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.
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...
SteamVR Now Lets You Skin Your Controllers and Base Stations
OK, so perhaps not the most revolutionary of updates, but certainly a fun feature addition to the latest SteamVR build is the ability to customise the look of your SteamVR controllers and, should the mood strike you, your base...
‘NewRetroArcade: Neon’ Bringing Multiplayer and “Huge Amount of New Content” to HTC Vive
Developer Digital Cybercherries has today announced plans to develop a new version of their acclaimed virtual arcade. NewRetroArcade: Neon will be built for SteamVR and will include multiplayer, motion-controls, and room-scale capability for the HTC Vive.
Launched all the way back in 2014, NewRetroArcade is a...
Review: ‘ABE VR’ Puts You at the Mercy of a Robot’s Bloodthirsty Search for Love
Hammerhead VR is soon to launch their début VR film experience ABE VR, a horror experience based on the striking short film ABE (2013) from Writer / Director Rob McLellan. I find out what it's like to be the object of affection for a...
Developer Teases Room-scale Version of ‘New Retro Arcade’ for HTC Vive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouwgk2mNIvU
New Retro Arcade is easily the best virtual reality arcade experience we've seen yet, but it was released prior to the introduction of motion controls from HTC and Oculus and before room-scale gameplay. Somehow the game seems like it was designed...
Watch: ‘High Fidelity’ Live Demo at SVVR 2016, Beta Client Access Available Now
High Fidelity describes itself as an "open source, shared Virtual Reality" application which gives people a virtual platform to build whatever universe they want and share it with others. The app just opened its door to beta testers, and...
Review: ‘Fated’ is a Viking Age Adventure That Plays a Number on Your Heartstrings
I try not to let my emotions get the better of me, but in Fated: The Silent Oath, a first-person action-adventure game recently released for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, there's really nothing I could do to ward off the strange feeling...
First Look: ‘TheWave’ Lets DJs Drop the Beat in VR
DJs looking to hone their musical craft in front of a live audience - or perhaps those looking for a more stimulating way to mix music - can rejoice. TheWave from developer WaveVR is looking to provide DJs with a psychedelic...
HTC Just Earmarked $100 Million to Invest in VR Content, Applications Open Today
Looking to get your VR project off the ground? HTC might be able to help. The company has just announced a $100 million fund attached to the 'Vive X' accelerator program.
Announced at an HTC conference today in Beijing, Vive X...
‘BigScreen’ Lets You Throw Virtual LAN Parties, Desktop Mirroring in VR
BigScreen is a social VR app currently in beta for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that lets you livestream your monitor to friends in an online environment, essentially letting you throw a virtual LAN party or movie night with your best...
Project Sansar ‘Creator Preview’ Sign Ups are Now Open, Launches in Summer
Project Sansar from Second Life creator Linden Lab is a new virtual world, built for virtual reality which promises world building tools capable of generating beautiful, shareable worlds online. Now, Linden Lab has announced it's opened the sign up process...
Valve & Lionsgate Bringing 100 Feature Films to Steam That You Can Watch in a VR...
In an interesting announcement today which sees Valve's Steam platform becoming increasingly competitive toward video distribution platforms like Amazon Video, Lionsgate will be making more than 100 films available for purchase through the platform, and you'll be able to...
Zotac Has an Untethered VR PC Solution for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
Small form factor PC specialist Zotac are about to enter the virtual reality hardware race with a nifty solution to your tethered, cable-lugging room-scale VR woes; A portable PC that can be strapped to your back.
Consumer virtual reality is...
‘HTC Vive’ App Returns to iOS to Keep You (Somewhat) Connected to Your iPhone Inside the...
While we first saw the HTC Vive iOS app appear at the end of March, it had vanished by the Vive's April 5th launch day. Now the app has returned to the App Store to keep you connected to your...
Comparing ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ VR Experiences: Oculus Rift Vs PlayStation VR
This week at Fanfest 2016, CCP Games has announced that EVE: Valkyrie will not only find its way to all three major VR headsets, but will also allow cross-platform play between them. We went hands-on with PC and console versions...




















