Inexpensive GTX 1050 Ti Gets Official Thumbs-Up for Oculus Minimum Spec

Following the launch of the more powerful GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080, NVIDIA revealed the latest in their low-end GeForce GPUs, the GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti in October 2016. While not the first in line for a premium VR...

Apple Points to VR as One Reason Why Next Mac Pro Needs to be More Powerful

At present, modern VR headsets are for the most part unsupported on Apple computers, largely because many of the company's computers do not meet the recommended hardware specifications. Apple may rarely hint at it, but the company is thinking...
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‘Forestry’s’ Procedural Mesh System Offers Unique VR Crafting & Destruction

Procedural mesh destruction and construction underpins Decoder VR’s first title, Forestry, which just launched on Steam. Built for Vive, Rift and PSVR, the game’s fully destructible world presents a vast forest for the player to cut to pieces, which...

Steam VR Anniversary Sale: ‘Raw Data’ & ‘Tilt Brush’ Free-play, Deep Discounts on 224 VR Titles

With the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive shipping one year ago this month, Valve is getting in on the 'VR Anniversary' action with deep discounts on more than 200 VR titles and free-play access to Raw Data (2016) and...
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Preview: Visually Dazzling VR RPG ‘The SoulKeeper VR’ Plans For a Full Story With Deep Lore

VR gamers have longed heavily for deeper titles that go beyond the surface-level experiences that make up a large portion of today's VR content. They’ve longed for games with depth and complexity; developer HELM Systems plan to offer exactly...
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‘COMPOUND’ Demo Hits SteamVR, Puts You in a VR World of Lovingly Detailed Retro Graphics

COMPOUND is a VR hobby project from developer 'NotDead' which aims to immerse you in a world of lovingly crafted pixel art, retro-styled first person shooter. Update (4/6/17, 11:48PM PT): Compound has received a major update with v0.03b and has launched on SteamVR...

‘Robo Recall’ Update Brings Additional Improvements to 360 Degree Tracking

One of the slickest titles on the Rift right now, Epic Games' arcade shooter Robo Recall has received an update which addresses one of the bigger criticisms the title received at launch, 360 degree tracking for the Oculus Touch. Update...

Hands-on: ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Groundrush Update Drops Daring Dogfights to Dangerous Altitudes

Fanfest is upon us again, CCP's yearly festival in Reykjavik for all things EVE Online, but to go along with the round table discussions and announcements surrounding the massive multiplayer universe is a new update to the studio's sci-fi VR arcade dogfighter...
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New ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Update ‘Groundrush’ is Bringing Planet-based Dogfights

EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the arcade dogfighter from EVE Online studio CCP Games, is about to get a big update that promises to take the game in what lead game dev Andrew Willans says via an official Sony blogpost "new and exciting...

New HTC Vives Weigh 15% Less Than They Did at Launch

While the Vive is often criticized for its front-heavy weight, the headset has actually managed to slim down over time thanks to manufacturing improvements. HTC has managed to shave 15% off of the original 550 grams (1.21 pounds), bringing...