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.

‘Kittypocalypse’ Review

Kittypocalypse is a first-person tower defense game for Oculus Rift that wants to liven up some pretty well-trodden territory. With its army of infectiously cute alien kitties waddling ever closer to your base, your only hope is to find the...

HTC Vive to Hit 100 US Stores, Orders Now Ship in 72 Hours Worldwide

HTC has announced that it's first VR headset, the SteamVR powered Vive, is to appear at 100 retail locations from this month and for those ordering online, they're promising to ship to you within 72 hours wherever you are...

How to Sharpen Rift Visuals with Supersampling Using Oculus Debug Tool

Tired of jumbo pixels muddling in-game detail on your Rift games? Wish there was a way to boost detail even on VR titles with no options? Then the Oculus Debug tool may just be your saviour, as long as...

Valve Updates ‘The Lab’, Now with Global Leaderboards and More

Valve's The Lab, the ridiculously fun Portal-themed tech demo for HTC Vive, recently released a new update that will have you sharpening your skills against the best in the world. Called the Appliance of Science Update, Valve is now including global...

Unreal Engine 4.12 is Out Now, Gets ‘VR Editor’, OSVR and Google VR Support

Epic Games' popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 now sporting Google VR 'Daydream' and OSVR native support. It also ships with a preview of the company's impressive VR Editor, which allows developers to...

Vanishing Realms Review

Garret Bullard hacks and slashes his way through the Zelda-esque, HTC Vive exclusive action RPG Vanishing Realms from one-man development team Indimo Labs, and finds one of the most engrossing room-scale VR experiences out there. Vanishing Realms Details: Official Site Developer: Indimo Labs LLC Available On: Steam (HTC...

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Preview

What do you get when you combine mandrake root, a ruby, and a suspicious red potion? How about eye of newt, a glowing green gemstone, and a foul yellow liquid? To be honest, I can't really remember, but whatever...
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‘Myst’ Spiritual Successor ‘Obduction’ Gets Street Date, Supports New Nvidia VR Tech

A street date for the long-awaited VR-enabled Obduction, created by Cyan, a development studio set up by some of the team behind classic PC adventure Myst, has finally been announced. Obduction was one of the very first titles we covered...

Valve Releases ‘The Lab’ Unity Renderer for Free

Valve have released the Unity based renderer for its superb VR experience collection The Lab in an effort to encourage adoption of what it sees as optimal rendering techniques for VR experiences. Although many probably assumed that Valve's collection of VR experiences,...

‘Pool Nation VR’ Review

Video games have induced many emotions inside me over the years but, I don’t think any of them felt as real as the shame I felt when the AI computer, on easy, sunk his final ball against me. As...
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HTC’s First Vive Game ‘Front Defense’ is a WWII Gallery Shooter

Computex 2016 is under way and HTC are out on the show floor in full force with a collection of titles showing off their Vive VR system. One of the titles developed by the company, playable for the first...

Save Babies from Imminent Danger in Rescuties! VR

If you've always thought of yourself as a hero, one that could step up to the plate when danger rears its head, Rescuties! VR may well be the game for you. Save babies and other helpless creatures in this...
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The Fearless Creativity of ‘Lucid Trips’ is Exactly What VR Needs to Thrive

Born out of a lengthy period of experimentation, Lucid Trips begins with a novel method of locomotion and follows through with a unique approach to game design and multiplayer interactivity. Lucid Trips is an excellent example of the sort of...
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MythBusters’ Adam Savage Steps Inside Nvidia’s ‘VR Funhouse’ Physics Playground

Nvidia takes Mythbuster's Adam Savage inside their VR Funhouse application which is a sandbox for new technologies made possible with the company's latest Pascal-based GPUs. Nvidia created VR Funhouse as an example application showcasing many of their proprietary real-time physics...

HP and MSI Show Off ‘PC on Your Back’ for Untethered Rift and Vive Sessions

HP and MSI are working on concept 'PC on your back' projects (often known as backtops) which opens the door to untethered PC-level virtual reality experiences by allowing you to carry around your VR experience without those trailing cables. A relatively...
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