PC VR News & Reviews
The latest PC VR news. In this section you'll find SteamVR reviews, games, and news on Valve's latest moves in XR and spatial computing.
GDC 2018 ‘Day 2’ Roundup – ‘Budget Cuts’ Hands-On, Google Maps and ARCore, Squanch Games’ Exclusive,...
Here’s a roundup of news from the second day of our GDC 2018 coverage. We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games' Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing...
Acer: ‘We’re continuing to explore & invest in XR’
Following confirmation of the cancellation of its latest ConceptD OJO VR headset, Acer says it's still in the XR game.
Earlier this week Acer confirmed that it decided to cancel its ConceptD OJO headset; it had been 10 months since...
XR News Bits – New Quest Games, Unexpected Updates, and the First Open Platform for Spatial...
In this edition of XR News Bits we've got a handful of noteworthy Quest games (some also on PC VR), an unexpected update from a VR game release more than two years ago, and the first open streaming platform...
Source 2 Tools Will Ship with ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ for VR Content from the Modding Community
Half-Life: Alyx is due to launch in March 2020; alongside it, Valve plans to release tools for its Source 2 engine which will let community creators build more VR content for the game and beyond.
Modding has long been a...
$50,000 Up for Grabs in Viveport Developer Awards, Submissions Now Open
Last year marked HTC's very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, submissions for this year's VDAs are open, spanning more categories than last year, including...
‘Cloudborn’ Hands-on – Reaching for Intuitive & Comfortable Locomotion
Cloudborn is an indie first-person VR exploration game, currently available on Steam Early Access, where the player is tasked with ‘cleansing the corruption’ by traversing the world to reach 'cores' using an intuitive climbing mechanic. Unfortunately, the “melancholic journey of...
‘Bigscreen’ Free Screenings of ‘Top Gun’ in 3D Start Today, Check Showtimes Here
Social VR app Bigscreen is teaming up with Paramount Pictures to debut a new virtual cinema inside of Bigscreen. The cinema will operate much like a real movie theater, offering timed screenings of Top Gun (1986) in 3D, free for a limited...
Play ‘Eleven: Table Tennis VR’ on Rift for Free This Weekend
For Fun Labs, the developers behind Eleven: Table Tennis VR (2016), are hosting a free weekend for Rift players this week on Oculus Home.
Eleven: Table Tennis VR offers online multiplayer or practice with AI, and features cross-play between both the Steam (Vive & Rift) and Oculus...
‘Seeking Dawn’ to See “huge” Content Update Closer to Launch on PSVR
Multiverse Entertainment, the studio behind VR sci-fi shooter Seeking Dawn (2018), recently announced their 10+ hour title is due for a "huge content" update, which is said to arrive sometime before the game makes its way to PSVR.
The team initially...
Latest Steam VR Headset Marketshare Data Stable Among Vive, Rift, & WVR
Valve’s latest monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey is available. While the last few months have seen ups and downs, July turned out to be a surprisingly stable month for all the headsets on the map.
Each month, Valve runs...
‘Metro Awakening VR’ Coming to Major VR Headsets from ‘Arizona Sunshine’ Studio, Trailer Here
The rumors were true: Vertigo Games and Deep Silver announced today during PlayStation's State of Play showcase that they're bringing the post-apocalyptic world of Metro to PSVR 2, Meta Quest 2/3/Pro and SteamVR headsets.
According to the studios, Metro Awakening is...
Update to ‘PSVR 2 App’ for SteamVR Makes it Easier to Diagnose Controller Tracking Issues
Sony has released an update to the PlayStation VR2 App which allows the headset to be used with SteamVR content. The update makes it easier to diagnose controller tracking issues which have been proven problematic.
The latest update to PlayStation VR2...
‘Puzzling Places’ is Finally Coming to PC, Arriving with VR and Flatscreen Support
Puzzling Places (2021) has been a long-time favorite immersive puzzle game, bringing a heap of its real-world scanned 3D jigsaw puzzles to players in both virtual and mixed reality. Now developer Realities.io is preparing to release it on PC, which...
HTC and Gaming Giant IGT Partner on VR Tournament Platform for Casinos
HTC is expanding its out-of-home VR entertainment reach with a new deal with gaming giant IGT that will see its Vive hardware and software power a new competitive VR initiative where players compete for real money stakes.
The recent reveal...
This Custom ‘Beat Saber’ Level on Expert Turns DragonForce up to Eleven
Since indie developers Hyperbolic Magnetism endorsed a few community-made level editors for their hit VR rhythm game Beat Saber (2018), people have been adding their own tracks to the lightsaber-wielding slicefest; it's not only let creators up the difficulty, but also made...



















