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.
‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Launches on Vive and Rift
Batman: Arkham VR (2016) is one of PlayStation VR's top games, and an exclusive too, until now. Developer Rocksteady has launched the game for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
Update (4/25/17, 2:53PM PT): Batman: Arkham VR has launched on...
‘Fallout 4’ and ‘Doom’ VR Versions Coming from Bethesda
Bethesda Softworks today announced during their E3 2016 press conference that VR versions of both Fallout 4 and Doom will be coming to VR headsets.
Teased on stage at the pre-E3 event, Fallout 4 is said to arrive for the HTC Vive in 2017. Bethesda...
‘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...
Valve is Bringing the Steam Library into VR with SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode
Valve today confirmed the existence of SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode which will effectively allow players to play any game from their Steam library inside of VR on big virtual display.
For the best VR experience, games need to be designed from...
HTC to Sell Shanghai Phone Factory for $91 Million, Invest Proceeds in VR Business
Despite its major role in the growing VR space, HTC's overall business continues to struggle financially, posting significant losses over the last two years. Working to turn things around with a restructuring of assets and priorities, the company is...
Watch: Tobii Reveals Vive VR Eye Tracking Examples, Including ‘Rec Room’
After hyping everyone up recently with a short teaser video, eye-tracking specialists Tobii have revealed more details and video examples their eye tracking in action at GDC, including integration with social VR application Rec Room.
We wrote recently about Tobii's...
Watch: ‘Bloody Zombies’ Brings Classic 2D Arcade Brawling to VR
Here's the launch trailer for newly released zombie-themed brawler 'Bloody Zombies' from developers of 'The Assembly' nDreams and Paw Print Games. But before you roll your eyes at the prospect of yet another undead VR wave shooter, this one's...
Vive Tracker Enables a Bevy of Bats, Guns, Gloves, and Other Tracked Accessories
Today at CES 2017 HTC announced the Vive Tracker, a standalone tracking module that's designed to attach to anything to become tracked in the virtual world.
We heard at least as far back as the reveal of the HTC Vive...
Valve Adds Support for Latest Oculus Rift SDK in SteamVR Update
Amidst ongoing development of Valve's SteamVR platform, a recent update has brought support for the latest version of the Oculus Rift SDK and Runtime.
Apparently in an effort to ensure continued support for the Oculus Rift through SteamVR, a November...
Alienware is Building a Backpack PC for Virtual Reality
It would seem that the category of 'Backpack PC' for VR is rapidly becoming a "thing". With announcements from HP, MSI, and Zotac earlier this year, now followed by Alienware.
A back-mounted PC for VR of course means that everything...
Ubisoft’s Star Trek VR Game will Let 4 Friends Command a Starship, Leak Suggests
In what could be dream VR title for many out there, a leaked article from DigitalSpy have revealed details of an upcoming virtual reality Star Trek title that lets 4 players command the bridge of a starship.
Given the crossover of...
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...
‘Justice League’ VR Experience Comes to IMAX VR Centers Worldwide, Trailer Here
Continuing its diversification from pure, cinematic experiences, IMAX has announced that it's partnering with Warner Bros. to bring its forthcoming superhero movie franchises to virtual reality via multiplexes and it's dedicated VR centres.
Update (11/26/17): First teased back earlier this...
8 Minutes of the HTC Vive’s Front-facing Camera in Action
Take a wander into SteamVR's neon-infused window on the real world whilst in VR, utilising the HTC Vive Pre's front-facing camera in this video which takes a thorough look at the feature.
The newest iteration of the HTC Vive development...
‘New Retro Arcade: Neon’ Review
New Retro Arcade: Neon is striving to be one of the most accurate recreations yet of the so called 'Golden Age of Arcade Gaming' with its heavy emphasis on '80s and early '90s nostalgia. Featuring a multitude of configurable emulator-based coin-op cabinets...



















