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.

‘Beat the Beats’ Rhythm-Boxing Game Launches on PSVR 2, Coming Soon to Other Major Headsets

The VR rhythm genre is getting kind of crowded, with many developers looking to replicate Beat Saber's 'hit the thing to the beat' money machine. Enter Beat the Beats, a project indeed inspired by Meta's seminal block-slashing game, although with its...

Following Rift Delay, HTC Vive Backorder Pushes Into June

The HTC Vive opened for pre-orders back at the end of February and officially launched just last week on April 5th. The headset's backorder date is now into June for new orders. After the initial wave of pre-orders for the...

‘Portal Stories: VR’ Brings 10 Made-for-VR Puzzles to the World of Aperture Science

When I loaded up Portal Stories: VR I was greeted with familiar sights and sounds from the Portal universe. A disembodied voice told that I was about to take part in an Aperture Science Virtual Reality Experiment, words I was...
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Epic Games Releases ‘Showdown’ UE4 VR Demo, Compatible with Rift, Vive, and Morpheus

Epic Games has shown the world some of the most visually stunning VR experiences to date, and today, one of them (Showdown) is being released for free as a UE4 VR sample for developers to learn from. Showdown was created...

8 Official ‘Ready Play One’ VR Experiences to Debut at SXSW, Soon Available for Home Download

HTC today announced it's bringing 8 VR experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Ready Player One to its official South by Southwest (SXSW) event. If you're not going to be able to make it to Austin this week, you'll be able to...

Vive Deluxe Audio Strap Gets June 6th Release Date

HTC announced a serious looking upgrade for its Vive headset earlier this year at CES 2017. The 'Deluxe Audio Strap' replaces the original device's harness and upgrades it with integrated headphones and a new, more robust adjustable head assembly. Update...

SteamVR Update Improves Tracking Performance for Oculus Quest

A SteamVR beta update today improved tracking when used with Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. Oculus Link allows Quest to be used just like a PC VR headset. While this makes it easy to play Oculus PC games, it also...
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Backrooms-inspired PC Adventure ‘POOLS’ is Getting VR Support Soon, Gameplay Trailer Here

Games inspired by ‘The Backrooms’ Internet lore are usually pretty scary, but PC game POOLS (2024) has a different way of getting under your skin. No monsters. Just pools. And soon, you'll be able to play in VR. Developer Tensori is...

‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Review – A Colossal Step Forward in VR Action-Adventure Gaming

Skydance's Behemoth showcases a lot of hard-won lessons in VR design, which is mostly thanks to the studio's pioneering work on its most successful VR game to date: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020). As an original IP in the action-adventure...

‘High Fidelity’ Makes First Strides into its Blockchain-based Digital Economy

High Fidelity, the social VR app founded by Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, recently launched Avatar Island - the first of many future in-world stores stocked with digital assets for its users to buy. While purchasing digital items like hats and t-shirts may not...

Today Only: Vive Anniversary Brings $100 Discount, Free Content, Viveport Subscription Service Launch

With the Oculus Rift anniversary sale soon coming to an end, it's now time for the HTC Vive—which launched just a week after the Rift—to get in on the celebration. The April 5th anniversary of the Vive launch, which HTC is...

‘Star Citizen’ Claims Testing of VR Support Will Begin Soon, More Than 10 Years After Promising...

Star Citizen promised to include VR support as a core feature more than a decade ago—long before it scope-creeped its way into becoming the MMO of today. Now, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) says they're actually going to put VR support...

Vanishing Realms Review

Garret Bullard hacks and slashes his way through the Zelda-esque, HTC Vive exclusive action RPG Vanishing Realms from one-man development team Indimo Labs, and finds one of the most engrossing room-scale VR experiences out there. Vanishing Realms Details: Official Site Developer: Indimo Labs LLC Available On: Steam (HTC...

HTC Considering Separating Vive VR into Standalone Business, Report Suggests

HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang may be considering spinning off the VR side of the business into a separate entity, causing stock prices in the Taiwanese company to rise sharply today. HTC's having a tumultuous time right now, with rapidly diminishing cash...
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Pioneering VR Spy Game ‘Unseen Diplomacy’ is Getting a Sequel This Year on Quest 3 &...

VR indie Triangular Pixels announced its pioneering room-scale VR spy game Unseen Diplomacy (2016) is finally getting a sequel, and it’s coming to Quest 3 and SteamVR headsets this year. Initially released in 2016 for PC VR headsets, Unseen Diplomacy was...
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