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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‘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...

GameFace Shows Lighthouse Tracking on Android, Aims to Be First VR Headset to Support SteamVR &...

GameFace Labs, one of the earliest companies to begin development of a standalone VR headset, is back with the latest version of their prototype device now featuring SteamVR (AKA Lighthouse) tracking running on the Android-based system. We've been following the...
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Time Machine VR Launches with HTC Vive in April, New Trailer Lands

Minority Media have released a new trailer to celebrate the forthcoming launch of its time-travelling, subterranean adventure title Time Machine VR. From the makers of critical hit indie game Papo & Yo, Time Machine VR has you piloting the titular flying...
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‘L.A. 2097’ is Your Own Little Slice of ‘Blade Runner’

L.A. 2097 is VR experience loosely based on the tech-noir classic film Blade Runner (1982), and although offering only a single re-imagined scene from the film—Rick Deckard's high-rise apartment balcony—the demo holds a surprisingly tight grip on the imagination. We spoke with project creator...

New Samsung Odyssey+ Headset Revealed in FCC Documents

Samsung appears to be developing a followup to its Odyssey VR headset which launched late last year. A 'Samsung HMD Odyssey+' sporting a new model number has appeared in FCC documentation, suggesting that the device is nearing a launch-ready...
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‘EVE: Valkyrie Warzone’ Update Adding Non-VR Mode and PS4/PC Cross Platform Play

One of the earliest big exclusive releases for VR, EVE: Valkyrie from CCP Games, continues to evolve and with the latest free expansion dubbed 'Warzone' the developers have opened its particular brand of slick online space shooter to players...

These Tiny Sensors Will Let You Build Lighthouse Tracked Headsets and Peripherals

With Valve's move to open up its Lighthouse tracking technology to third parties, Triad Semiconductor is soon to be selling specialized chips which companies can use to create new VR headsets and peripherals with SteamVR Tracking. Last month Valve finally made the...
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VR Stealth Game ‘Espire 1’ Coming to Vive & Rift in 2019, Teaser Trailer Here

Espire 1: VR Operative is an upcoming single-player Metal Gear Solid-style stealth game developed by Melbourne-based Digital Lode and published by Tripwire Interactive. It not only aims to be the "definitive VR stealth experience," but also looks to kill VR-related nausea with its unique locomotion...

‘Job Simulator’ Surpasses $3 Million in Sales, Becoming “most popular VR title to date”

Owlchemy Labs today announced that its tongue-in-cheek simulator game, Job Simulator (2016), has earned over $3 million in sales since its launch last April. According to Owlchemy Labs, this combined with the fact that Job Simulator has generated over 250...
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Space Sim ‘Elite Dangerous’ Gets Major Update With New Content and VR Fixes

Elite Dangerous (2014), the interstellar space trading, fighting, and exploration sim, has received a major new update, 2.4, The Return, which brings frightening new enemies to the virtual galaxy, as well as a number of fixes to the game's...

‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ is Getting a Non-VR Version Later This Year

Survios announced it's bringing a flatscreen version of Alien: Rogue Incursion (2024) to PC and PS5 in a new 'Evolved Edition'. Released on PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets late last year, and then Quest 3 in early 2025, Alien:...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Patch Adds Continuous Turning, WMR Tweaks, and Crash Fixes

A small patch to Half-Life: Alyx has added continuous turning, made adjustments to a key gesture for Windows VR users, and squashed a few bugs. While continuous turning is never a default in VR games because it makes many people dizzy,...

‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ Workaround Adds Support for Rift and Windows VR Headsets

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files launched to much excitement yesterday, but it wasn't long before it was revealed that the game explicitly blocks OpenVR-compatible headsets other than the Vive. Luckily a free, unofficial workaround has been released which...

Google’s XR Modeling Tool ‘Blocks’ Gets a Second Life with ‘Open Blocks’ on Quest

Known for its work on the open source version of Google's Tilt Brush, Open Brush, The Icosa Foundation has now released a version of Google's low-poly 3D modeling app Blocks for Quest. Like Blocks, the studio's appropriately named Open Blocks has the same simple interface as the...

‘Pool Nation VR’ Gets NVIDIA Multi-Res Shading Support and More in Latest Patch

Good news for NVIDIA GPU owners today as Pool Nation VR was updated to include support for Multi Res Shading alongside other feature additions and improvements. Pool Nation VR is a firm Road to VR favourite, with our own Garret Bullard awarding the...
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