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.
Vive Pro ‘Recommended Spec’ Seeks GTX 1070, Drops 1060 to ‘Minimum Spec’
Because VR is so demanding, hardware makers have issue 'Recommended' or 'VR Ready' guidelines to help customers understand what kind of hardware they need for a good VR experience. For the most part, the VR industry's biggest players have...
HTC Releases 3 ‘Ready Player One’ VR Experiences in ‘OASIS Beta’, Now Free on Viveport
HTC showed off eight Ready Player One-inspired experiences at the film's debut event at SXSW. Now, the company has released three of these experiences on Viveport in a single download called Ready Player One: OASIS Beta.
Here's the full list of mini-games...
Hands-on: ‘Beat Saber’ is Every Bit as Fun as It Looks
At GDC this year, I had a chance to step into Beat Saber, an upcoming rhythm game from Czech Republic-based indie studio Hyperbolic Magnetism that tasks you with slicing flying cubes with lightsabers to electronic dance music. If that sounds cool to...
Hands-on: Trained by Rocky in ‘Creed: Rise to Glory’, a Heart-pumping Innovation in Arcade VR Boxing
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), are gearing up to release a new VR game this year, an arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed and protegé...
Hands-on: ‘Vacation Simulator’ is a More Expansive Sequel That Dives Deeper
Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind the hit VR parody game Job Simulator (2016) and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), debuted their upcoming game here at GDC 2018, an aptly named sequel to Job Simulator that delves into the...
GDC 2018 ‘Day 2’ Roundup – ‘Budget Cuts’ Hands-On, Google Maps and ARCore, Squanch Games’ Exclusive,...
Here’s a roundup of news from the second day of our GDC 2018 coverage. We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games' Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing...
HTC and Gaming Giant IGT Partner on VR Tournament Platform for Casinos
HTC is expanding its out-of-home VR entertainment reach with a new deal with gaming giant IGT that will see its Vive hardware and software power a new competitive VR initiative where players compete for real money stakes.
The recent reveal...
GDC 2018 ‘Day 1’ Roundup – Vive Pro Pricing, Magic Leap SDK, Nvidia RTX, and More
Here’s a roundup of news from ‘day one’ of our GDC 2018 coverage. Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia's real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces.
Vive Pro headset launches April 5th for $800, original Vive drops to...
Hands-on: ‘Budget Cuts’ Showcases an Impressive Grip on What Makes VR Great
It's been over two years since Stockholm-based Neat Corporation released the initial prototype for Budget Cuts, an upcoming stealth-action game that throws you into a robot-filled office space and arms you with various throwing weapons and a novel portal-based teleporting device,...
Oculus Exclusive ‘The Mage’s Tale’ Comes to Vive March 23rd, in Development for PSVR
RPG dungeon crawler The Mage's Tale, a former Oculus exclusive, is set to launch on Steam for the HTC Vive on March 23rd. Developer inXile Entertainment has also confirmed that the title is in development for PSVR.
The Mage's Tale, a...
‘Payday 2 VR’ Exits Beta, Now Available as Free DLC to Main Game
Payday 2 (2013), Overkill's 4-player bank heist co-op shooter, has offered a VR mode in beta for the past few months, but now it's off the beta branch and pushed out as a free DLC to the main game.
Payday...
‘Bigscreen’ Coming to Mobile VR in Q2, Gear VR Alpha Test Starts Today
Bigscreen is a unique social VR application which lets users bring their desktop screens and all the capabilities of their PC into VR with them. That means friends can come together virtually for LAN parties, streaming sessions, and much...
‘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...




















