Earlier this week, Deep Silver announced plans for a brand new Metro game. While this won't be the next major game in the series from 4A Games, it will be an exciting spin-off, bringing the tense world of Metro to VR for the first time. Metro: Awakening is an origin …
Read More »Valve brings Steam Link to Quest headsets for wireless PC VR
Valve is bringing official Steam Link support to Meta's VR headsets. Starting today, Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro owners will be able to use Steam Link to wirelessly play their VR games on Steam through their headsets. You could previously use Oculus Link to wirelessly connect your Quest …
Read More »HP is working with Valve and Microsoft on a ‘next gen’ VR headset
It looks like Valve and Microsoft aren't done with third-party partnerships in the virtual reality space. This week, HP announced that it is developing a “next gen” VR headset in collaboration with Valve and Microsoft, presumably meaning it will support both Windows Mixed Reality and Steam VR. The announcement doesn't …
Read More »BeBop Sensors VR haptic glove will be on show at CES
CES will be full of innovative new PC hardware due to launch in 2020, one new product that looks particularly interesting is the VR haptic glove designed for devices such as Oculus, HTC, Microsoft and Varjo VR and mixed reality headsets from BeBop sensors. BeBop Sensors has announced it will …
Read More »SteamVR Tracking 2.0 will support more sensors and larger spaces
While Oculus started off with a focus on seated virtual reality experiences, Valve has always focussed its efforts on ‘room scale’. At the moment, SteamVR supports two Base Stations for detecting 12×12 feet playspaces. With SteamVR Tracking 2.0, this will be upgraded to support four base stations and up to …
Read More »Oculus Rift update makes the headset more friendly for Steam use
When the Oculus Rift first launched, Oculus attracted some criticism for its closed platform approach to virtual reality. Since then though, things have been opening up and now, the Rift is more friendly for Steam users than ever before, with a software update allowing you to launch non-Oculus Home apps …
Read More »Do you have space for room-scale VR? Check here
If you're a VR fan with deep pockets, then likely you've gone back and forth in your mind about whether to pre-order an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Making that choice comes down to a lot of different factors, but one is whether you actually have the physical space for …
Read More »Potential leak paints a bleak future for HTC Vive headset
This week, HTC and Valve announced that the release of the Vive virtual reality headset has been officially pushed out of 2015, with the new release date pegged for April next year. However, it turns out that this delay may have been planned for months and it won't be the …
Read More »Valve’s VR headset is getting a zombie horde shooter
Valve and HTC's collaborative virtual reality headset has a new game heading to it. The game is called ‘Arizona Sunshine', a zombie shooter title being made by Vertigo Games, a studio that has primarily focused on making games for the PlayStation 3, mobile and now virtual reality as well. In …
Read More »Valve trademarks ‘Chaperone’ to bring physical objects in to VR
Valve has gone ahead and trademarked something called ‘Chaperone', no it isn't some weird new driving game where you drive your kids around, but rather a set of tools aimed to bring objects in the physical world around you in to virtual reality. This technology could end up debuting on …
Read More »Eve Valkyrie to remain exclusive to Oculus Rift on PC
Eve Valkyrie, CCP's upcoming space dogfighter built for virtual reality will remain exclusive to the Oculus Rift headset on the PC for now, meaning that it isn't being built to work with Valve's upcoming VR headset, the Vive. This news came from Owen O'Brien, speaking with PC Gamer. When asked …
Read More »Valve to show off new gaming hardware at GDC
Valve has announced its plans for the Games Developers Conference. At the event next month the company will be showing off its own virtual reality hardware, the final Steam controller and new Steam machines, which are due to launch this year. The Steam client currently has a virtual reality mode …
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