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.
Hands-on: ‘Starbear: Taxi’ is an Unbearably Cute Arcade Taxi Game with RC Spaceships
Funktronic Labs, the studio behind Cosmic Trip (2017), today launched their latest title, an arcade remote-controlled taxi game dubbed Starbear: Taxi (2018). Starbear: Taxi launched today on Rift, Vive, and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets.
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Cheeky Airport Security Game ‘TSA Frisky’ to Launch May 17th
TSA Frisky is an upcoming room-scale game that turns the tables on travelers and their would-be airport security officers. The game, which appears to be a cheeky cross between Papers, Please (2013) and Job Simulator (2016), is slated to arrive on Steam for...
This Guy Modded Oculus Touch to Play ‘Beat Saber’ Darth Maul-style
Beat Saber (2018) is finally here, the block-slicing rhythm game that puts two lightsabers in your hands and tasks you with using your Jedi powers to slice to the beat. Less than a day since release, one Twitch streamer...
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....
Exclusive: ‘Beat Saber’ Creators Break Down Every Track – Soundtrack Now Available
Beat Saber (2018), the unbelievably slick VR rhythm game that tasks you with slicing blocks in mid-air with a pair of lightsabers, released today in Early Access. We've got our Early Access review here so you can learn more about...
‘Beat Saber’ Early Access Review – a VR Rhythm Game for Budding Jedi Knights
Beat Saber is a single player rhythm game in Early Access that puts two lightsabers in your hands and tasks you with one of the funkiest, most stylish Jedi training regimes this side of Alderaan. Slicing incoming blocks to...
VR Quiz Game ‘Go Guess’ Uses Google 360 Captures to Make You Guess Where You Are
Go Guess (2018) is a new interactive VR quiz game from developers Oblix that tosses you into Google 360 captures and makes you to guess where you are. The twist? You're playing against other people, and you can hobnob...
MLB Batting Game ‘Home Run Derby VR’ Now Available on PSVR, Vive & Rift
Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby VR will let you step into the box and swing for the bleachers. The game, first trialed at All-Star FanFest back in June, is now heading to a total of 10 ballparks for the 2018 season,...
Preview: ‘Carly & the Reaperman’ Plays Like a Co-op Version of ‘Moss’
Odd Raven Studios’ first major title is the VR puzzle-platformer Carly & the Reaperman – Escape from the Underworld. While there is a single player option, it has been designed as an asymmetrical co-op experience, with one player in...
‘Beat Saber’ Developer Confirms Plans for Color Blind Mode, Soundtrack Release
Beat Saber, the hotly anticipated VR rhythm game launching May 1st, relies heavily upon colors to guide players in striking the correct notes. For those with color blindness, this could make the game more challenging. Fortunately the developer has...
Mozilla’s ‘Hubs’ is the One-click VR Meeting Space I’ve Been Waiting For
As part of Mozilla's ongoing efforts to make VR a first-class citizen on the web, the company today announced Hubs, a WebVR-based social experience which makes for effortless, one-click creation of virtual spaces which anyone can join—from smartphones desktop browsers...
VR World Creation Engine ‘NeosVR’ to Launch Open Beta May 4th
Developer Tomáš ‘Frooxius’ Mariančík, known for his work on the early Oculus experience SightLine, recently announced that NeosVR, the multiuser VR world creation engine, is headed into open beta starting May 4th.
Update (04/25/18): Mariančík recently released a video announcing the open beta's...
Pimax Unveils New Knuckles-style Controller, Supports SteamVR 2.0 Tracking
Pimax, the company behind the wide field of view "8K" VR headset, today unveiled a new controller design intended to ship alongside their upcoming VR hardware. Much like Valve's still unreleased 'Knuckles' controllers, the new Pimax controller is designed...
Vive Pro Bundle With 2.0 Base Stations & Controllers Now Available at $1400
HTC today started selling the long-awaited Vive Pro headset and SteamVR 2.0 base station hardware bundle, making it the first instance of the 2.0 tracking hardware coming to market. The new hardware bundle, which includes the Vive Pro headset, two...
‘Archangel: Hellfire’ Update to Bring Off-rails Multiplayer June 28th, Beta Starts May 25th
Skydance Interactive, the studio behind arcade mech shooter Archangel (2017), officially announced today that their next update, Archangel: Hellfire, will bring an off-rails multiplayer mode to the base game, which at launch was exclusively an on-rails, single player experience.
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