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.

Valve is Investing in Wireless VR via Video Streaming Company Nitero

Valve's annual Steam Dev Days event is underway and news about how the company is investing in VR's future is seeping out. One interesting development is that they're reportedly investing in 60Ghz wireless video streaming specialists Nitero, with a view...

Valve: 300 Companies Already Planning to Use SteamVR Tracking Tech

Valve have revealed that their room-scale tracking technology SteamVR has now been licensed to over 300 companies, many of which plan to release products integrating the tech in 2017. Valve's pseudo-annual developer focused event 'Steam Dev Days' will kick off...

VR First-Person Shooters & eSports with ‘World War Toons’

At PAX West, Reload Studios made a strong push for cultivating World War Toons as a VR eSports title. They were livestreaming a couple of shoutcasters announcing a four-on-four player capture the flag game of World War Toons, which...

Send HTC Your Idea for a Vive Accessory and Win a Free HTC Vive

The Vive's Lighthouse tracking system is an impressive piece of tech, considering it boasts sub-millimeter, 3D room-scale positional tracking for a VR headset and hand controllers using lasers. But haven't you ever wished the Vive controllers could be used for more...

Lionsgate Bringing 7 Minute Preview of ‘John Wick VR’ to New York Comic Con

Lionsgate have announced that the VR experience based on the Keanu Reeves film John Wick is to be previewed next week at NYC's Comic Con, where attendees will be treated to a 7 minute sneak peek of the Starbreeze developed...

‘Out of Ammo’ Review

Out of Ammo is a real time strategy game that combines base building with the ability to step into the boots of individual soldiers for some first person action. Out of Ammo features eight playable maps as well as three...

‘Grav|Lab’ Lets you Build Incredible Machines with Oculus Touch and HTC Vive

Grav|Lab is a physics-centric puzzler which has you devising ever more elaborate ways to guide balls from one point to another. A simple premise, but one that lools instantly appealing. One of the HTC Vive's most effective showcases early on was...

Steam Now Boasts More than 600 VR Games and Apps, 30% of Top 10 Steam Games...

Focusing on cross-headset support, Valve aims to make Steam the go-to place for virtual reality content distribution. Now touting more than 600 VR titles, the platform's VR apps are steadily rising through the ranks of the entire Steam library. Among Steam's...

Ninja Theory’s ‘DEXED’ is a Gorgeous Dream-like On-Rails Shooter

Built as part of an in-house game jam, Ninja Theory's debut VR title DEXED is a beautiful on-rails shooter that pulls inspiration from the Sega Saturn classic Panzer Dragoon and a dash of cult shooter Ikaruga. It's interesting to see older,...

‘Alien: Isolation’ is One of VR’s Missed Opportunities, But There’s Still Hope

Alien: Isolation is one of the best VR games never released. We look back at why the title was so revered by VR enthusiasts and that there's now finally hope we'll see an official VR release after all. One of the...

This Fun PvP Vive Game Brings Frantic Bomberman-Style Action to VR

MNGOVR's new title for HTC Vive is a wildly colourful and fantastically fun PVP title which seemingly draws inspiration from the Hudson Soft classic Bomberman and is at once wonderfully simple and frantically addictive. Bomberman from Hudson Soft represented some...

Futuretown is Bringing Motion Platform Arcade Thrills to VR

Taipei based virtual reality company Futuretown is planning to build a out of home destination where you can experience custom built VR game experiences built for and enhanced by 3 different motion platforms. The rampant rise of video games in...

Innoactive’s ‘VR Suitcase’ is a Portable, Self-Contained HTC Vive Demo Station

Innoactive has answered the call of nomadic VR developers on-the-go with a super slick portable pop-up, self-powered Vive station in a case, it's called the VR Suitcase and it'll put a serious dent in your wallet. Whilst the HTC Vive...

Second-gen Lighthouse Chip Could Improve Tracking, Reduce Cost of HTC Vive 2

A new chip that Valve is recommending for use in future SteamVR headsets and accessories brings improved performance and significant power reduction compared to the first generation solution along with potential manufacturing savings. An essential component in the first generation HTC...

Spherica’s Stabilization Technology Used in HBO’s ‘Westworld’ VR Experience

HBO premiered a VR experience for their new Westworld series at TechCrunch Disrupt, and they used Spherica's camera stabilization technology in order to pull off an extended live-action tracking shot in VR. Common advice given to new VR filmmakers...
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