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.
HTC: ‘Vive Developer Edition Will Not Be Sold Before Consumer Launch’
A report published last month in Fortune seemed to indicate that HTC would make the SteamVR / Vive Developer Edition system available for sale prior to the forthcoming launch of the consumer version of the headset. Speaking with Road...
Steam VR Image Leak May Indicate Software Line-up for HTC Vive VR Headset
Steam VR and Valve's accompanying VR hardware, the HTC Vive, is on its way and with release windows already confirmed, the question is what content will be available for early adopters of the virtual reality platform? These images, found...
HTC Vive-enabled Unreal Engine 4.8 Coming next Week, Devs Can Start Work with Rift DK2
Epic Games has today announced that the company will be releasing an Unreal Engine 4.8 preview build next week which will offer support for Valve's highly anticipated SteamVR / HTC Vive. Epic says that even developers who don't have...
Valve’s Joe Ludwig to Talk ‘OpenVR’ and ‘Lighthouse’ Hardware Partners at SVVR Expo
Valve Software Programmer Joe Ludwig, aka one of the brains behind Team Fortress 2's 'VR mode' and SteamVR, will be giving a talk at this year's SVVR Expo on the company's SteamVR APIs, otherwise known as OpenVR.
The 20 minute talk,...
‘Render the Metaverse’ Contest by OTOY, John Carmack Signs on as Judge
OTOY, the studio behind the made-for-VR rendering software OctaneVR, has announced a contest sponsored by Oculus that aims to get the community involved in generating immersive 360-degree panoramas using their software suite. Oculus CTO John Carmack is also signing on to...
HTC Vive Support and “New Morpheus Features” Coming to Unreal Engine 4
According to Epic's Unreal Engine roadmap, the company is soon to add support for Valve's SteamVR / HTC Vive platform as well as new features for Sony's Morpheus VR headset.
With strong existing support for both the Oculus Rift and...
HTC Vive Developer Edition Signups Now Open, Free for Selected Devs but Not for Sale
Apparently on their way to making good on the promise of the HTC Vive Developer Edition being available this Spring, Valve has opened the developer signup form for interested parties to throw their name into the hat. Valve will be...
We Preview ‘Crystal Rift’ on the Oculus Rift – Now Available on Steam Early Access.
Crystal Rift from Psytec Games promises a return to the halcyon days where 3D, grid based gaming was at the cutting-edge albeit this time in VR. So what does a retro-inspired, virtual reality dungeon crawler feel like? As the...
How to Configure VorpX to Play GTA V on the Oculus Rift
PC Game launches don't come much bigger than Grand Theft Auto, and GTA V's launch just last week has been no exception. Similarly, VorpX's rapid addition of GTA V support to allow players to experience the game on the...
The Gulf Between High End Military VR and Consumer VR is Rapidly Shrinking
In this video, the US Army demonstrates their proprietary Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS), a wearable VR system used to teach troops tactics and teamwork inside a virtual environment. It represents the current state of the art in military...
HTC Vive Support Coming to Altspace’s Social VR Platform, Experimentation Ongoing with Gear VR
I recently sat down with "Cymatic" Bruce Wooden, Developer & Community Relations Manager at AltspaceVR, a social virtual reality space that allows users to connect and communicate with voice chat and shared web browsing. While the software currently supports the...
Latest ‘Blade Runner VR’ Screenshots Show Incredible Attention to Detail
We reported a while back on a hobby project by 3D modeller Quentin Lengele to reproduce Rick Deckard's apartment from the classic dystopian Sci-fi flick Blade Runner (1982). Well, the project received an update recently with screenshots showing great progress and...
‘Surge’ is a Real-time VR Music Video You Don’t Want to Miss
Surge is an impressive real-time VR music video built in Unreal Engine 4 that's definitely worth your time.
Music videos have been a canvas of some very inventive artists. With VR, viewers will be able to step into the middle of...
Epic New ‘Descent: Underground’ Trailer Shows Promise, Kickstarter in Final Hours
The crowdfunded successor to the PC gaming classic Descent, Underground packs Oculus Rift and Steam VR / HTC Vive support and the impressive new trailer gives us a tantalising glimpse of what could be should it's campaign succeed.
Along with Doom,...
Latest Version of ‘Virtual Desktop’ is Here, The Free App That Makes Your Entire Windows Computer...
While futurists have contemplated for years what virtual reality computing might one day look like, there's a simple solution to using your Windows computer in VR today, it's called Virtual Desktop, and we've got a look at the latest...




















