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.
First Look: ‘TheWave’ Lets DJs Drop the Beat in VR
DJs looking to hone their musical craft in front of a live audience - or perhaps those looking for a more stimulating way to mix music - can rejoice. TheWave from developer WaveVR is looking to provide DJs with a psychedelic...
‘Loading Human’ Review
Loading Human is a first-person sci-fi adventure that, much like the pulp fiction space operas of years gone past, puts you in the shoes of a charming 22nd century astronaut straight out of space academy. Instead of launching into the far...
Uncorporeal Claims They Can Create 3D VR Scenes from Your Photos
Uncorporeal are unveiling what it terms as it's "Holographic Photography Technology" which the team claim will allow anyone with a smartphone to create 360 VR viewable scenes with 3D parallax from a few dozen photos.
Static photogrammetry, the process of capturing...
HTC’s ‘Arcade Saga’ Affirms Platform Agnostic Stance with Oculus Touch Improvements
Arcade Saga's latest updates feature multiplayer modes in all three of its futuristic sports and add Oculus Touch optimisations. Developed by 2Bears Studios, the game originally launched in December 2016 as the first title from Vive Studios, HTC’s internal development and...
HTC Announces Vive ‘Business Edition’ for $1200
HTC today announced a new edition of the Vive headset targeted specifically at businesses looking to get into room-scale experiences. Called simply 'Vive Business Edition' (Vive BE), HTC says that the new enterprise-focused presentation of the headset will include "additional services...
Preview: ‘Ghibli VR’ Offers a Virtual Tour of Some of the World’s Most Beloved Anime
Fans of the prolific anime production house Studio Ghibli, known for iconic films like Princess Mononoke (1997) and Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), are probably already well aware of developer Nick Pittom and his Ghibli-inspired demos. Following a recent update, you can now...
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...
Send HTC Your Idea for a Vive Accessory and Win a Free HTC Vive
The Vive's Lighthouse tracking system is an impressive piece of tech, considering it boasts sub-millimeter, 3D room-scale positional tracking for a VR headset and hand controllers using lasers. But haven't you ever wished the Vive controllers could be used for more...
‘Siegecraft Commander’ Review
Trebuchet, or not to trebuchet? There really is no question when it comes to Siegecraft Commander, a tabletop strategy game that combines traditional real-time strategy (RTS) elements with a unique base-building mechanic that's designed to significantly change the way you...
Prolific VFX Artist Kevin Mack Brings Surrealist Sculpture to Life in ‘Blortasia’
Kevin Mack is a digital fine artist and prolific visual effects designer known for his work across films such as Fight Club (1999), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Fifth Element (1997), and What Dreams May Come (1998) for which he won an...
New NVIDIA and AMD Drivers Unlock ‘Direct Driver Mode’ for Oculus Rift Users
Oculus' recently released 0.7 SDK and Runtime Drivers were a significant step forward in technology for the company, offering up major enhancements for Rift users. AMD and NVIDIA have now both launched drivers which allow Rift developers and users alike...
Valve Takes ‘Onward’ Developer Under its Wing
VR exclusive online military simulator Onward has been wowing room-scale VR audiences since its inception and now lone developer Dante Buckley has been invited to continue development under gaming giant Valve's roof, at least for a short time.
One of...
Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine for HTC Vive, Full Trailer is Here
After a very brief and accidental release last week, ILMxLab's trailer for the Star Wars experience subtitled 'Trials on Tatooine' - a room-scale experiment in the Star Wars universe - is here and we've got the full trailer for...
‘Waltz of the Wizard’ ‘Ghostline’ Analytics Reveal Some Surprising Player Behaviour
Aldin Dynamics has released a detailed breakdown of user data gathered during over 300,000 sessions of Waltz of the Wizard gameplay. Launched in May 2016, the motion-controlled VR game was developed with the insights gained from using Aldin's own...
‘Dota 2’ Releases Social Spectator Mode ‘VR Hub’
Dota 2 today released free DLC that lets you watch live and recorded matches from SteamVR compatible headsets. The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never...




















