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.
‘The Vanishing of Ethan Carter’ VR Support Removed in Patch, Developer Teases Future VR DLC
Well, this has been a small roller-coaster. First the new UE4 Redux of acclaimed mystery adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, did have VR support out of the box, then the developer admitted this was a mistake and now...
SteamVR Gets Motion Smoothing, an ASW-like Feature to Help VR Apps Run Better
Valve today introduced Motion Smoothing to SteamVR in beta. Similar to Oculus' Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW), the feature uses previous frames to synthesize new frames on the fly, allowing VR applications to continue to run smoothly and comfortably even when...
Cartoon Network’s ‘Journeys VR’ Experience Gets Trippy with Reggie Watts, Trailer Here
Cartoon Network unveiled a new VR experience on Tuesday which is slated to take you on a magical trip through three original VR shorts. To guide you is—who else—the soothing baritone of comedian/musician Reggie Watts.
Watts lends his voice to Gormlorm,...
Mind-bending VR Adventure ‘The Under Presents’ Coming to Steam This Week
The Under Presents (2019), the multiplayer theatrical adventure originally built for Quest and Rift, is heading to Steam on April 16th, which includes support for all standard SteamVR-compatible headsets.
Created by indie studio Tender Claws, known for its breakout hit VR experience Virtual...
HTC Vive Review: A Mesmerising VR Experience, if You Have the Space
We go hands on with Valve and HTC’s new room-scale virtual reality system the Vive and discover that with incredible VR experiences come great real estate requirements.
We’ve been reporting on virtual reality since 2011 here at Road to VR, and it’s...
New Investigative VR Horror Title ‘Ghost Theory’ Hits Kickstarter
Czech developers Dreadlocks, the company behind crowd funded RPG Dex, have launched their latest Kickstarter campaign for Ghost Theory, a VR focussed horror title that casts you as a clairvoyant paranormal investigator.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreadlocks/ghost-theory
The latest horror title to take advantage of virtual...
Facebook Headsets Now Account for More Than 60% of VR Headsets Used on Steam
Facebook's growing grip over the VR space reached new heights last month as the company's Oculus headsets exceeded 60% of the share of monthly-connected headsets used on Steam.
Facebook was already a major player in the VR market before the...
First Look: The ‘Elite: Dangerous’ Experience on HTC Vive is the Best Yet
EGX 2015 was seemingly over flowing with virtual reality headsets this year and interestingly, with the exception of a handful of Playstation VR demo stations, the Valve's flagship VR Headset the HTC Vive dominated. A nice surprise too, Elite:...
‘VTOL VR’ Update Introduces Air Combat Fighter Jet and Mission Editor
VR-only flight simulator VTOL VR, recently received a substantial update that includes a mission editor and a pilotable fighter jet. The sim is designed specifically around the use of VR motion controls, and is available in Early Access on Steam.
Since our...
VRChat Lays off 30% of Company, Citing Growing Pains Following COVID Platform Boom
VRChat, one of the oldest and most popular social VR platforms, announced it's laying off "around 30%" of its staff, citing issues with slower than anticipated growth, over-hiring during its boom in 2021, and the slow adoption of a...
Shiftall’s Slim & Light PC VR Headset ‘MeganeX’ US Release Slips into 2024
Panasonic subsidiary Shiftall announced nearly a year ago that it was set to launch MeganeX sometime in early 2023, potentially making it one of the first in the coming wave of slim and light PC VR headsets. We haven't...
Watch Windows VR Controllers Stand up to ‘Beat Saber’s’ Hardest Song
While high-end headsets like the Rift and Vive use external sensors for positional tracking, the Windows VR headsets use a fully 'inside-out' solution which eliminates the need for external trackers and simplifies setup, but certainly makes hand-tracking more challenging....
‘Virtua Sonic’ Fan Experience Brings Sonic the Hedgehog to VR
Want to step into the iconic red boots of Sonic the Hedgehog? This fan-built VR experience will let you do just that, and with some serious attention to detail that Sonic fans are sure to appreciate.
Coming to the annual...
HordeZ Brings Doom-style Multi-player Coop Carnage to HTC Vive
Developer Niklas Persson is working on bringing the visceral, gore-soaked carnage of the Doom series to virtual reality with HordeZ, a multi-player coop shooter for the HTC Vive.
Whether you're willing to admit it or not, there's very little in...
‘The Invisible Hours’ Creator Aims to Bring Immersive Mystery to Modern VR Headsets, TV & Film
Rob Yescombe, co-creator of immersive VR mystery game The Invisible Hours (2017), recently regained the rights to the game, which he says could led to a remaster across modern VR headsets, as well as TV and film.
As confirmed by Hollywood Reporter,...




















