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.

VR Lens Lab Brings Prescription Lenses to Rift and Vive, Kickstarter Now Live

The makers of VR Cover and Gauss Eyewear today announced their newest crowdfunding project which aims to deliver specially-made prescription lens holders for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Much like their previous Gear VR lens campaign, VR Lens Lab has...

‘Budget Cuts’ Demo Now Available for Download on HTC Vive

https://youtu.be/gbp7xX9QPOc Budget Cuts, a first-person stealth assassin game from Neat Corporation, isn't out just yet, but HTC Vive owners can now dive into the formerly press-only demo. Budget Cuts was one of the first VR games to weave a portal locomotion technique directly into...

Surreal Experimental Art & ‘BLARP!’s Unique Physics-Based Game Mechanic

VR has the capability to take us into completely new realms, and experimental artist Isaac "Cabbibo" Cohen has been creating some of the most surreal and transportive experiences that I've seen. I had a chance to try out a...
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Valve Proclaims “VR IS HERE” to Millions of Steam Users, New Vive Promo Focuses on Group-Play

Valve is pushing the HTC Vive in full force today—no surprise considering it's the official launch day of the SteamVR-compatible headset. Adding to proclamation that "VR is here," which is smack dab on Steam's front page that nearly tens of...

Valve’s Chet Faliszek on HTC Vive Launch Title Highlights

Valve's Chet Faliszek has been a key virtual reality evangelist & developer relations liaison over the past couple of years for the HTC Vive, and I had a chance to sit down with him at GDC as they were...

EVE: Valkyrie is Coming to HTC Vive this Year, CCP Confirms

It seems that the game people most associate with and indeed shipped alongside the Oculus Rift, is coming to the HTC Vive this year. EVE:Valkyrie has evolved alongside the Oculus Rift since the early days and the association with the...

HTC Vive Review: A Mesmerising VR Experience, if You Have the Space

We go hands on with Valve and HTC’s new room-scale virtual reality system the Vive and discover that with incredible VR experiences come great real estate requirements. We’ve been reporting on virtual reality since 2011 here at Road to VR, and it’s...
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4 Videos That Take You Inside Valve’s ‘The Lab’

The HTC Vive is here, and we're finally allowed to show you The Lab, Valve's Portal-themed playground of VR demos that gives you a beautifully cohesive tour of what's possible with room-scale VR. To get a better look at just what it had...
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New ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Mixed-Reality Trailer Teases Twitch Chat Integration

Fantastic Contraption, a building game from Northway Games, is launching tomorrow alongside the HTC Vive, and you'd be forgiven if you're caught drooling over the newest peek into the studio's mixed reality gameplay teaser. We know we are. Twitch streamers may have noticed...
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Step into Distant Lands With ‘Realities’, Launching Free on HTC Vive April 5th

Realities is a collection of incredibly detailed virtual environments created with a technique called photogrammetry. It's about the closest thing we've seen yet to teleportation, and you'll be able to check it out for yourself come April 5th, when...

How to Use the Oculus Rift With SteamVR in 4 Steps

Although Valve is now prompting Rift users to install SteamVR, there's more steps to actually get the Oculus Rift working with Steam. In a few quick steps you can use your Oculus Rift to play Steam and SteamVR games....

HTC Vive Orders Being Cancelled Due to Payment Processing Issues – UPDATED

It seems HTC are experiencing technical issues with their payment processing systems and customers' banks which are leading to some pre-orders for their forthcoming HTC Vive VR system being cancelled. So it seems it's not just Oculus who are experiencing...

HTC Vive Consumer Edition Has Landed, We Unbox Room-scale VR

The HTC Vive is due to land on people's doorsteps from April 5th, and our in depth review is on its way then too. In the mean time, here's a sneak peek at what you can expect to get in...

HTC Launches Vive App on iOS to Keep You Connected While in VR

It's been known since early 2016 that HTC planned to integrate bluetooth into the Vive headset to allow your phone to talk to the headset while you're in VR, but we didn't know what platforms or specific functionality would...

Valve Now Prompting Rift Owners to Install SteamVR

Although Valve has buddied up with HTC to create the Vive as SteamVR's flagship headset, the company has made it clear that they want SteamVR to be headset agnostic. Now Steam is identifying Rift users and prompting them to install...
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