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.
HTC Announces Consumer Availability of Vive Tracker & New Tracker Accessory Bundles
HTC today announced consumer availability of Vive Tracker, the tracking module that uses Valve's Lighthouse tracking standard. The company also announced North American pre-order availability of a number of Vive Tracker accessory bundles that are slated to make their way to consumers in mid-December.
First...
HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales
Digital Trends recently published a report entitled 'VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it'. It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article's thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some...
Bigscreen Beyond Offers Free Audio Strap in Black Friday Deal
Bigscreen Beyond, the slim and light PC VR headset released late last year, is getting its first ever Black Friday deal. Starting this week, you can nab a free Audio Strap with purchase.
Bigscreen Beyond is small, partly because it...
‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Update Adds Social Two Player “Troll Mode”
The immensely fun virtual reality wizarding simulator Waltz of the Wizard for HTC Vive has been updated with a new two player feature that lets a second non VR player join you in your spell-casting shenanigans.
Social features are seemingly...
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 Perfect Sniper’ to Launch on SteamVR Headsets January 15th, PSVR Version to Follow in “a...
The Perfect Sniper is an upcoming tactical shooter from Toronto-based indie studio Sinn Studio that aims to soften the blow of shooting someone in the face with its charming low-poly visuals. First revealed in October via the cinematic trailer above, The Perfect...
nDreams Announces VR Action-Adventure ‘Reach’, Packing in Cinematic Action & Parkour This Year
During the Future Games Show livestream today, nDreams Elevation unveiled Reach, a VR action-adventure promising full-body parkour, combat against giant baddies, and a surprisingly detailed world.
Reach will be the debut title for nDreams Elevation, the company's internal studio formed in...
Valve’s Lighthouse Base Station in Action, Inner Workings Explained
Some of the inner workings of Valve's Lighthouse base station, an infrared laser-emitting device used for 'room scale' positional tracking, were revealed today by Valve developer Joe Ludwig.
Ludwig's SVVR Conference talk entitled "OpenVR and You" addressed a number of issues dealing...
Couch Co-op Platformer ‘Carly and the Reaperman’ Gets Single-player VR Experience
Odd Raven Studios, the Stockholm-based developers behind Carly and the Reaperman - Escape From the Underworld (2018), announced that the VR couch co-op platformer is getting a single-player experience starting today.
Carly and the Reaperman was originally designed as an asymmetrical cooperative game, where a...
‘Doom VFR’ Devs Detail Gameplay, Setting, and Locomotion in New Video
In 2016, Bethesda announced it was working on a Doom VR project, and earlier this year at E3 the company revealed it as Doom VFR. Due to launch in Q4 2017, a Q&A video with the game's developers shines more...
‘Angry Birds VR’ Now Available on Rift & Vive, More VR Platforms Coming Soon
Resolution Games and Rovio Entertainment today launched the next installment in the Angry Birds series, this time built from the ground-up for VR. Dubbed Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019), the bird-shooting puzzle game is now available on...
New ‘The Assembly’ Gameplay Video Offers Insight into VR Development
The Assembly is a morally ambiguous adventure game built from the ground up for virtual reality by nDreams. In this new gameplay video, Senior Designer Jackie Tetley walks you through some brand new footage whilst offering commentary on how...
Build and Race on Your Own Tiny Racing Track with ‘Tiny Wheels’
The days of setting up ludicrously long Hot Wheels tracks and launching the tiny diecast metal cars straight into the side of a hastily constructed LEGO fort are all but over—not when you can practically revisit the glory days...
‘Doom VFR’ is Coming with Classic ‘Doom’ Maps, Gameplay Video Here
Doom VFR, id Software's upcoming standalone VR game, is nearly here, coming December 1st for PSVR and HTC Vive. It looks like the studio is turning up the nostalgia to 11 with the latest revelation that the game will also...
First Look: Vive Chief Content Officer Phil Chen on VR’s Role in the Evolution of Storytelling
Virtual reality pushes the capabilities of computers like no other current technology; putting a 3D world in front of you and making it interactive requires a lot of power. But the payoff? A new medium that directly engages with...



















