” Touch Dev Kits Shipping to Developers Before Launch

Oculus Touch isn't here for consumers just yet, as the company just narrowed their launch window down to Q4 of this year. But if you're a developer, you might just get your hands on a Touch dev kit in the very...

Oculus Says All Rift Pre-Orders Shipped, Narrows Touch Launch to Q4

Looking to put the Rift launch behind them, a fiasco that had many pre-order customers waiting several months for their headsets to arrive at their doorstep, Oculus today revealed that they've finally caught up to demand, and will be shipping...
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