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Mindshow’s VR Movie-making Helped Me Rediscover the Joy of Play-acting
Frank He rediscovers his childhood and finds a new talent for improvisational performance as he goes hands on with Mindshow, a new virtual reality application that lets you create and act in your own interactive movies.
A childhood experience some of us...
‘Envelop’ Launches Open Beta of Immersive Windows Desktop Platform for Vive and Rift
Envelop, the virtual reality desktop platform for Windows, has launched as a public beta for anyone with a Vive or Rift to enjoy.
After announcing a $5.5 million Series A investment at the beginning of 2016, followed by a closed...
‘Wake Up’ is a Surreal, Immersive Vive Puzzler with Killer Sound Design
Wake Up from Austrian developers Black Cell is a new, surreal subversion of the traditional puzzle and exploration genres sporting some beautiful art direction and some arresting sound design.
Many's the time I've waffled on about the importance of sound in...
‘Aerofly FS2’ Brings Ultra Realistic Flight Simulation to Rift and Vive
Aerofly from developers IPACS is a flight simulator which aims to bring realistic visuals to the VR-enabled civilian flight-sim genre, and it looks stunning.
One interesting side effect of virtual reality and its early adoption by the games industry is...
‘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...
First Look: ‘New Retro Arcade Neon’ Launches Today with All New Arcade Space, Multiplayer, Mini-games, and...
The much anticipated New Retro Arcade Neon, a totally revamped version of the lauded virtual reality arcade, finally lands on Steam today, built to take advantage of the HTC Vive.
While the original New Retro Arcade, debuting on the second...
Steam Launches First ‘VR Weekend Sale’, 181 Vive and Rift Titles Discounted
Steam has launched the first VR Weekend Sale giving steep discounts on VR titles for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, including a huge 20-game bundle at 30% discount.
Looking to bolster your VR game library? Vive and Rift owners...
‘Dota 2’ Releases Social Spectator Mode ‘VR Hub’
Dota 2 today released free DLC that lets you watch live and recorded matches from SteamVR compatible headsets. The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never...
Valve’s Only VR Title, ‘The Lab’, is the Highest Rated Game on All of Steam
Among more than 9,000 games on Steam, Valve's VR title The Lab is heading the platform's list of top rated games.
Valve's The Lab is a free VR-only title that offers players eight short room-scale experiences which range from photogrammetry to castle...
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...
NVIDIA ‘VR Funhouse’ Coming to Steam for Free This Month
VR Funhouse, Nvidia's physics sandbox revealed alongside the GeForce GTX 1080 in May, is coming to Steam this month for free. Nvidia is keeping mum on exact release dates for now.
The suite of HTC Vive-compatible mini-games primarily acts as a showcase for the company’s GPU-based physics...
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...
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...
Hands-on: ‘New Retro Arcade’ Tech Demo HTC Vive Gameplay
New Retro Arcade has finally got the roomscale treatment with newly released support for the HTC Vive (and Oculus Rift CV1) through Steam.
Even back in 2014, long before HTC or Oculus announced their intention to create VR controllers, it was...




















