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: IBM Watson Brings Voice Commands to ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’
IBM Watson, the artificial intelligence platform designed to understand natural language, today launched support for Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017) across PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
Before the service launched today, lone players could control the ship's other posts—Engineering, Tactical, Helm—by clicking...
Valve Reveals More Detail on ‘Knuckles’ Motion Controllers
Valve has lifted the veil somewhat on its Knuckles controllers, first revealed as a prototype last October at the company's annual Steam Dev Days conference. In a blog post today, Valve showed off some specs of the Knuckles dev kit...
SteamVR Home Gets Virtual Collectibles, an Intriguing Glimpse at the Future of Achievements & Digital Goods
Valve has added the first wave of SteamVR Collectibles to SteamVR Home, unlockable rewards which can be used to decorate your virtual Home space or modify your avatar. This new feature further expands the rich customisation and interactivity found...
HTC Explains Why It Hasn’t Lowered the Price of the Vive
Despite its primary competitor, Oculus, making a major price cut to the Rift & Touch earlier this year, HTC's Vive headset still sits at a hearty $800. The company's GM of VR, Daniel O'Brien, tells us why HTC hasn't cut the...
Racing Game “Sprint Vector” is an Intense Workout with VR Locomotion that Just Works
Sprint Vector is an "adrenaline platformer" racing game that relies upon a unique locomotion technique of swinging your arms in order to run through an obstacle course. It's the latest game from Raw Data developer Survios, but with a...
E3 2017 ‘Day 5’ Roundup: Phil Spencer on Xbox VR, ‘Space Junkies’ Hands-On, Android GameFace Adds...
As E3 2017 draws to a close, here’s our final roundup of news. Phil Spencer gives an enlightening interview with Giant Bomb, we go hands-on with Ubisoft’s new VR shooter Space Junkies, and try out the latest standalone VR...
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...
E3 2017: HTC & Intel to Offer High-end Wireless VR Solution in “Early 2018”
At Computex 2017, Intel’s Gregory Bryant demonstrated the company's wireless VR solution on stage. He claimed this was the first public showing of the HTC Vive using Intel's WiGig technology, and further confirms that HTC is bringing the product...
Despite Parent Company’s Legal Trouble with Oculus, Bethesda says: “We plan on supporting as many platforms...
Bethesda recently announced that Fallout 4 (2015) is coming to HTC Vive this October, and Skyrim (2011) is soon to follow sometime in late 2017 on PlayStation VR. Amidst talk of platform exclusivity, the company took to twitter to quell some fears in the...
Multiple ‘The Walking Dead’ Interactive VR Games Are in Development
Skybound Entertainment in partnership with Skydance Interactive have confirmed that multiple interactive VR games based on the hugely popular The Walking Dead franchise are in the works.
Here's an unexpected treat for VR enthusiasts among the hordes of fans of...
E3 2017 ‘Day 2’ Roundup: ‘Skyrim VR’ Announced, Intel Does VR eSports, ‘Lone Echo’ Dated &...
Following the revelations from the Microsoft and Bethesda presentations, this is a second roundup of news from E3 2017, currently taking place in Los Angeles. E3 technically starts today, but here’s what happened yesterday, with announcements from Intel, Ubisoft...
‘Archangel’ is a High-Intensity Mech Shooter Coming First to PSVR, Here’s the Trailer
Archangel is an upcoming single-player shooter from Skydance Interactive that puts you in the cockpit of a 6-story mech, enlisting you into the resistance forces to battle an evil corporation now rampant in post-apocalyptic USA. Check out the new trailer here.
Selected by the United...
Report: ‘Skyrim VR’ Likely Coming to HTC Vive, PSVR Version a “Timed Exclusive”
One of the bigger announcements from Sony's E3 briefing last night was the announcement of Skyrim VR only for PlayStation VR. Well, it seems that exclusivity may just be a timed arrangement according to some sources and we will...
Ubisoft Announces Multiplayer Arcade VR Shooter ‘Space Junkies’, First Screenshots Revealed
Ubisoft today announced a new VR arcade shooter called Space Junkies, billing it as a "jetpack-fueled arcade shooter developed exclusively for virtual reality gaming."
According to Ubisoft, the game features fast-paced multiplayer competition set in three-dimensional "Orbital Arenas," letting players...
Ubisoft’s Mysterious New VR Thriller ‘Transference’ Aims to be a “true collaboration between Hollywood and gaming”
At Ubisoft's E3 2017 presentation, the company announced a cinematic-focused VR psychological thriller called Transference. Launching in Spring 2018, the title seeks to "bridge the gap between movies and games," and is being developed in collaboration with Ubisoft Montreal and...




















