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.
‘Yore VR’ is an Intriguing Medieval Open World Sandbox for HTC Vive
Ironbelly Studios and TectonicVR are bringing a new built-for-VR open world title to the HTC Vive, set within the medieval era, and it's looking mighty promising too.
Ever held a yearning to live in a time where life expectancy was...
Valve Presents – glNext: The Future of High Performance Graphics – Live Blog @ 10am PST
"Join us for the unveiling of Khronos' glNext initiative, the upcoming cross-platform graphics API designed for modern programming techniques and processors. glNext will be the singular choice for developers who demand peak performance in their applications. We will present...
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...
‘Vanishing Realms’ Roadmap: New Content, Hardware Support, and 1.0 Launch on the Way
In Early Access since the launch of the Vive last year, Vanishing Realms (2016) development continues, as stated in the updated roadmap on the game’s Steam news page. The acclaimed VR action RPG is due to receive a large update...
Valve Releases ‘The Lab’ Unity Renderer for Free
Valve have released the Unity based renderer for its superb VR experience collection The Lab in an effort to encourage adoption of what it sees as optimal rendering techniques for VR experiences.
Although many probably assumed that Valve's collection of VR experiences,...
Closeup with the HTC Vive Developer Edition Headset for SteamVR
The first Vive Developer Edition headsets and controllers for SteamVR are arriving and Owlchemy Labs have been kind enough to provide us with high resolution shots of the system, including the new wireless Lighthouse tracked controllers.
The road to consumer...
Oculus ‘Dreamdeck’ is the One-size-fits-all Gateway Drug for VR
The Oculus Rift is arriving at people's doors today, and Oculus kept a couple of surprises back for launch day. One of these, Oculus Dreamdeck, is a bundling of a series of 'vignettes' used originally to demo a standing...
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...
‘Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine’ is Released for HTC Vive 18 July
Just announced at a Star Wars "Meet ILMxLab" panel at the Star Wars Celebration expo in London, Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine will be released for the HTC Vive on Steam for free on Monday 18 July.
One of the highlight...
How to Play Wii and Gamecube Classics on Your Oculus Rift with DolphinVR
Ever wanted to play old gaming classics in virtual reality? Well, DolphinVR is an emulator with enhanced support for the Oculus Rift headset that lets you do just that. Here's how to get it working.
Back in the dim, distant...
HTC Vive Orders Being Cancelled Due to Payment Processing Issues – UPDATED
It seems HTC are experiencing technical issues with their payment processing systems and customers' banks which are leading to some pre-orders for their forthcoming HTC Vive VR system being cancelled.
So it seems it's not just Oculus who are experiencing...
Valve Reveals Timeline of Vive Prototypes, We Chart it For You
Welcome to Valve's Steam VR Mini-museum
Virtual reality is still in its infancy. Many hard problems are being worked through and thus, the hardware to deliver compelling VR experiences is still evolving. Anyone who's followed the VR space for a while...
Steam VR Anniversary Sale: ‘Raw Data’ & ‘Tilt Brush’ Free-play, Deep Discounts on 224 VR Titles
With the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive shipping one year ago this month, Valve is getting in on the 'VR Anniversary' action with deep discounts on more than 200 VR titles and free-play access to Raw Data (2016) and...
6 Game Industry Artists Let Loose in HTC Vive ‘Tilt Brush’ Competition
NVIDIA's booth at PAX Prime 2015 recently saw a special competition that put six game industry artists to task, where they created wild and wonderful sculptures—not with complicated CAD software though, but rather with the help of Tilt Brush, a VR creation tool coming...
Rift Coaster Meets TRON in ‘Grid Coaster’, Demo Available Now
Grid Coaster is an Oculus Rift enabled roller coaster experience built on Unreal Engine 4 which wants to recall the aesthetics of 80's sci-fi Disney classic TRON (1981).
The legendary Rift Coaster was a rough 'n' ready Unreal 3 tech demo...




















