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.

Valve Dials Back Vive Release Expectations, Suggests Bulk Will Ship in Q1 2016

Having revealed SteamVR and the Vive VR headset just six months ago, Valve and HTC set an aggressive consumer release date of Q4 2015. This would make the companies first-to-market over major competitors. Now, however, Valve is dialing back...

Ninja Theory’s ‘DEXED’ is a Gorgeous Dream-like On-Rails Shooter

Built as part of an in-house game jam, Ninja Theory's debut VR title DEXED is a beautiful on-rails shooter that pulls inspiration from the Sega Saturn classic Panzer Dragoon and a dash of cult shooter Ikaruga. It's interesting to see older,...

WEARVR Launches $10,000 Competition to Bring New Life to Dev Kit-era Apps

As Oculus has pushed out iterative runtimes to support its consumer hardware, many of the beloved early VR experiments have fallen to the wayside, languishing without support and lost in the annals of defunct software. To remedy this, WEARVR, an independent...

‘Alien: Isolation’ is One of VR’s Missed Opportunities, But There’s Still Hope

Alien: Isolation is one of the best VR games never released. We look back at why the title was so revered by VR enthusiasts and that there's now finally hope we'll see an official VR release after all. One of the...

HP, Alienware, and MSI Among ‘Vive Ready PC’ Partners, Starting at $1,299

Mirroring the 'Oculus Ready PC' program, HTC is now working with PC hardware partners to offer 'Vive Optimized PCs'. The initial set of systems come from HP, Alienware, and MSI. 'Vive Optimized PCs' are "fully Vive-compatible right out of the...

GameFace Shows Lighthouse Tracking on Android, Aims to Be First VR Headset to Support SteamVR &...

GameFace Labs, one of the earliest companies to begin development of a standalone VR headset, is back with the latest version of their prototype device now featuring SteamVR (AKA Lighthouse) tracking running on the Android-based system. We've been following the...

Microsoft Store to Lead Industry in Revenue Share to non-Game VR App Devs

Later this year, Microsoft is increasing the cut developers earn when publishing on the Microsoft Store. The raise in revenue share is slated to affect developers of non-gaming apps, amounting to between 85-95 % of revenue going to the...

HTC Sweetens Viveport Subscription Deal with 75 More VR Games

HTC launched its interesting Viveport Subscription service back in April; for $7/month, the program lets users choose five VR games from a pool of available apps, and grants them unlimited access. The company is sweetening the deal with 75...

Fallout 4 VR Shows that Triple-A VR will Bring Triple-A Prices, Pre-Order Now

At Bethesda's E3 briefing last night, the studio announced that Fallout 4 VR will be coming this year for the HTC Vive, but with AAA virtual reality PC content, comes prices to match. Update: A previous version of this article...

“World’s First Virtual Reality Painting Exhibiton” Takes Place 12-13th June, Presented by Tilt Brush

Tilt Brush, the made-for-VR painting program that lets you create anything and everything with the stroke of a virtual brush, have announced "the world's first VR painting exhibition" to take place June 12-13th, 2015 in San Francisco. Skillman & Hackett,...

In Vegas? HTC is Offering Public Vive Pro Demos Through Thursday

The official HTC Vive Twitter account has posted a reminder of their public invitation to anyone looking for a Vive Pro demo, with a “daily open house” from 4–6pm through Thursday at the Wynn’s Alsace Ballroom. The Vive Pro was...

‘Pistol Whip’ Gets Dieselpunk-inspired Level in New ‘Dark Skies’ Update

Pistol Whip (2019), the VR rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, just got a new dielselpunk-inspired update, available now on Oculus Quest and SteamVR-compatible headsets. Called 'Dark Skies', the update includes a new level set on Zeppelin, replete with hanger bay and...

Without Valve, ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Wouldn’t be Compatible with Rift or Quest

With the highly anticipated launch of Half-Life: Alyx just days away, it feels like an appropriate time to look at Valve's unique commitment to ensuring that SteamVR remains a hardware-agnostic platform for VR content, and how the company has...

‘Budget Cuts’ Studio Launches VR Gardening Sim ‘Garden of the Sea’ in Early Access, Trailer Here

Neat Corporation, the studio behind stealth VR game Budget Cuts (2018), unveiled a new VR project late last month called Garden of the Sea. The game, which puts you on a magical island where you tend to your garden, gather resources,...
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New ‘Kayak VR’ DLC Lets You Go Cave-kayaking with a Friend in a Beautiful Yet Terrifying...

Better Than Life has released a new paid DLC environment for its multiplayer kayaking game Kayak VR: Mirage (2022), this time taking inspiration from Yucatán, Mexico for some lush cenotes and mysterious caves. The game's new Yucatán DLC is now...
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