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.
‘Skyrim VR’ Launching on PC April 3rd with Support for Vive, Rift, and Windows VR
Formerly a PSVR exclusive, Skyrim VR is coming to PC via SteamVR, with officially listed support for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets.
When it launched back in November on PSVR, Bethesda's Skyrim VR was one the first...
Valve Introduces Auto Resolution Optimization to Squeeze the Most Detail From Your VR Headset
Valve today released an update to SteamVR Beta that introduces a new system that automatically adjusts the VR game's resolution in accordance with your GPU's rendering ability. Presented by Valve Graphics Programmer Alex Vlachos in an official announcement, the auto-resolution...
HTC Vive Pro to Arrive With Redesigned Link Box Featuring DisplayPort and Power Button
HTC Vive Pro, the company's higher resolution VR headset targeted at prosumers, isn't on sale yet, although developers have been receiving Vive Pro as early as mid-February. While there still isn't a comprehensive look at all of the gubbins...
‘The American Dream’ Parodies US Gun Culture, Launching This Week at a Key Moment in Gun...
The American Dream is set to launch on March 14th, and the moment, most unfortunately, couldn't be more timely. The game's gun-fueled gameplay takes US gun culture to the extreme, examining a world where babies are born packing heat...
‘Wedding VR’ Offers an Uncanny Peek into the Wild World of Anime Marriage Simulators
Wedding VR, a marriage simulator created by Japan-based game studio Voltage Inc., came to the Oculus Store and Steam recently. In it, you become a bride-to-be, replete with wedding dress, bouquet and impossibly tiny hands only fit for a character...
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...
HTC Announces 2018 Viveport Developer Awards Nominees, $50K First Prize up for Grabs
Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, HTC has announced the nominees for this year's VDAs who will be in competition to...
‘Budget Cuts’ to Reemerge From the Shadows at GDC, On Track for 2018 Launch
It's been more than a year and a half since I first stepped into Budget Cuts, an instantly promising VR title from indie developer Neat Corporation with a novel and efficient locomotion system that blends perfectly with the game's throwing-knife...
Hardware Developers Are Now Receiving SteamVR 2.0 Base Stations
It was only a few weeks ago that we saw our first SteamVR 2.0 base station in the wild, shown off at this year's CES working with Vive Pro, HTC's upcoming high-resolution VR headset. Now, it appears some developers...
Oculus Rift Surpasses HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share for the First Time
According to Valve's February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC...
‘Hatsune Miku VR’ Rhythm Game for Rift & Vive to Launch March 9th, Teaser Trailer Here
Hatsune Miku, the impossibly saccharine anime pop vocaloid, is coming to SteamVR headsets in a new rhythm game from creators Degica Games and Crypton Future Media.
Update (02/27/18): The Steam link is live, and launch date is confirmed for March 9th,...
Win a Nintendo Switch & ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ in ‘Rec Room’ Creators Contest
Rec Room, the social VR app, recently updated to include the ability to create your own customized environments. To celebrate the 'custom rooms' addition, developers Against Gravity are putting on a contest and offering up the grand prize of a...
After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future
At this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, HTC CEO Cher Wang took the stage to outline the company's big picture approach to the future. The company is ostensibly putting increased focus on VR/AR with their newly coined...
HTC Shows Off Vive Pro with Vive Wireless Adapter at MWC 2018
Though both products were announced back at CES, HTC showed off the Vive Pro and the Vive Wireless adapter used together for the first time today at MWC 2018.
Back at CES, we went hands on with the Vive Wireless...
Update: HTC Confirms It’s Merging VR and Smartphone Divisions
Chialin Chang, HTC's President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business, made his immediate resignation official last week, which HTC now confirms has prompted the company to merge its smartphone and VR divisions—a move that possibly points to the HTC putting greater...



















