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.

‘Assetto Corsa’ Racing Sim Adds Support for Vive & OSVR via Native OpenVR

This week's v1.13 update to Assetto Corsa includes native OpenVR support, adding official Vive and OSVR support to the title. The popular racing simulator previously only supported the Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive owners had to use the Revive hack...

This Free ‘Halo: Combat Evolved’ PC Mod Brings VR Support to the OG of Shooters

Halo Combat Evolved (2001) released on the Xbox over two decades ago, but thanks to this mod, you can now play the original PC version in VR, which critically includes motion controller support. The mod, called 'HaloCEVR', was created by modder 'LivingFray',...

Tate Modern’s ‘Modigliani VR: The Ochre Atelier’ Experience Comes to Viveport

HTC has now published the Modigliani VR experience, The Ochre Atelier, on Viveport. As a focal point at the Modigliani exhibition currently still in rotation at Tate Modern in London, the experience takes you to the early 20th century Parisian studio of famous painter and sculptor...

Pimax Says ‘VR Station’ PC VR Console is Still in Development

Two and a half years ago, Pimax announced VR Station, a compact, console-like computer for running PC VR content that would be wirelessly streamed to its Reality "12K" and Crystal headsets. And while the "12K" still hasn't shipped (and...

Steam VR GDC Content Partner VR Headset “V minus-1” Revealed

Valve is revealing the evolutionary steps its developer edition Steam VR headset the HTC Vive took before reaching GDC 2015. As part of their Steam VR mini-museum, they've shown the headset that content partners demonstrating applications and software at GDC 2015...

OSVR Launches Pre-orders for HDK 2 VR Headset, Begins Shipping July 29

Starting today OSVR is taking pre-orders for the HDK 2, the modular, open source ‘Hacker Development Kit’ VR headset which the organization says will ship starting on July 29th. Sold in its basic configuration for $399, the new HDK 2 will be largely the same...
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‘XLR’ is an Evolution of Tower Defence With Room-scale VR on HTC Vive

Developers Metaware Limited are working to utilise virtual reality and HTC Vive's room-scale talents to evolve the familiar genre of Tower Defence with some unique gameplay innovations that only really work in VR. It's called XLR. Tower defence, the mainstay of...
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17 Minutes of Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’, Gameplay Video Here

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an upcoming sci-fi adventure set in the lost and forgotten Horus space station. Created by Finland-based 3rd Eye Studios, the minds behind the game recently put out an extended look at some of the its...

‘Boneworks’ Outpaces ‘Beat Saber’ to 100K Units, Earns an Estimated $3M in First Week

Action-physics adventure game Boneworks released earlier this month to a strong reception despite little formal marketing. The title surpassed 100,000 players in its first week, reeling in an estimated $3 million in revenue despite being available on just one of...

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Room-scale VR Fan Remake Puts You Face-to-face with Freddy Fazbear

Just in time for the spookiest time of year is a new VR fan remake of Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) that brings some of the horror of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza to room-scale VR. Although it only gives you two nights...

‘Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine’ Coming to HTC Vive, Leaked Trailer Indicates

Star Wars is coming to the HTC Vive courtesy of ILMxLab we now know, thanks to the experience's trailer leaking briefly. It's to be called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine and this is what it looks like. The experimental arm of the special...
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New ‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Trailer Shows Off New Boss, Gameplay & More Ahead of December Release

Skydance's Behemoth is coming to all major VR headsets in December, and developer Skydance Games has entered full hype mode with the release of its latest trailer, which shows off a new Behemoth and a good slice of fresh gameplay. Ahead...
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‘Forestry’s’ Procedural Mesh System Offers Unique VR Crafting & Destruction

Procedural mesh destruction and construction underpins Decoder VR’s first title, Forestry, which just launched on Steam. Built for Vive, Rift and PSVR, the game’s fully destructible world presents a vast forest for the player to cut to pieces, which...

‘Sprint Vector’ Review – Innovative Locomotion Makes Adrenaline-soaked Foot Racing a Reality

Sprint Vector (2018) is a VR racing game of a different stripe. Dubbed an "adrenaline platformer" by production studio Survios, the developers behind Raw Data (2017), it actually sticks to some pretty well-established arcade racing tropes pioneered by the Mario Kart franchise. Still, it's...

HTC Says Vive 2 Will Come When It Can Offer “really meaningful innovation”

In a recent interview, HTC Vive General Manager Daniel O’Brien provided a carefully-worded answer when asked specifically about a ‘Vive 2’. HTC’s current VR headset is now over year old; PC VR hardware cycles are anticipated to last somewhere...
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