When Ben Throop went to the Boston VR hackathon in June 2014, he didn't know that Valve was going to be showing off some prototype VR hardware that had positional tracking. At this point the Oculus DK2 had not...

The venerable iFixit has done it again: taken a brand new, perfectly good VR headset and ripped it apart for our pleasure. OSVR's recently launched HDK 2 headset is starting to land in the hands of eager users. iFixit has promptly...

Robinson: The Journey is Crytek's second VR game, coming to PSVR, following The Climb which was launched earlier this year for the Oculus Rift. A new development diary explores the game's premise, design philosophy, and killer raptors. Crytek has long been...

Envelop, the virtual reality desktop platform for Windows, has launched as a public beta for anyone with a Vive or Rift to enjoy. After announcing a $5.5 million Series A investment at the beginning of 2016, followed by a closed...

Wake Up from Austrian developers Black Cell is a new, surreal subversion of the traditional puzzle and exploration genres sporting some beautiful art direction and some arresting sound design. Many's the time I've waffled on about the importance of sound in...

Aerofly from developers IPACS is a flight simulator which aims to bring realistic visuals to the VR-enabled civilian flight-sim genre, and it looks stunning. One interesting side effect of virtual reality and its early adoption by the games industry is...

VR Arcades are beginning to make their spread across the US, offering users timed access to consumer VR systems and an array of games. With the cost of consumer VR in these early days still decidedly in the 'enthusiast' realm,...

One of the gold standards of a VR experience is being able to achieve Presence, but Presence is an elusive concept to precisely define. Mel Slater is one of the leading researchers into Presence and says that it's a combination...

Frank He goes hands on with Wands, a new PvP Gear VR title from NUX Studios which pitches you against your opponent in a magical duel to the death. VRLA's Summer Expo this year offered up a raft of new VR...

At the opening ceremony of Valve's DOTA 2 tournament, Valve head Gabe Newell explained that he's been focusing much of his attention on the company's VR initiatives. While VR's potential is undeniably huge, it's still a small, if growing, market...