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.

SteamVR Now Lets You Skin Your Controllers and Base Stations

OK, so perhaps not the most revolutionary of updates, but certainly a fun feature addition to the latest SteamVR build is the ability to customise the look of your SteamVR controllers and, should the mood strike you, your base...
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‘Vivecraft’ Demo Shows Just How Amazing Minecraft and More Will Be with Natural Input

A developer at Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garry's Mod, has whipped up a Minecraft VR prototype for the HTC Vive. Thanks to natural input devices like the SteamVR controllers, interaction and manipulation will be beyond anything gamers have seen...

‘Raw Data’ Deep Dive: Alongside Early Access Launch, Devs Reveal Four Heroes, Weapons, and Abilities

The long anticipated Raw Data by developer Survios launches for the HTC Vive on Steam today in Early Access. We sat down with Survios to get an inside look at what players can expect now and in the future...
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‘Final Approach: Pilot Edition’ Lets Oculus Rift Players Take Flight

Final Approach lands for the Oculus Rift with developer Phaser Lock Interactive coming up with a novel solution to the VR platform's current lack of motion controllers, instead of guiding planes into land, they let you fly them. Phaser Lock Interactive's...

HTC Partnership Aims to Bring Vive to “hundreds of millions” of Internet Café Users

HTC formally debuted the Vive VR headset to Chinese developers at a packed event last Friday in Beijing, China. The event featured speakers from HTC, Valve, and notable developers working with the Vive. One of the announcements to come...
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‘Fantastic Contraption’ Puzzle-crafting Fun is Coming to PlayStation VR

One of our favorite VR games, Fantastic Contraption, is heading PlayStation VR. The gameplay makes great use of motion controllers to allow you to craft solutions to puzzling platforming problems. Fantastic Contraption released originally as one of the launch bundle titles...

‘New Retro Arcade’ Tech Demo Launches with HTC Vive and Rift CV1 Support on Steam

Developer Digital Cybercherries has launched the New Retro Arcade Tech Demo on Steam for the HTC Vive. The tech demo is functionally identical to the game seen previously on the Oculus Rift, but now with support for the Vive's...
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‘V’, The Universal Dashboard for VR, Launches Open Beta

V is a universal dashboard for virtual reality experiences which lets you load websites and webapps like Slack, Spotify, and Soundcloud inside of your favorite VR games. Today the software launches as a free open beta for the Rift. A universal...

Valve Move to Kickstart the VR Cybercafé with New SteamVR Licensing Model

Valve has announced a new 'Site Licensing' model which allows businesses interested in providing VR experiences to customers as an out of home experience. It seems the company have their sights on SteamVR powering a renaissance in VR-enabled Cybercafés. Lets...
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CCP Teases New Footage of ‘Project Arena’, a Purported ‘VR eSport’ for Touch and Vive

Project Arena, a prototype game now in development from CCP, was teased today by CCP Games at Fanfest 2016, the company's annual gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland. We first saw a rudimentary prototype of Project Arena at Fanfest 2015. It was found among a...
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‘Spellbound’ Lets You Cast Virtual Magic with your Real Hands

Spellbound is a new made-for-VR game which uses Leap Motion and the Oculus Rift DK2 to allow your actual hands to perform some nifty spell-casting in the virtual world, amongst other things. In this intriguing new title from Seattle based developer...

Lionsgate Bringing 7 Minute Preview of ‘John Wick VR’ to New York Comic Con

Lionsgate have announced that the VR experience based on the Keanu Reeves film John Wick is to be previewed next week at NYC's Comic Con, where attendees will be treated to a 7 minute sneak peek of the Starbreeze developed...

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Update Adds Social Two Player “Troll Mode”

The immensely fun virtual reality wizarding simulator Waltz of the Wizard for HTC Vive has been updated with a new two player feature that lets a second non VR player join you in your spell-casting shenanigans. Social features are seemingly...

Valve’s Chet Faliszek on HTC Vive Pre, Content Showcase Surprises and Ninja Cats

I sit down with Valve Writer, Game Developer and seemingly omnipotent VR Evangelist Chet Faliszek to discuss the new Vive Pre, Valve's focus on a safe VR experience, expectations for the upcoming VR content showcase and his startlingly sneaky cat. On...
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This Co-op HTC Vive Game Uses Kinect to Project Players into VR

This experimental game not only allows two players, both immersed in VR via an HTC Vive headset, to share the same virtual space, it also projects their real world image into the application. And, it's all possible over an...
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