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.

Why ‘Sightline: The Chair’ on the DK2 is My New VR Reference Demo

Virtual Reality is still so fresh, young and new that it's likely those VR Enthusiasts around  since the inception of the Oculus Rift still have only a handful of moments that they can point to that convinced them virtual...

‘Pollen’ is a Sci-Fi Virtual Reality Exploration Game with Stunning Visuals

Let's be honest here. Back when the Oculus Rift DK1 was barely in enthusiast's hands, the majority of content available for this new breed of VR headset wasn't pretty. Such was the power of this new platform and the new-ness...

VorpX Update to Add Oculus Rift DK2 Support and More – Skyrim Positional Tracking Demo (video)

It's been a little while since VorpX, the 3D injection driver that allows you to use your Oculus Rift with many non-VR games, was released. VorpX was the first commercially available driver of its kind to be released...

Reverend Kyle Gets a DK2, Shares Tips on Getting Games to Work (Video)

It's been a hectic couple of weeks here at Road to VR. The DK2 finally shipped and as each member of the Road to VR Collective has received their long awaited Oculus Rift DK2 VR Headsets, we've tried to...

We Play Elite: Dangerous in the DK2 – In-Depth Hands-On Video

A couple of days ago, I asked you - our dear readers - what you'd most us to try once we received our Oculus Rift DK2s (mine arrived yesterday). Elite:Dangerous has been consistently among the highest requested games you guys...

News Bits: New Radial-G Demo With DK2 and Mac Support Due For ‘Soft’ Release Next Week

Both Ben Lang and I have confessed our love for the classic anti-gravity futuristic racing franchise 'Wipeout', and recently Ben waxed enthusiastic about a new Oculus Rift title from UK based developers Tammeka Games. The company launched a £50k Kickstarter...

Surgeon Uses Oculus Rift On Patients, Streams Operation Using Google Glass

One of the joys of writing about reporting from the cutting-edge of a newly reborn technology like virtual reality is that you're constantly being surprised as what people are finding to do with it. Almost weekly there's some innovation...

Valve’s SteamVR, Now with Support for Mac and Linux, Is the Best VR Web Browser Yet...

While there are a number of people and projects currently working on what the future of VR on the web might look like, the question remains: how do we use the internet—as we know it today—in VR? One of...

Aerometrex Combines Impressive 3D Mapping with VR for Intense Flyovers

Flying in virtual reality, a commonly held wish by enthusiasts since the dawn of the technology. The prospect of swooping over virtual landscapes, your mind convinced your body has taken flight is an extremely enticing one. Now that virtual...

News Bits: New Atajrubah Dev Update Includes UE3 vs. UE4 Video

We wrote about Atajrubah recently and noted that the development team had moved to Unreal Engine 4 after spending much of the game's life up to that point as a UE3 project. The Oculus Rift enabled open world survival...

New Free Unreal Engine 4 Bootcamp E-Book Offers Superb Intro for Wannabe VR Devs

Unreal Engine 4 launched to developers around the world back in March and immediately impressed. Epic's successor to its near ubiquitous UE3, which dominated much of the last generation of game development, was designed from the ground up to...

News Bits: Get DOSBox in Virtual Reality with DOSCulus

So to continue the retro / nostalgia theme that started with the release of MemoRift, we bring you news of somewhat more hardcore retro and emulation option for those wanting to try and bring their enjoyment of retro PC...

Radial-G Gives F-Zero and Wipeout Fans the VR Ride They’ve Been Waiting For, Kickstarter Now Live

If I were to say I liked the original Playstation game Wipeout, it would be disingenuous. I adored it! Back when 'next gen' consoles really delivered genuinely groundbreaking home gaming experiences, Wipeout lead the charge of 3D gaming...

News Bits: Take a Virtual Tour of the Millennium Falcon with the Oculus Rift

I've written before how virtual reality might well enable new and more powerful ways to re-live moments from the past or just gently wallow in immersive nostalgia. The recent launch of nostalgia simulator MemoRift and the Transformers tech demo...

VIVE – the Very Immersive Virtual Experience that Fuses Motion Capture with the Oculus Rift

Naturalistic input for users wishing to take that extra step towards full body immersion for their virtual reality experience is still some way off. You can see the pieces forming and coming together, and things are evolving quickly, but...
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