HTC Launches $300 SteamVR 1.0 Tracking Bundle for Vive Pro Users
HTC today announced they’re launching a hardware accessory bundle for $300 that will include all necessary bits for new Vive Pro customers starting from scratch (besides the headset, that is). The...
View ArticleValve Brings Custom Keybinding to SteamVR, Letting VR Apps Support All...
SteamVR includes de facto support for several VR devices, although sometimes games just don’t support a particular controller—or if they do, it may not be configured properly. To remedy this, Valve has...
View ArticleWindows VR Headsets Seeing Slow But Steady Adoption on Steam
The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn’t revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows “Mixed...
View ArticleImpressive Valve-built Environment ‘Winter Peak’ Comes to SteamVR Home
It’s hard to get tired of Valve’s SteamVR Home when the company keeps pumping out high-quality spaces like Gulping Goat and Candy Emporium as of late. Now on Steam Workshop, the company’s open...
View ArticleValve Laid Off Contractors and 13 Employees, Some Working on VR
Valve today confirmed that the company laid off 13 full-time employees and an unspecified number of contractors. The layoffs are believed to have largely impacted the company’s VR hardware group....
View ArticleSteamVR Update Streamlines Interface for Ease-of-use Ahead of ‘Half-Life: Alyx’
An update to SteamVR has brought a slew of interface changes which aim to improve ease-of-use and address the software’s dense array of settings. Update (December 17th, 2019): Valve today pushed the...
View ArticleAnalysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Reach Record High of 1.3...
Valve’s monthly Steam Survey has long offered useful insight into the share of VR headsets in use on Steam. But the figures provided are relative to the non-static Steam population, which obfuscates...
View ArticleValve to Release ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ SteamVR Environments You Can Explore with...
Half-Life: Alyx is now less than three weeks away from launch, and to further stoke the inevitable hype surrounding the game’s impending release on March 23rd, Valve is releasing some new SteamVR Home...
View ArticleThe 10 Best SteamVR Games to Play in 2020
Thanks to Steam’s hardware agnostic approach, it’s become the defacto repository of all things PC VR (excluding Oculus exclusives, of course). Every major PC VR headset is supported through the SteamVR...
View ArticleAnalysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Reach Record High of 1.7...
The latest Steam Survey data became available this week, showing a record number of headsets in use on the platform as well as a surprising shift in the popularity of specific headsets. That’s based on...
View ArticleTundra Tracker Passes $1.1M in Funding with 1 Month Left in Kickstarter
Tundra Tracker, the SteamVR-based tracker in development by Tundra Labs, exploded past its Kickstarter goal in less than 24 hours, securing the company well beyond the $250,000 it initially hoped for...
View ArticleMore Than Two Years After Launch, Valve Index is Now the Second Most Used...
While Quest 2 has certainly soaked up much of the attention as it quickly became the most used headset on Steam, Valve’s expensive Index headset has proven its longevity, now taking second place among...
View ArticleUpdate to SteamVR Suggests Valve is Still Working on a Standalone Headset
Valve is a notorious black box when it comes to basically everything. A recent update to Steam client for VR though suggests the company is still working behind the scenes on what appears to be its...
View ArticleValve is “still working on VR and still pushing forward on it”
Valve unveiled its Steam Deck OLED late last week, offering up a hardware refresh for the first time since the company launched the handheld gaming device last year. While the company has been full...
View ArticleLatest SteamVR Update Includes Steam Link Improvements for Quest
The latest major SteamVR update has arrived, coming with it an improvement to Steam Link for Quest. Initially released in November 2023, Steam Link is Valve’s own app on the Meta Quest Store which...
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