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.

First Steam VR Controller Impressions “Utterly phenomenal”

HTC mentioned during their HTC Vive reveal yesterday that the new headset would be accompanied by new controllers, designed for VR. It seems that Scott Broock, VP of Content at Jaunt just got his hands on them, and was...

First HTC Vive / Steam VR Hands-On Preview Emerges “..it’s a massive game changer”

GDC 2015 has only just kicked off, but we're already starting to hear first-hand accounts of Valve's new HTC manufactured VR Headset, the Vive. HTC's Vive announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, is barely a day old...

HTC Vive and Steam VR has Google, HBO and Lionsgate as Content Developers

Yesterday, Valve and HTC revealed the 'Vive' VR headset, and there's some pretty big names already working on content for the headset. According to the Vive website, Google, HBO, and Lionsgate are already working to create content for the new headset...

Unreal Engine is Now Free for Everyone

In a surprise move, Epic has announced that its cutting-edge 3D engine 'Unreal' is now free to everyone who wants it. So what's the catch? Well, in short it seems there really isn't one. Epic's ethos is now "We succeed...

Speculation: HTC Vive’s Tracking Uses Inivisible, Projected Markers for 360 Degree Inside-Out Tracking

There's still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding HTC's Steam VR Headset the Vive, not least of which how exactly the tracking solution works. There is one theory that has emerged which does offer a plausible solution. Yesterday, in the chaos...

HTC’s Vive Launch Trailer is Beautiful Hype, and that’s OK

The HTC Vive, a virtual reality headset for Valve's SteamVR platform, was launched yesterday and it was accompanied by a lavish, high-concept trailer extolling the wonders of the new platform. As the virtual reality revolution has been built primarily by...

The Gallery to be Demo’d on Steam VR at GDC “You will not believe this tech”

Cloudhead Games, the developers behind the Kickstarter backed Oculus Rift adventure The Gallery have announced that not only have they been working on bringing their game to Steam VR and the freshly announced HTC Vive headset, but that they'll be...

HTC ‘Vive’ Tech Specs Revealed, Dual 1200×1080 Panels @ 90Hz plus “laser position sensor”

Now that the official website for the freshly announced HTC 'Vive' the new SteamVR based virtual reality headset built in partnership with Valve, we can dig a little into the onboard hardware. So far, it doesn't disappoint.   HTC 'Vive' technical...

Owlchemy Labs Announce New Valve Steam VR Based Project, Debuts at GDC 2015

Hot on the heels of HTC's suprise 'Vive' VR Headset announcement - a partnership with Valve, Owlchemy labs has teased it's newest virtual reality IP, to debut on Valve's Steam VR platform. Owlchemy labs have been at the forefront of...

HTC and Valve Announces New VR Headset ‘Vive’ Partnership –Breaking

At HTC's 'Utopia' event at the Mobile World Conference, the company just announced a partnership with gaming giant Valve, seemingly including the production of a new VR headset. We're gathering info, but it seems the unit which comprises '70 sensors'...
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This Stunning Virtual Realisation of Venice is Available for Oculus Rift Now

Virtual Architectural Visualisation is one of many non-gaming applications for virtual reality, and one that's seeing growth. UE4Arch is a company dedicated to creating and selling hyper-realistic virtual creations that can be experienced in virtual reality. The company works in Unreal...

This Uncovered Silhouette May Be the First Glimpse of the SteamVR Headset

So you've probably heard by now that Valve is set to reveal a SteamVR Dev Kit come GDC 2015 next week. Well, some folks poking around their website found a photo hidden in the source code that reveals what...

Valve Has Tips, Tricks, and VR Standards to Share at GDC 2015

Valve isn't holding another Steam Dev Days this year, a developers conference organized by the company in 2014. Instead they seem to be focusing their developer outreach energy on March's rapidly approaching Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Alex...

Adventures in Multiplayer VR with Radial-G and an Oculus Rift LAN Party

Take a room full of geeks, a collection of networked gaming PCs, a trio of Oculus Rift DK2s and the latest virtual reality racers and what do you have? A somewhat unconventional christmas party. The place, an office building somewhere in the...

AMD to Share Low-Latency VR GPU Rendering Tricks at GDC 2015

GDC 2015 is just around the corner and the event's conference schedule has revealed that semiconductor giant AMD will be sharing tips and tricks designed to help developers targeting virtual reality to get the best performance for virtual reality from the company's...
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