Steam VR Compatible
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...
Windows VR Headsets Can Now Play VR Games on Steam
Early adopters of "Windows Mixed Reality" VR headsets can now access a wealth of new content thanks to an official integration with Steam, now available as a public preview, allowing the headsets to play SteamVR content from the platform....
Update: Steam Support for Windows VR Headsets to Arrive Before End of Year
Microsoft's Windows VR headsets (branded as 'Mixed Reality') are nearly ready to ship, coming alongside the launch of Windows Fall Creators Update in mid-October. Announced today at Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality event, the company says a "preview" of SteamVR...
Pimax Teases ‘Next Generation’ Accessories for Its 8K VR Headset
Pimax, the Chinese VR headset manufacturer, released a teaser video showing a number of high-tech accessories that clip onto the company's upcoming 8K VR headset—a headset that boasts a staggering 200 degree field of view (FOV) at 3840x2160 per eye resolution via...
‘Raw Data’ is Coming to Oculus Home with Reworked Touch Support & Cross-Platform Play
Survios, the developers behind the impressive first person VR action title Raw Data, has announced that the game is coming to Oculus Rift with fully "re-engineered" Touch motion control support and the ability to play online with your HTC...
SteamVR to Get Linux and Mac OSX Support Within “a Few Months”
Valve is planning to introduce beta versions of its SteamVR platform for Mac OSX and Linux users within a few months.
One thing's for sure, if you're a PC user wanting to indulge in a spot of immersive entertainment right...
SteamVR Tracking Courses Begin, Already Completed by 50 Developers
Valve opened up their SteamVR tracking technology for third-party development in August, and since then, 50 developers have completed the mandatory training course provided by Synapse, the first company to enter the field.
Synapse says that most of the participants...
Impressions on Valve’s New VR Controller Prototype from Cloudhead’s Denny Unger
Valve premiered a prototype of a new type of VR input controller at Steam Dev Days in order to get some preliminary feedback from developers. They've created a capacitive-touch controller that is attached to your hand so that you...
‘Everest VR’ Review
Some things in life really need to be experienced first hand, and the ascent of Mount Everest is probably pretty high up on that list. Photos and videos can’t compare to the real thing, but VR just might. Step...
Analysis of Valve’s ‘Lighthouse’ Tracking System Reveals Accuracy
Valve's 'Lighthouse' tracking system affords the HTC Vive a 'room-scale' tracking space for the VR headset and its controllers through the use of area-sweeping lasers. But exactly how accurate is it? Oliver Kreylos, a VR researcher at UC Davis,...
NVIDIA’s ‘VR Funhouse’ is Proof That Good Physics Can Make Great VR
Nvidia's VR Funhouse is a virtual sandbox chasing reality, one designed to demonstrate how GPU accelerated physics can enhance presence in immersive environments. It's released for free today on Steam, but is it any fun?
Perhaps it’s just my over...
SoundStage Lets You Build Your Dream Music Studio in Room-Scale VR
This is SoundStage, from solo developer Logan Olson, a VR application that aims to let musicians build their own dream music studio, allowing them to play, record and mix from within VR on the HTC Vive.
Being a musician can...
How to Sharpen Your HTC Vive’s Visuals with Supersampling
Want to substantially improve image quality whilst immersed in your HTC Vive? Here's details of a new tweak that allows you to engage supersampling in SteamVR and compatible games with the resulting differences impressive - as long as your...
‘Final Approach: Pilot Edition’ Lets Oculus Rift Players Take Flight
Final Approach lands for the Oculus Rift with developer Phaser Lock Interactive coming up with a novel solution to the VR platform's current lack of motion controllers, instead of guiding planes into land, they let you fly them.
Phaser Lock Interactive's...
BBC and Rewind Team up for Stunningly Rendered VR Spacewalk Experience on Vive
The BBC have announced a new, realtime rendered VR experience for the HTC Vive which aims to give people the chance to experience what it's like to journey to space and take a walk into the void.
The BBC have...



















