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 & Lionsgate Bringing 100 Feature Films to Steam That You Can Watch in a VR...
In an interesting announcement today which sees Valve's Steam platform becoming increasingly competitive toward video distribution platforms like Amazon Video, Lionsgate will be making more than 100 films available for purchase through the platform, and you'll be able to...
HTC Confirms Each Vive is Sold at Profit, “Much More” Than 140,000 Units in Sales
In the company's most recent earnings call, HTC confirmed it's making a profit on each Vive headset sold, and that the company has sold "much more" than a widely reported 140,000 units.
Following recent financial troubles from the tumbling smartphone...
HTC Vive VR Headset Gets New Branding as Tour Visits Taiwan
This week, the HTC Vive tour, bringing the SteamVR based VR headset to people around the world, makes a stop in Taipei, Taiwan with the expected suite of VR experiences in tow. Just one thing was different, seems the...
A Company Serving 100 Million Gamers Wants to Help Bring Your VR Game to China
As the country with the single largest population in the world (1.4 billion people), China's gaming market is quite massive, but it's also a massively different marketplace than what we see in the West. Shunwang is the leading platform...
Preview: ‘Eagle Flight’ is a Kinetic Thrill Ride That Surprisingly Doesn’t Make Me Want to Vomit
Eagle Flight, the upcoming multiplayer game from Ubisoft Montreal, looks to be nearing finalization with the latest build we saw at the pre-GDC Oculus Gameday event. And while the game sounds like it ought to make you want to barf, we've finally got a...
New ADR1FT ‘Clair de lune’ Trailer is the Most Beautiful Yet
Three One Zero and 505 Games recently revealed that they'll be ready to ship their space exploration and survival game, ADR1FT, which is being developed for VR and standard gaming platforms, will be ready to ship on March 28th...
‘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...
This Oculus Ready PC Costs $500 When Bundled with Rift
Looking to lower the barrier of entry for VR, CyberPower Inc., a custom PC manufacturer, recently announced a new Oculus Ready gaming system that could just convince you to take the plunge into virtual reality. Dubbed the 'Gamer Ultra VR Desktop', the...
Project Cars v7.0 Patch Brings More Oculus Rift Enhancements
One of the early titles to pledge and receive virtual reality support, Driving Simulation title Project Cars has refined it's support for the Oculus Rift headset in the latest 7.0 patch.
Project Cars from Slightly Mad Studios, has received a...
Valve is Showcasing 12 VR Games That Will Ship on the HTC Vive This Year
Today Valve is hosting a SteamVR developer showcase in Seattle, WA. Featured are titles from 12 VR developers, all of which will ship on the HTC Vive in 2016, says Valve.
With the HTC Vive approaching pre-orders at the end...
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...
Oculus Social Alpha is Now Available for Gear VR
Oculus has quietly launched an alpha version of it's long awaited 'Social' platform, debuting on the Samsung Gear VR. The application lets your pick avatars, share virtual spaces and interact with others in virtual reality and represents somewhat of...
Former Oculus Engineering VP Teases ‘Reverse Lighthouse’ Tracking System That Can Fit in a Smartphone
Jack McCauley worked as VP of Engineering at Oculus, joining the company in the early days back in 2012. No longer with the company but continuing on with various engineering projects, McCauley is teasing some Lighthouse-like tracking technology that he...
New Images for 2nd HTC Vive Developer Kit Supposedly Leaked
Having been delayed until April 2016, the HTC Vive consumer headset is still under wraps. But these images, supposedly sourced from an accidental leak, may give us a clue as to what we can expect from the forthcoming 2nd...
Review: Descend into a 360 3D Abyss with SONAR on Gear VR
Road to VR's Chris Madsen steps into new interstellar, subterranean 360 3D thriller for Gear VR, SONAR, and finds a bleakly beautiful immersive gem of a movie. This is the first movie from Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg and looks to be a...


















