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.

Company Raises $30M to Make Programing Industrial Robots Easier With the Help of SteamVR Tracking

In an interesting bit of news which shows Valve's SteamVR Tracking technology used in a non-VR application, robotics company Wandelbots has raised a $30 million Series B investment around their TracePen tool, a motion-tracked stylus which makes it easy...

Following Success on Quest, VR Classic ‘Racket: Nx’ to Get Major Update, Likely Headed to PSVR

Racket: Nx, a virtual reality fusion of tennis and Breakout, is soon to get a major update with new features like co-op, avatar customization, and in-game tournaments. The studio has also teased that the game is heading to "another...

Play Team Shooter ‘Contractors’ for Free This Weekend on Steam

Contractors (2018), the team-based competitive multiplayer shooter, is running a free weekend on Steam starting today. Contractors will be free-to-play until Monday, July 20th. You can download it now on Steam, which supports your standard range of SteamVR-compatible headsets, including Oculus...
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VR Woodworking Game ‘vrkshop’ Arrives on Steam Early Access Today

Building something with your own two hands out of wood can be rewarding, but also messy, difficult, and not always practical depending on where you live. In the Early Access game vrkshop, which is available starting today, you'll get a chance...

PSVR Exclusive ‘Paper Beast’ is Coming to PC VR Next Week

Paper Beast, the surreal wildlife simulation first launched on PSVR, is slated to release on SteamVR headsets next week. Update (July 15th, 2020): Pixel Reef today announced that Paper Beast is coming to PC VR headsets on July 24th, 2020. This will...

Book Reveals the Fate of Two Other Valve VR Games Developed Alongside ‘Alyx’

It was big news back in 2017 when Valve announced that it was working on "three full games, not experiments." It wouldn't be until late 2019 that one of the three was revealed as Half-Life: Alyx. But what of...

‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Gets New Horde Mode in ‘Meatgrinder’ Update Today

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) launched earlier this year to critical acclaim, and now the single-player zombie game just got an update that promises to bring more carnage to the dank, zombie-infested world with a wave-based horde...

SteamVR Update Finally Makes it Easy to Reorient & Recenter Your Playspace

The latest main-branch update to SteamVR adds a dashboard button which makes it effortless to redefine the 'forward' and 'center' orientation of your playspace, a simple but useful feature for certain games. SteamVR has been around since the earliest days...

‘Superhot’ Studio: No Current Plans for VR Version of ‘MIND CONTROL DELETE’

With the unique ability to control time with your movements, SUPERHOT VR (2016) can make you feel like you're in The Matrix. It's on all major VR platforms, which cemented the studio a whopping $2 million revenue over the 2019 holiday season...
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Inspired by ‘Mirror’s Edge’, ‘Stride’ Looks to Bring Smooth Parkour Action to VR

In development by studio Joy Way, Stride is a VR parkour action game built atop an impressively smooth and immersive locomotion system. With inspiration from Mirror's Edge (2008), Stride is an intriguing indie project due to launch this Summer. Update (July 7th,...

‘Virtua Sonic’ Fan Experience Brings Sonic the Hedgehog to VR

Want to step into the iconic red boots of Sonic the Hedgehog? This fan-built VR experience will let you do just that, and with some serious attention to detail that Sonic fans are sure to appreciate. Coming to the annual...

‘Project CARS 3’ Release Date Confirmed, PC VR Support Included at Launch

Project CARS 3, the upcoming sequel to the racing simulator franchise, is set to include VR support when it launches on PC this August. Update (June 24th, 2020): Slightly Mad Studios has confirmed that Project CARS 3 will be releasing on all...

10 VR Flight Combat Games to Hone Your Skills Ahead of ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’

Looking to dust off your flying skills before jumping into the cockpit of an X-wing or TIE fighter? Before EA's upcoming space combat game Star Wars: Squadrons launches on PC VR and PSVR October 2nd, you may consider popping into a...

‘Boneworks’ Brings Zombie Warehouse Arena & New Board Gun in 1.5 Update

Boneworks (2019), the physics-based shooter from Stress Level Zero, just got its 1.5 update, bringing along with it a new arena-style map inspired by the Nazi Zombies game mode in the Call of Duty franchise and a few other goodies too. Called 'Zombie Warehouse',...

Valve Adds Experimental Stereo-correct Passthrough View to Index

Valve's Index headset has had a passthrough view feature since launch, but the company has just released an experimental update which aims to make the view through the cameras more realistic by creating a synthetic image that more closely...
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