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.

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.

‘Robinson: The Journey’ Launches on Steam with Critical Bug and Lack of Official Vive Support

After remaining a PSVR exclusive since its November release, Crytek's gorgeous Robinson: The Journey recently popped up on Oculus Home and has now come to Steam. Following the unfortunate lack of VR controller support, a rocky Steam release has been...

Watch: This Mobile VR Crane Simulator Showcases the Future of Industrial Training

Industrial Training International is readying their VR Mobile Crane Simulator for the March ConExpo Event in Las Vegas. The simulator uses an Oculus Rift headset in combination with a modular rig, in order to significantly reduce the costs of...

Valve’s ‘Steam Direct’ to Replace Controversial ‘Greenlight’ Voting System

Steam Direct, a new sign-up system for launching games on the store, is due to replace Greenlight in Spring 2017. Currently, any developer or publisher new to Steam is required to submit their game for approval through Greenlight, which...

Valve’s Gabe Newell Expects PC VR Headsets to Have Integrated Wireless in 2018

Valve chief Gabe Newell is optimistic about the future of VR, considering the studio is in development of three VR titles—not mini-games or experiences, but “full” VR games—but what about the future of VR hardware? During a recent press briefing...
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‘Project CARS 2’ Revealed with PC VR Support, PSVR in Development but Still Unconfirmed

Slightly Mad Studios has begun the promotional campaign for Project CARS 2, revealing a new trailer and some new details. Now due ‘late 2017’, the game has confirmed VR support for PC, while PSVR support is in development but not...

Valve Confirms Development on “three full [VR] games, not experiments”

Valve has confirmed that the company is in development of not one, but three "full" VR titles being built in conjunction with their ongoing VR development. The company behind some of the greatest games ever made—Half-Life, Portal, Counter Strike, Team...

‘Knockout League’ Early Access Review

Knockout League (2017) is a single-player, arcade-style boxing game that promises to get your heart pumping as you duck, block, and punch your way to victory. Harking back to NES classic Punch-Out!! (1987), you learn pretty quickly that a storm of punches—the moral equivalent...

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...
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Watch: IKinema’s HTC Vive Powered Full Body Motion Capture System is Impressive

Motion capture specialist IKinema has demonstrated its new in-development low-cost motion capture system which uses use 6 points of SteamVR tracking points to deliver a pretty accurate recreation of real world motion. The potential diversity of uses for Valve's SteamVR...

‘Affected: The Manor’ Coming to Rift Oculus Rift & Touch this Month, Vive to Follow

A popular horror title on Gear VR, the latest instalment of the Affected franchise will be coming to Oculus Rift with Touch motion controller support in February, according to developers Fallen Planet. The Affected series and developers Fallen Planet can...

Vive Consumer and Business Headsets Will Become Increasingly Differentiated VR Systems, Vive President Says

After launching the consumer HTC Vive in early 2016, the company began offering a $1,200 'Business Edition' version of the headset which is essentially the same system but with dedicated support, an enhanced warranty, and bulk buying options. Going...

‘Rec Room’ Studio Raises $5M “to continue to build the future of Social VR”

Seattle-based VR studio Against Gravity has today announced they have received $5M in seed funding to continue to build Rec Room, the studio's social VR platform. Only launching last summer, the app has quickly become a success story, winning over fans on both Steam and Oculus Home with...

‘Project CARS 2’ Leaked Footage Shows Progress on Sequel to VR-capable Racing Sim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YrrK92fQmk New footage from upcoming racing simulator Project CARS 2 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One has surfaced on YouTube. Slightly Mad Studios’ new game is expected to launch later this year with support for virtual reality like its predecessor,...

‘rEvolve’ Vive Flip-Up Head-Mount is Nearing Six Times its Kickstarter Goal

The third-party head-mount for the HTC Vive from SynergyWiz quickly reached its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter, and is now approaching 6x the required amount. The rEvolve is designed to improve comfort and adds a visor-flip function. We recently reported that...

‘Racket: Nx’ Early Access Review

 Developer: One Hamsa, Waves Audio Publisher: Keshet International Gaming Available On: SteamVR (HTC Vive) Reviewed on: HTC Vive Release Date: January 31, 2017 Note: This game is in Early Access which means the developers have deemed it incomplete and likely to see changes over time. This review is an...
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