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.
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‘Quill’ is Oculus’ Professional VR Paint Package, Powered by Touch

At the Sundance Festival today, Oculus launched a new virtual reality application that harnesses the motion controlled accuracy of the company's Oculus Touch controllers to let you paint in virtual 3D space. The results, are quite impressive looking. Tilt Brush...

Minecraft Gets Cross-Platform Online Play, Including VR Platforms

At Microsoft's Pre-E3 event, the Minecraft announced that the title will soon support players playing the game on any platform, including virtual reality devices like Samsung's Gear VR. Oculus' CTO John Carmack, a long time supporter and an instrumental player...

‘Blocked In’ Creator Daniël Ernst on the Art of the Virtual Reality Diorama

Daniël Ernst is the founder and sole member of The Shoebox Diorama, a production company dedicated to exploring the brand new artistic possibilities of a new genre, the virtual reality diorama. Ernst has thus far eschewed VR's early rush for cheap thrills...
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Epic New ‘Descent: Underground’ Trailer Shows Promise, Kickstarter in Final Hours

The crowdfunded successor to the PC gaming classic Descent, Underground packs Oculus Rift and Steam VR / HTC Vive support and the impressive new trailer gives us a tantalising glimpse of what could be should it's campaign succeed. Along with Doom,...
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‘Stark Tower’ is a Stunning Avengers Recreation, Coming to HTC Vive and Rift

We've seen a few architectural companies exploring the VR space with recreations of realistic structures. Trek Industries now want to let you step into the fantastic fictional world of The Avengers with this stunning VR recreation of one Marvel's...

Valve Has Tips, Tricks, and VR Standards to Share at GDC 2015

Valve isn't holding another Steam Dev Days this year, a developers conference organized by the company in 2014. Instead they seem to be focusing their developer outreach energy on March's rapidly approaching Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Alex...

CryEngine 3.8.1 Released, Adds Oculus Rift and Linux Support

Crytek have announced the launch of the latest iteration of their CryEngine game engine. The big news is, it finally includes native support for the Oculus Rift VR headset. CryTek are another company seemingly reinvigorated in the face of the...

Valve Teases New VR Prototypes at Steam Dev Days

Steam Dev Days, Valve's annual developer conference, just started and from the tweets we've seen (no press allowed!) VR is getting the star treatment this year already. According to press release sent out yesterday, visitors to Steam Dev Days "will...
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This ‘Paranormal Activity’ VR HTC Vive Reaction Video is Hilarious

As we reported recently, Paramount Pictures are currently rolling out demo booths to 15 AMC theaters across the US to demonstrate a snippet of the forthcoming virtual reality horror experience based on the Paranormal Activity horror franchise. Frank He...

HTC Vive Pre-Orders in February, “We Could Have Started to Ship Vive” CEO Claims

HTC recently announced that it the expected arrival date for its SteamVR powered headset the Vive had slipped from 'holidays 2015' to April 2016. HTC's CEO Cher Wang claims however that "...we could have started to ship Vive this month". So,...
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‘Serious Sam VR’ Coming to Steam Early Access This Summer

Serious Sam is going virtual in their newly announced VR game, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, a gore-filled VR shooter targeting both Steam VR and Oculus Rift. Croteam, the studio behind the Serious Sam franchise, is touting Serious Sam VR as a "full-fledged VR title," which...

Valve Confirms ‘Aperture Science’ VR Demo is Not HTC Vive Exclusive

In a tweet by Valve writer Chet Faliszek, he has confirmed that the brilliant Aperture Science demo used in Valve's press and public displays of SteamVR hardware at various shows, will not be exclusive to the HTC Vive and will...
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New Vox Machinae Trailer Shows Off Multi-player VR Mech Mayhem

Space Bullet have been quiet for a while, busy polishing their virtual reality mech combat game Vox Machinae. The studio have now released a trailer showing the world what they've been up to, featuring multi-player mechs blasting the hell...

Final Fantasy XIII Hints at Oculus Rift Support Through SteamVR Beta Option

The Final Fantasy series of RPGs is one of the longest running franchises of its kind and certainly one of the most successful, selling millions of copies over multiple decades and gaming platforms. Final Fantasy XIII hits Steam for...
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New Valve ‘DOTA 2 Secret Shop’ and ‘Aperture Science’ HTC Vive Gameplay is the Best Yet

The HTC Vive, despite its levels of public exposure in recent months, still has an air of mystery surrounding it and in particular certain demo's used to impress those who've tried it. 2 of the most anticipated (and least...
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