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.
Valve, Bossa Studios and Vertigo Games Talk Steam VR at EGX Rezzed, Video Now Up
After HTC's surprise announcement at MWC and the subsequent VR frenzy of GDC, it became apparent some lucky developers had had their hands on early Steam VR hardware for some time. Two of them are Bossa Studios' (Surgeon Simulator)...
First-Time Reactions from Oculus’ Crescent Bay and HTC’s Vive VR Headsets, 24 Hours Apart
After months of hearing about Oculus' latest prototype VR headset, Crescent Bay, and pining after a session with the bleeding edge device for so long, I finally secured a demo with the Crescent Bay prototype at this year's GDC. What I...
SteamVR Gameplay from ‘The Gallery: Six Elements’ Demo Shows Intuitive Interaction
SteamVR made a powerful debut at last week's GDC 2015. Valve collaborated with a diverse group of indie VR developers to create demos for the system. Now SteamVR gameplay footage has emerged from The Gallery: Six Elements demo.
See Also: HTC...
Skyworld Trailer Reveals Epic New Steam VR TBS Game for HTC Vive
Valve and their partner HTC stole VR enthusiasts' hearts at GDC last week when the unveiled their Steam VR platform. Now, a new game coming to Steam VR, Skyworld, demonstrates a use for that room-space tracking with this debut...
Reload Studios to Unveil and Demo New VR Shooter at VRLA Spring Expo
Reload Studios, a group comprising ex Infinity Ward and Disney veterans, are due to officially unveil their previously teased multi-player VR shooter at the next VRLA Spring Expo on March 22nd.
The Virtual Reality Los Angeles (VRLA) meetup has grown and...
HTC Vive and SteamVR Hands-on – A Stage of Constant Presence
Last week at GDC, Valve revealed not just a headset, but a stage upon which pioneering storytellers and game designers will create the first VR experiences of a defining platform.
Since the Oculus Rift Kickstarter back in 2012, virtual reality headsets...
‘Recent History of VR’ Cartoon from Cloudhead Games is Fun if Incomplete
Resident programmer at Cloudhead Games has illustrated (literally) the huge progress that's been made in the last few years in VR hardware, culminating obviously in GDC 2015 and it's Valve Steam VR revelations.
It's sometime difficult to take stock of...
Inside the David Cronenberg VR Experience with the Developers Who Met Him
Body/Mind/Change is a trans-media experience that was built to accompany a recent celebration of film director David Cronenberg and his work. As part of the project Blair Renaud, developer of Technolust, got to meet the man behind Scanners and The...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Steam VR’s Lighthouse Tracking System
Lighthouse is Valve's laser-based tracking system that forms the bedrock of Steam VR's input system. Alan Yates, Hardware Engineer at Valve was a key player in the system's design and implementation. Alan, frustrated with being asked the same questions...
New Steam Page Suggests HTC Vive November Release
We know that HTC and valve plan to ship Steam VR products such as the Vive VR headset by the end of the year. Are these new pages shows in Steam's client application and website, confirmation we may have it...
Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ Portal VR Demo Leaked
Steam VR is taking GDC 2015 by storm with the HTC Vive VR Headset being demonstrated along with the dedicated, laser tracked controllers. One of the demo's is a new, special version of Portal built for virtual reality. Here's...
Valve Presents – glNext: The Future of High Performance Graphics – Live Blog @ 10am PST
"Join us for the unveiling of Khronos' glNext initiative, the upcoming cross-platform graphics API designed for modern programming techniques and processors. glNext will be the singular choice for developers who demand peak performance in their applications. We will present...
Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap – Day 2
Time to check in with our pals Ben Lang and Scott Hayden right outside the GDC showroom floor for another update on all of the exciting VR news from today.
Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap - Day 2
http://www.reverendkyle.com/media/com_podcastmanager/GDC2015_Recap2.mp3
It's been...
Valve Reveals Timeline of Vive Prototypes, We Chart it For You
Welcome to Valve's Steam VR Mini-museum
Virtual reality is still in its infancy. Many hard problems are being worked through and thus, the hardware to deliver compelling VR experiences is still evolving. Anyone who's followed the VR space for a while...
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...




















