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.
Catching Up with nDreams’ ‘The Assembly’, Coming to Rift and Vive July 19th
The Assembly from nDreams is coming soon, and with an official release date of July 19th now announced, we thought we'd take some time to catch up on this intriguing story-driven thriller built from the ground up for VR.
The...
Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ Portal VR Demo Leaked
Steam VR is taking GDC 2015 by storm with the HTC Vive VR Headset being demonstrated along with the dedicated, laser tracked controllers. One of the demo's is a new, special version of Portal built for virtual reality. Here's...
iRacing Season 4 Update Brings Oculus Rift DK2 and SDK 0.4.2 Support
These last few weeks have been the best ever for VR racing fans, with updates to Assetto Corsa and Grid: Autosport both bringing Oculus Rift DK2 support. Now, iRacing, the biggest sim racer out there, has gone live with...
This Stunning Virtual Realisation of Venice is Available for Oculus Rift Now
Virtual Architectural Visualisation is one of many non-gaming applications for virtual reality, and one that's seeing growth.
UE4Arch is a company dedicated to creating and selling hyper-realistic virtual creations that can be experienced in virtual reality. The company works in Unreal...
‘Project CARS’: Making an Authentic Racing Simulation Work in VR
Slightly Mad Studios been making racing games for the past 10 years, and they raised over $3 million dollars in crowd-funding to produce their own racing game called Project CARS. It's a AAA racing simulation game that was first...
‘RollerForce’ Review
RollerForce attempts to blend gunplay with a rollercoaster. Following on from the atmospheric iOmoon, Headtrip Games’ latest wants to take you on a very different ride on the HTC Vive, with support “coming soon” for Oculus Rift with Touch.
RollerForce...
Dirt Rally to Get Consumer Oculus Rift Support in Next Patch
One of the best driving games in recent years, Dirt Rally from Codemasters, will soon patch their virtual reality support to work on the recently release Oculus Rift consumer edition.
Dirt Rally is, in this writer's opinion, the finest Rally...
HTC Vive Accessory Store Now Stocks Things You Actually Need
Want to know how much a replacement HTC Vive Base Station or SteamVR controller would set you back should the worst happen? HTC's Vive accessory store has been updated to include these items, along with some eye opening prices.
The HTC...
Owlchemy Labs Announce New Valve Steam VR Based Project, Debuts at GDC 2015
Hot on the heels of HTC's suprise 'Vive' VR Headset announcement - a partnership with Valve, Owlchemy labs has teased it's newest virtual reality IP, to debut on Valve's Steam VR platform.
Owlchemy labs have been at the forefront of...
Preview: ‘Racket: Nx’ for HTC Vive
Matthew Magee gets active and takes a swing at the new futuristic VR sports featuring heavy classic arcade influences for the HTC Vive, Racket: Nx.
I’ve always felt that there’s an innate satisfaction in hitting things with other things, as much...
Microsoft and Valve Announce VR for Windows 10 Relationship
E3 is underway here in LA and at Microsoft's press conference the software giant have announced that they're working closely with Valve on virtual reality for the Windows 10 platform.
Just last week at Oculus' pre-E3 press event, Microsoft joined...
GameStop Bringing Valve’s Steam Hardware to Stores
Hot on the heels of US game retail giant GameStop's CEO Paul Raines announcing that "We’re going to be the destination for VR", come news that the company has also cut a deal with Valve to stock the forthcoming wave...
Valve VR Frontman Chet Faliszek Departs Company After 12 Years
Though there's surely many talents folks at Valve responsible for the company's VR initiatives, over the last several years Chet Faliszek has become a front-facing evangelist and go-to spokesperson for VR at Valve. Now after 12 years with the company,...
HP, Alienware, and MSI Among ‘Vive Ready PC’ Partners, Starting at $1,299
Mirroring the 'Oculus Ready PC' program, HTC is now working with PC hardware partners to offer 'Vive Optimized PCs'. The initial set of systems come from HP, Alienware, and MSI.
'Vive Optimized PCs' are "fully Vive-compatible right out of the...
HTC Reveals ‘Vive Pre’ Development Kit at CES
HTC has finally taken the wraps off of the second development kit of the Vive VR headset, they're calling it the 'Vive Pre', and the new unit is being shown off here at CES 2016.
The Vive Pre largely seems...




















