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.

‘Elite: Dangerous’ to Get HTC Vive Support this Year, Play it on SteamVR at EGX 2015

Elite: Dangerous is getting support for Valve's flagship VR headset the HTC Vive later this year. What's more, if you're in the UK and heading to this week's EGX 2015 show, you'll have a chance to try it out. Elite:...
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This ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ VR Scene is Re-created Straight from a Blu-Ray Disc

This impressive virtual reality recreation of Mad Max: Fury Road is extrapolated entirely from frames on a Blu-Ray disc, opening up the possibility for a new sub genre of homebrew VR experiences. Photogrammetry is the process of capturing objects or environments...
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New Valve ‘DOTA 2 Secret Shop’ and ‘Aperture Science’ HTC Vive Gameplay is the Best Yet

The HTC Vive, despite its levels of public exposure in recent months, still has an air of mystery surrounding it and in particular certain demo's used to impress those who've tried it. 2 of the most anticipated (and least...
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‘Stacks’ 2.0 Prototype Adds Multiplayer and More with Vive Support Coming Soon

Stacks is a prototype VR experience in the works by the creators of Convrge. Still in its basic early stages, but somehow mesmerizing, Stacks allow you to craft a tiny Lego-like creation out of cubes as a gigantic mirror version...
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Exclusive: New P.O.L.L.E.N Gameplay Highlights Eerie Visuals and Intriguing Puzzles

POLLEN is an upcoming first-person sci-fi puzzle exploration game produced by Finland based Mindfield Games. Taking you to the far-off research station on the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, you follow an ominous quest to explore a mysterious time-bending phenomenon that has taken hold of the...
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New ‘Foxhole’ HTC Vive Concept Footage Released from The Virtual Dutchmen

The Virtual Dutchmen, a Netherlands based VR studio, has come out with a second video showing their HTC Vive concept Foxhole. The team had originally planned to build a tower defense game, but opted to go for a 'King of the...

‘Blocked In’ VR Diorama Gets Visual Overhaul and Oculus Runtime v0.7 Update

One of the most original, visually arresting and sombre VR experiences, Blocked In, has just received an update bringing with it a host updates from reworked geometry to Oculus runtime 0.7 support. This test version of the much loved Blocked...

‘The Vanishing of Ethan Carter’ VR Support Removed in Patch, Developer Teases Future VR DLC

Well, this has been a small roller-coaster. First the new UE4 Redux of acclaimed mystery adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, did have VR support out of the box, then the developer admitted this was a mistake and now...

Vote in NVIDIA’s ‘Tilt Brush’ Contest For Your Chance to Win a GTX 980 Ti

Six game industry artists converged on NVIDIA's booth at PAX Prime 2015 recently to take part in an art contest using Google's VR painting program, Tilt Brush. You could win a NVIDIA's flagship VR-ready GPU, the GTX 980 Ti, just by voting for...

AltspaceVR Now Supports HTC Vive, Making for 3 VR Headsets in Cross Platform Space

AltspaceVR today announced that the social VR platform will be receiving official support for HTC Vive, the first consumer VR headset to integrate large-scale positional tracking. After yesterday's announcement that the VR social space would soon be getting mobile support via...
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6 Game Industry Artists Let Loose in HTC Vive ‘Tilt Brush’ Competition

NVIDIA's booth at PAX Prime 2015 recently saw a special competition that put six game industry artists to task, where they created wild and wonderful sculptures—not with complicated CAD software though, but rather with the help of Tilt Brush, a VR creation tool coming...
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First Look: Vive Chief Content Officer Phil Chen on VR’s Role in the Evolution of Storytelling

Virtual reality pushes the capabilities of computers like no other current technology; putting a 3D world in front of you and making it interactive requires a lot of power. But the payoff? A new medium that directly engages with...
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This HTC Vive PAX Reactions Video is Pure, Honest Hype

The HTC team are in marketing overdrive mode right now, with an estimated arrival date for their (and Valve's) first VR headset slated for the end of the year (albeit in limited numbers), the team's whistle stop 'world' tour...

‘Everspace’ Blasts Through Kickstarter Goal, Raises Almost Half a Million Dollars

The extremely promising looking space combat shooter Everspace, focused on accessibility and adrenaline rather than space trading, has completed its Kickstarter campaign, raising a whopping 420,252 EUR ($477,139) of it's original 225,000 EUR target. Everspace is a space shooter which...
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Watch a Disney Animation Legend Learn to Draw in VR

In a short film exploring the evolution of storytelling, veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, creator of some of the most iconic characters of all time, steps into virtual reality to learn how to draw in virtual reality, with Tilt Brush and...
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