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...

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...

NextVR, a firm specializing in live VR streaming, has today announced an $80 million Series B investment with which the company aims to expand international operations. "The Series B investment positions NextVR to accelerate development of its virtual reality platform...

TheWaveVR is a social VR music platform which allows DJs to mix tracks live in VR in front of a virtual audience which can connect to experience the performance from around the world. The company announced today that it's raised...

Some things in life really need to be experienced first hand, and the ascent of Mount Everest is probably pretty high up on that list. Photos and videos can’t compare to the real thing, but VR just might. Step...

According to leaked information on a Japanese PlayStation blog post, Sony will indeed bring one of their biggest franchises DriveClub VR to market alongside PlayStation VR when it launches on October 13. Evolution Studios' DriveClub has had a troubled history, with...

Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward has been fascinated by the idea of virtual reality since he first read Snow Crash as a teenager. He backed the Oculus Kickstarter, and has been exploring many of the early VR prototypes over...

The much anticipated New Retro Arcade Neon, a totally revamped version of the lauded virtual reality arcade, finally lands on Steam today, built to take advantage of the HTC Vive. While the original New Retro Arcade, debuting on the second...

HTC has announced that in response to "recent currency valuation changed" the UK price of their HTC Vive VR system will see a significant £70 increase come August 1st to £759. As a UK resident, I've been thankful that my...

Minecraft is finally on its way for the Oculus Rift as the Windows 10 version of the mega hit social world-building game is due to add VR support "in the coming weeks". The game which Oculus CTO John Carmack cited...

Dota 2 released free DLC yesterday that lets you join a sort of multi-user VR spectator lounge where you can watch live and recorded matches from a movie theater-sized screen, or get down on the ground right in the midst...

Today at the China International Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy 2016), HTC announced the first batch of companies to take part in their recently announced Vive X Accelerator program. The cohort of 33 VR startups, coming from across the industry, will see...

We've been keeping an eye on Everspace, the new VR-enabled space combat shooter from Rockfish, for a while now and it looks as if the company are finally ready to unleash the title on the world as the beta...