SteamVR
Latest ‘Revive’ Update Lets You Play 35 Oculus Home Games on HTC Vive
Revive, the mod which lets HTC Vive owners play games released only on Oculus Home, has just got a new release and is now compatible with 35 titles in the Oculus Store.
Revive, a free mod project created by LibreVR in...
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...
This Video Shows Oculus Touch SteamVR Integration in Action
We just reported that SteamVR now official includes support for Oculus' Touch motion controllers, this new video from Reality Check VR shows them in action inside Steam itself.
Caleb Eubanks of Reality Check VR has posted a video demonstrating the...
SteamVR Now Supports Oculus Touch Controllers
It seems that those diligent boffins over at Valve have quietly released an update to their SteamVR platform which includes support for Oculus' Touch motion controllers.
The disparity between experiences available on the two main competing VR systems on the...
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...
Valve Updates ‘The Lab’, Now with Global Leaderboards and More
Valve's The Lab, the ridiculously fun Portal-themed tech demo for HTC Vive, recently released a new update that will have you sharpening your skills against the best in the world.
Called the Appliance of Science Update, Valve is now including global...
Unreal Engine 4.12 is Out Now, Gets ‘VR Editor’, OSVR and Google VR Support
Epic Games' popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 now sporting Google VR 'Daydream' and OSVR native support. It also ships with a preview of the company's impressive VR Editor, which allows developers to...
Valve Releases ‘The Lab’ Unity Renderer for Free
Valve have released the Unity based renderer for its superb VR experience collection The Lab in an effort to encourage adoption of what it sees as optimal rendering techniques for VR experiences.
Although many probably assumed that Valve's collection of VR experiences,...
Platform Politics: Inside the Oculus and ‘Revive’ Dilemma
Revive is an application that allows select VR games exclusive to the Oculus Home platform to be played on a rival SteamVR-powered HTC Vive headset. A recent update to Oculus Home crippled Revive, an act that has caused outrage...
‘Portal Stories: VR’ Brings 10 Made-for-VR Puzzles to the World of Aperture Science
When I loaded up Portal Stories: VR I was greeted with familiar sights and sounds from the Portal universe. A disembodied voice told that I was about to take part in an Aperture Science Virtual Reality Experiment, words I was...
My Unopened Oculus Rift and Why the Vive Stole My Heart
I have a confession to make: my Rift CV1 arrived two weeks ago and I only just opened it. You see... I was busy the night it arrived, and then the next day the Vive arrived, and it has...
SteamVR Now Lets You Skin Your Controllers and Base Stations
OK, so perhaps not the most revolutionary of updates, but certainly a fun feature addition to the latest SteamVR build is the ability to customise the look of your SteamVR controllers and, should the mood strike you, your base...
Valve Engineers Talk Lighthouse Evolution & Favourite VR Memories
At GDC this year, I had a chance to talk with Valve developer Jeremy Selan and tracking engineer Ben Jackson about the evolution of room-scale tracking technologies, as well as some of the oral history stories that include some...
Valve Proclaims “VR IS HERE” to Millions of Steam Users, New Vive Promo Focuses on Group-Play
Valve is pushing the HTC Vive in full force today—no surprise considering it's the official launch day of the SteamVR-compatible headset. Adding to proclamation that "VR is here," which is smack dab on Steam's front page that nearly tens of...
4 Videos That Take You Inside Valve’s ‘The Lab’
The HTC Vive is here, and we're finally allowed to show you The Lab, Valve's Portal-themed playground of VR demos that gives you a beautifully cohesive tour of what's possible with room-scale VR. To get a better look at just what it had...




















