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.
Ubisoft Launching ‘Eagle Flight’ in 2016 on Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive
Ubisoft today announced on stage at Unity's GDC 2016 keynote that their Eagle Flight prototype VR experience is headed for a full launch.
Ubisoft's Vicki Ferguson took to the Unity keynote stage this morning to give a brief demo of Eagle...
HTC Vive Accessory Store Now Stocks Things You Actually Need
Want to know how much a replacement HTC Vive Base Station or SteamVR controller would set you back should the worst happen? HTC's Vive accessory store has been updated to include these items, along with some eye opening prices.
The HTC...
HTC Shows Vive Pre Working Great for Seated VR at CES
While the HTC Vive is known for its 'room-scale tracking space, the company maintains that it works just as well for seated VR experiences. At CES 2016, HTC showed just that, using Elite Dangerous running great on the new Vive...
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...
Valve Launches Free Steam Audio SDK Beta to Give VR Apps Immersive 3D Sound
Valve today announced the Steam Audio SDK, a spatial audio plugin that the company says is made is designed to "enhance all interactive products, specifically VR applications." The company has launched a beta of the SDK today supporting Unity,...
‘Robinson: The Journey’ Launches on Steam with Critical Bug and Lack of Official Vive Support
After remaining a PSVR exclusive since its November release, Crytek's gorgeous Robinson: The Journey recently popped up on Oculus Home and has now come to Steam. Following the unfortunate lack of VR controller support, a rocky Steam release has been...
Oculus’ Jason Rubin on Rift and Touch Games “We’re Not Launching a Dev Kit”
The Oculus Rift will land in people's homes from March 28th and there'll soon be 1000s of people hunting for new content to play in virtual reality. Oculus is of course keenly aware of this, and Jason Rubin, Head...
‘Grav|Lab’ Early Access Review
Grav|Lab, despite its Early Access status, might well be the surprise star of the Oculus Touch launch lineup. It doesn't have the glitz and glamour of the bigger releases - and many of its rough edges are in need...
‘Werewolves Within’ Review
Based on the popular party game Mafia (also known as Werewolf), Werewolves Within represents Ubisoft's first dive into the world of social VR games. I first got my hands on the game at GDC earlier this year, and while it remains...
The Best HTC Vive Deal Yet: $100 Discount + $100 Gift Card + Free Shipping
Microsoft's after-holiday sale has one of the best HTC Vive deals we've seen yet, offering $100 off of the headset's original price along with an additional $100 gift card to the Microsoft Store.
Various stores have been offering $100 off...
SteamVR Tracking HDK Now Available for Anyone to Buy
Valve is increasingly opening its SteamVR Tracking technology—that which powers the HTC Vive's room-scale tracking—to the world. The royalty-free system requires no permission from Valve to be embedded and launched as part of third-party products. And now one of...
‘Sword Art Online’ Experience Coming to FOVE VR Headset
Sword Art Online (SAO), the VR-centric manga and anime series, will soon be gracing the eyeballs of Fove 0 owners in a new VR experience featuring the series' female protagonist, Asuna. The SAO experience was created to welcome new users...
HTC Vive Support and “New Morpheus Features” Coming to Unreal Engine 4
According to Epic's Unreal Engine roadmap, the company is soon to add support for Valve's SteamVR / HTC Vive platform as well as new features for Sony's Morpheus VR headset.
With strong existing support for both the Oculus Rift and...
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...
HTC Vive Pre-orders Will Receive ‘Tilt Brush’ for Free
HTC today confirmed worldwide pricing for the SteamVR powered Vive VR headset, due to go up for pre-order tomorrow (29th Feb). They also announced that those pre-orders would receive Google's virtual reality, paint application Tilt Brush in addition to...


















