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.

Elite:Dangerous Gets Big Black Friday Discount

One of the finest virtual reality experiences around has just got a whole lot cheaper as Frontier Developments joins the holiday sale madness and slashes the price of it's space epic Elite:Dangerous by 67% to just £9.99 ($15). The seasonal...

‘Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes’ Comes to Steam and Oculus Rift (or not) in October

Steel Crate Games, an Ottawa based indie studio, has today announced that their bomb-defusing party game—Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes—is coming to Steam on October 8th with Oculus Rift support. The co-op bomb-defusing game makes for an ingenious way of involving a whole...

Crytek’s David Bowman “We’re One of the Largest VR Teams on the Planet”

Revealing one of the most polished VR demos we've seen to date, CryEngine and Crysis developer Crytek were in fighting form at E3 in Los Angeles this year. We speak to Director of Production David Bowman who was bullish about...
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Google Announces Tilt Brush ‘Artist in Residence’ Program Featuring Over 60 Artists

Google have announced a new 'Artist in Residence' program which will see over 60 artists introduced to the emergent artistic platform of virtual reality via the company's own Tilt Brush application. As anyone who's tried it knows, Google's Tilt Brush...

Mozilla Research VR Launches Experimental Website Compatible with Oculus Rift

Earlier this year Mozilla began exploring virtual reality capabilities for the web. Now, they have released MozVR.com, which they call “a VR website about VR websites,” in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Firefox. It uses a virtual reality...

‘Pollen’ is a Sci-Fi Virtual Reality Exploration Game with Stunning Visuals

Let's be honest here. Back when the Oculus Rift DK1 was barely in enthusiast's hands, the majority of content available for this new breed of VR headset wasn't pretty. Such was the power of this new platform and the new-ness...

Valve Updates ‘The Lab’, Now with Global Leaderboards and More

Valve's The Lab, the ridiculously fun Portal-themed tech demo for HTC Vive, recently released a new update that will have you sharpening your skills against the best in the world. Called the Appliance of Science Update, Valve is now including global...

HTC Wants to Bring Its First-party Game ‘Arcade Saga’ to PlayStation VR

Arcade Saga, a futuristic sports action game from HTC’s internal Vive Studios development and publishing group, could be coming to PSVR. Launched for the Vive headset in December 2016, the game quickly received Oculus Rift support, and recently saw...
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‘Earthlight’ Astronaut VR Sim Puts You on the ISS, NASA Collaborates on Realism

Opaque Media Group, a Melbourne-based VR studio, recently announced Earthlight, an upcoming first-person space simulator that places you in the flight suit of a current day astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS). If Earthlight's 360-degree teaser trailer is any indicator,...

Save Babies from Imminent Danger in Rescuties! VR

If you've always thought of yourself as a hero, one that could step up to the plate when danger rears its head, Rescuties! VR may well be the game for you. Save babies and other helpless creatures in this...

New vorpX is Out Now – v0.7.5 Adds 18 Games Including Far Cry 4 and COD:...

vorpX, the 3D driver that can add Oculus Rift VR support to your games, has just received a major update. Version 0.7.5 brings with it a raft of updates including full support for some of the year's biggest games. Well,...

HTC Vive ‘Developer Edition’ Sign-ups Could Start Next Week

According to a report at Ars Technica, HTC's VR Headset the 'Vive' could find its way into selected developers hands very soon for nothing. Sign-ups for the device may also begin as early as next week. GDC 2015 was dominated...

Futuremark Explains Why VR Benchmarking is About More Than Just Numbers

Futuremark have now released the full version of their long awaited, dedicated virtual reality benchmark, VRMark. And, after months of research and development, the company has found itself having to redefine its own views on how the difficult subject...

New Vive Pre Video Invites You to “Experience the freedom of VR without boundaries”

https://youtu.be/CB9ecPgZlq0 Building up the newly revealed 'Vive Pre' development kit, HTC has released a new video teasing the possibilities of virtual reality. The video is similar in production to earlier videos released during the first reveal of the HTC Vive back in...
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‘Playthings’ is a Wonderful World of Hamburger Drums and Hot Dog Xylophones

Before his death, acclaimed psychonaut and technologist Terrence McKenna once said that virtual reality "...is a technology that will allow us to show each other our dreams. We will be able to build structures in the imagination that we...
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