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.
‘Luna’ is a Beautiful Introduction to VR for Gaming Novices
A little while back, Oculus issued a $15 credit to many Rift users after an issue which prevented the headsets from working for a day or two. Seeking out something worthy to drop this credit on, I scrolled through...
‘Super Puzzle Galaxy’ Exits Early Access, 24 Additional Levels Released in ‘Warp Ball’ DLC
Super Puzzle Galaxy (2018), a physics-based puzzle game from Vive Studios and 2Bears Studio, has just existed its seven-month stint in Early Access. To boot, the studios have also launched the game's second DLC pack today, dubbed 'Warp Ball', which adds...
The 5 Best Games for HTC Vive
It was a hard decision, but you've decided to go with the HTC Vive as your first 'serious' VR headset, a room-scale device that released early 2016 as a result of a decisive collaboration with Valve. Here we take a...
PSVR Horror Game ‘Stifled’ Coming to Vive, Rift & PC Next Week
Stifled (2017) originally launched last year as a PSVR exclusive, but now Singaporean studio Gattai Games is bringing the echolocation-based horror game to Rift, Vive, and PC next week.
As the protagonist David Ridley, you're suddenly stricken blind, making the world...
Update: This Homebrewed Mini 3D-Tracked Sensor Module Only Cost $3 in Parts
Dr. Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, recently tweeted a picture of an incredibly small, homebrewed 3D-tracked sensor module that has us reeling at the implications for ever-smaller tracked...
Valve Reveals 2018’s Top Selling VR Games on Steam (so far)
Just in time for the end of Steam's summer sale, Valve has released a list of the top selling VR games of 2018 so far.
Broken down into a series of 'Best of 2018' charts, we got our annual eye-full...
Valve: Monthly Active VR Users on Steam Are Up 160% Year-over-year
Speaking at an industry event last week, Valve offered an update on Steam, the company's massive digital marketplace for PC games, including the continued growth the company has seen in the VR segment over the last year.
Speaking at the...
‘Waba’ is a Virtual Pet That Aims to Wobble Your Heartstrings, Launching Next Week in Early...
The heyday of virtual pets like Tamagotchi and Digimon may be long gone, reaching the height of their popularity in the late '90s, but with new mediums come new possibilities, and new ways to interact with virtual pets too....
This Developer Recreated ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Boss Battles in VR
For VR users, the following question inevitably arises in some shape or form: why isn't 'x-studio' making my favorite 'y' game in VR? While the answer usually ends up being a lack of sufficient profit motive on the part of...
Report: HTC Lays Off 1,500 Employees in Taiwan Manufacturing Division
HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg's Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees.
https://twitter.com/samsonellis/status/1013723541760425984
CNET has confirmed that the company is indeed going forward with layoffs in Taiwan, although...
Photorealistic VR Tour ‘Nefertari: Journey to Eternity’ Takes You Deep into a 3,000 Year-old Egyptian Tomb
Using state-of-the-art photogrammetry technology with millimeter accuracy, Simon Che de Boer of Reality Virtual and Experius VR have digitally scanned Nerfertari's tomb, letting owners of Vive, Rift, and Windows VR headsets step inside the fabled burial site and learn about the over 3,000...
Windows VR Headsets Seeing Slow But Steady Adoption on Steam
The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn't revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets are making slow,...
Preview: ‘Space Junkies’ Feels Like VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Unreal Tournament’
Unreal Tournament (1999) was one of the staple arena shooters of my youth. It's simple; find the best gun you can, stock up on as much health and armor as possible, always keep moving until you die, respawn, rinse...
‘Beat Saber’ to Get a Multiplayer Mode, Custom Avatars & Sabers Considered
Beat Saber developer Beat Games (formerly Hyperbolic Magnetism), has confirmed work on a competitive multiplayer mode for the popular rhythm game, which may in the future include custom avatars and sabers.
Beat Saber currently offers global, friend, and local leaderboards...
Google’s ‘Tilt Brush’ Gets New Beginner Mode to Make VR Art Creation Easier
Google's Tilt Brush (2016) has shaped up to be a fully-featured VR creation tool since the app's initial launch in April 2016 on HTC Vive, adding things like support for Oculus Rift, integration with Google's other 3D VR creation tool Blocks (2017), and...

















