2023 Sections
New Thinner, Lighter HTC Vive 3-in-1 Cable Spotted in the Wild
An HTC Vive customer has posted images of a replacement headset cable which looks to significantly reduce the size and weight of the original.
One of the aspects most mentioned in the first rush of reviews to appear after the...
Guinness Record Set With 25 Continuous Hours in Virtual Reality
Guinness World Records, an organisation journalling the extraordinary (and often insane) stunts people will pull for notoriety, and now the book has its first virtual reality entry. Watch as Derek Westerman swaps reality for Tilt Brush inside the HTC...
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...
Easily Sharpen Vive and Rift Visuals With Supersampling Using ‘OpenVR Advanced Settings’
'OpenVR Advanced Settings' is a dashboard overlay that allows access to advanced functionality of any headset running SteamVR. The menu is accessible in VR, meaning you can easily adjust options such as supersampling without removing your headset.
Last year we...
Microsoft Preparing VR Capable Xbox One for Use with Oculus Rift, Reports Suggest
Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed 'Scorpio' to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting.
As the gaming industry and associated press wind the hype engine up in...
TPCAST Wireless VR Add-On Available Worldwide Q2 for $249
HTC has confirmed that the TPCAST wireless VR solution for the Vive VR headset will be available worldwide in Q2 this year at $249.
As predicted in our recent VR retrospective, there were a lot of companies showing solutions that...
Latest HTC Vives Are Shipping with Tweaked Base Stations, Redesigned Packaging
Although HTC has hardly even hinted at a Vive 2, the company is continuing to make subtle improvements to their first headset that's been selling in stores since April 2016. In addition to a 15% reduction in weight, the latest...
The 10 ‘Must-Have’ Oculus Rift Apps and Games of 2014
Any way you slice it, 2014 has been an incredible year for VR. So, as we rapidly approach the close of the best year consumer VR has ever known, we attempt the impossible and pick our 10 games or...
Hack Makes ‘Google Earth VR’ Compatible With Rift and Touch
Google Earth VR was launched this week to great excitement, except to Rift users who found out that the game wouldn't work with their headset. Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Steam VR’s Lighthouse Tracking System
Lighthouse is Valve's laser-based tracking system that forms the bedrock of Steam VR's input system. Alan Yates, Hardware Engineer at Valve was a key player in the system's design and implementation. Alan, frustrated with being asked the same questions...
How to Play ‘No Man’s Sky’ in VR (Warning: Strong Stomach Required)
This is how to get No Man's Sky running on your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset using the VR injection driver VorpX. Be warned though, you'll need to have an iron constitution before setting out.
No Man's Sky is a game...
Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Roomscale Dimensions Compared
Ahead of the launch of Oculus Touch, the company has finally detailed its 'experimental' camera arrangements for 360 degree and 'roomscale' tracking, allowing us to take a look at how those tracking volumes compare with the HTC Vive.
The Vive...
Leaked $800 PlayStation VR Price Was an Error, Says Sony
With rather curious timing, a day after Oculus Rift pre-orders became available, Amazon Canada let slip a listing for Sony's PlayStation VR headset.
As reported by Forbes, on January 7th, one day after Rift pre-orders opened, a PlayStation VR product...
SUPERHOT VR Dev Responds to Oculus Exclusivity Criticism, Free to Kickstarter Backers
One of the earlier titles to be used by Oculus to demonstrate the potential of virtual realit gaming SUPERHOT is to be completely reworked for a new VR specific version that's built for motion controls, and in particular Oculus...
$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need...
This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute...


















