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.
SUPERHOT Beta Released Along with New Gameplay Video
The bullet time infused action game SUPERHOT has just released a beta version of the game to Kickstarter backers and a new video showing gameplay from the new release.
SUPERHOT has enjoyed a good amount of publicity since its successfully...
‘Vivecraft’ Demo Shows Just How Amazing Minecraft and More Will Be with Natural Input
A developer at Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garry's Mod, has whipped up a Minecraft VR prototype for the HTC Vive. Thanks to natural input devices like the SteamVR controllers, interaction and manipulation will be beyond anything gamers have seen...
HTC Vive World Tour Makes 6 Stops in August, Your Chance to Try ‘Room Scale’ SteamVR
Want to step inside the HTC Vive and SteamVR? HTC continues their 'Vive World Tour', hauling the headset around the US and beyond to give folks a chance to try out the new headset. The tour makes five stops...
Insider Notes from the HTC Vive VR Jam at London’s Playhubs
The HTC Vive came to London recently, courtesy of Valve and PlayHubs, to form the centrepiece of a dedicated VR Jam. Mike Algar charts his room-scale developer adventures for us in this guest post from inside the event.
Mike Alger is...
Crytek’s David Bowman “We’re One of the Largest VR Teams on the Planet”
Revealing one of the most polished VR demos we've seen to date, CryEngine and Crysis developer Crytek were in fighting form at E3 in Los Angeles this year. We speak to Director of Production David Bowman who was bullish about...
2016 Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Makes 360 Video Appearance
U.S. Senator (D) and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders yesterday made a VR appearance at a fund raising event captured by Los Angeles based 360 studio Virtuality Lab.
Whether U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders makes it to the White House or not in...
The HTC Vive is Coming to Gamescom 2015, Register Now to Try it
The HTC Vive is on the move. As part of the company's 'World Tour', they're bringing their Steam VR flagship VR headset to Cologne, Germany so that attendees of Gamescom can see what all the fuss is about.
The HTC Vive,...
This Full Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ VR Demo is Wonderful and Spoilerific
*** Warning: This Video Contains Spoilers ***
Watch as an anonymous player works through Valve's Aperture Science demo, built to demonstrate the capabilities of Valve's new virtual reality technology - HTC Vive.
At the PlayHubs game jam in London last week...
Oculus Sign “Largest Live-action VR Deal to Date” with Felix & Paul Studios
Cinematic 360 specialists Felix & Paul, the team behind Cirque Du Soleil's 'Zarkana' and Inside the Box of Kurios, have been signed by Oculus for a multi-project, multi-experience 'pact' to create 360 content for the Rift and Samsung Gear VR.
Cinematic...
Radial-G Update #4 Adds Oculus SDK 0.6.0 Support, “Gruelling” Single Player Campaign
Tammeka Games' Radial-G, the futuristic 'Wipeout' inspired racer built from the ground up for VR support, has just been updated with Oculus SDK 0.6.0 support and the addition of a challenging new single player campaign.
The latest update to Radial-G has...
‘Blocked In’ Creator Daniël Ernst on the Art of the Virtual Reality Diorama
Daniël Ernst is the founder and sole member of The Shoebox Diorama, a production company dedicated to exploring the brand new artistic possibilities of a new genre, the virtual reality diorama.
Ernst has thus far eschewed VR's early rush for cheap thrills...
GameFace Mobile VR Headset Will Also Tether to PCs Through Valve’s OpenVR
GameFace Labs showed off their latest prototype mobile VR headset at E3 last week, a device that promises to deliver both a standalone Android-based mobile VR experience and a tethered PC experience in the same headset.
GameFace calls their prototype headset a head...
CryEngine 3.8.1 Released, Adds Oculus Rift and Linux Support
Crytek have announced the launch of the latest iteration of their CryEngine game engine. The big news is, it finally includes native support for the Oculus Rift VR headset.
CryTek are another company seemingly reinvigorated in the face of the...
‘Tilt Brush’ Live Exhibition Paints VR in an Artistic Light
Tilt Brush's first painting exhibition, a gathering that took place last weekend in San Francisco, was organized to showcase a select group of artists using the made-for-VR painting program. Though VR headsets are largely known for enhancing immersion in gaming, Tilt Brush...
Crytek’s ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Prototype Playthrough Video
Crytek's new virtual reality demo prototype which debuts at E3 this week, is an impressive testament to Crytek's renewed commitment to VR. Here's a video playthrough and some thoughts from my time with the 'Robinson: The Journey' Prototype.
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