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.

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.

Get 50% Off ‘Rez Infinite’ and ‘Thumper’ on Steam This Week

If you own either Rez Infinite (2016) or Thumper (2016), it might just be music to your ears this Valentine's Day. From now until February 20th, you can get either (or both) VR games for 50% off on Steam. Here's how: If...

Correction: Apple, Valve, and LG Didn’t End Up Investing in OLED Microdisplay Maker eMagin

According to documents filed last month with SEC, participation of a new stock issuance of some $10 million by OLED microdisplay maker eMagin was offered to Apple, Valve, and LG, among others, though those companies didn't end up participating in the...

‘Sprint Vector’ Review – Innovative Locomotion Makes Adrenaline-soaked Foot Racing a Reality

Sprint Vector (2018) is a VR racing game of a different stripe. Dubbed an "adrenaline platformer" by production studio Survios, the developers behind Raw Data (2017), it actually sticks to some pretty well-established arcade racing tropes pioneered by the Mario Kart franchise. Still, it's...
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‘Beat Saber’ is a Fusion of DDR and Lightsaber Combat That We Never Knew We Wanted

If you've used virtual reality, you've probably deampt up a million cool game ideas that the platform's infinite possibilities could be used for. But did you dream up a rhythm game where you use dual lightsabers to slice blocks...
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Multiplayer Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’ to Launch This Spring on PSVR, Rift & Vive

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an upcoming sci-fi adventure game from 3rd Eye Studios, a Finish studio featuring industry veterans from games such as Alan Wake, and Halo 5, and movies including Wall-E, Gravity, and Prometheus. While Horus Station is technically the second installment in the series following last year's Downward Spiral:...

Update: ‘Earthlight’ Developer Experimenting With PSVR

Opaque Space, a studio working in collaboration with NASA to build space-themed VR experiences, have started experimenting with PSVR. Update (02/06/18): In a previous version of this article, it was incorrectly reported that studio's latest experience 'Earthlight: Spacewalk' would be coming to...
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‘Sairento VR’ Exits Steam Early Access Today, Launches on Oculus Home

Sairento VR (2018), a VR ninja action game from indie developer Mixed Realms, ended its year-long stint in Steam Early Access today. The game, which features both single player and multiplayer modes, also launched on Oculus Home today. Sairento VR launches out...

Play ‘Eleven: Table Tennis VR’ on Rift for Free This Weekend

For Fun Labs, the developers behind Eleven: Table Tennis VR (2016), are hosting a free weekend for Rift players this week on Oculus Home. Eleven: Table Tennis VR offers online multiplayer or practice with AI, and features cross-play between both the Steam (Vive & Rift) and Oculus...

Play VR Sport ‘SPARC’ for Free on Rift This Weekend

Sparc (2017), the VR sport from EVE Online developers CCP Games, is hosting a free weekend for Rift players on Oculus Home. Temporary free access has already begun, and will conclude on February 4th at 11:59 PM PT (local time here). Initially...
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Medieval Roguelike Bow-shooter ‘IN DEATH’ Hits Early Access, PSVR Version in the Works

Sólfar Studios' new title IN DEATH, launches today in Early Access with a launch week discount. The "roguelike" bow-shooter makes use of procedural generation to create different experience every time you play, the developers say, while players come upon "monsters, mysteries...

HTC: Vive Pro is Targeted at Prosumers and Will Be “more expensive” Than Consumer Vive

VR/AR expert Antony Vitillo (aka 'Skarred Ghost') got an opportunity to speak with HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin recently, and while Graylin predictably couldn't answer the question on everyone's mind—"how much is Vive Pro going to cost?"—we...

Step Inside the Unabomber Investigation in New Interactive VR Experience

If you were alive in the '90s, chances are you've heard about Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, the American domestic terrorist that between 1978 and 1995 killed 3 people, and injured 23 others in a nationwide bombing campaign. Now, HTC Vive...

‘Sprint Vector’ Gets February 8th PC Launch Date, Feb 13th for PSVR

Having just celebrated a successful closed beta, which showed off some of the game's new mechanics and solo challenge mode, Survios now says its infectious footracer Sprint Vector is set to launch on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift on February 8th. PlayStation VR...

Google ‘Blocks’ Update Matures Tools for Even Easier 3D Modeling in VR

Google Blocks, the 3D object creation tool for VR/AR app developers, just got a big update that includes new environments, improved object snapping, and a number of experimental features that the company says makes Blocks "more powerful and even easier to use." Released to Rift...

‘Sprint Vector’ Closed Beta Shows New Modes & Mechanics, Impressive Polish

Sprint Vector, the upcoming VR footracing game from Raw Data (2017) studio Survios, went into closed beta last week. Now with a few multiplayer matches under my belt and a number of solo challenges (and possibly some overextended elbows), it's clear the...
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