The Valve Index is now the second most used headset on Steam, having overtaken the Oculus Rift S. That is according to the latest update to the Steam Hardware Survey, which saw Index grow to 17.5% of overall VR headset usage on Steam. Rift S, meanwhile, fell to 17.21%, making this the first time Valve’s […]
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Vive Pro 2 With Index Controllers Is $100 Less Than Full Kit
You can get HTC’s new Vive Pro 2 with two base stations and better controllers for less than the price of the full kit coming in August. Announced alongside the Vive Focus 3 today, Vive Pro 2 is first launching as a headset-only version designed for people that already have SteamVR trackers and controllers. It’s […]
ChillDex Cools Valve Index Down On Those Hot Summer Days
ChillDex aims to finally fill that hole in the front of your Valve Index while also solving a problem. ChillDex is an accessory for the Valve Index HMD sold by Toronto-based engineer Kyle Fredericks for CA$50. We ordered ours when the Kickstarter launched back in January, and it arrived a few weeks ago. In that […]
Valve Index Now Used More On Steam Than Original Oculus Rift
Valve’s Index HMD is now used by more people on Steam than the original Oculus Rift, according to the Hardware Survey. Index grew more than any other headset in July, now the tool of choice for 14.45% of Steam’s VR users. The original Rift launched in 2016 for $599- excluding the Touch controllers, which shipped […]
Valve Index: 5 Lessons Learned From Valve’s VR Headset One Year Later
On April 30, 2019, Valve lifted the embargo on initial impressions of the Index PC-powered VR headset while revealing it would be making a fully realized, ‘flagship’ VR game. At the same moment, Mark Zuckerberg was taking the stage at Facebook’s F8 developer’s conference at the San Jose Convention Center to talk about the Rift […]