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 Patent Application Revealed For A Wireless VR System
A new patent application filed by Valve last year but published today details a wireless VR system. “In at least some implementations, a wireless data transport system is provided that includes an electrically steerable antenna, such as a phased-array antenna, that is operative to selectively steer its beam based on electronic control input,” the patent […]
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 […]
Valve delays summer Steam Game Festival
Valve’s impending Steam Game Festival, originally scheduled to begin June 9, has been delayed by one week. The “Summer Edition” of the Steam event will now run June 16-22, Valve said in a news release. The summer version of the Steam Game Festival was supposed to take place during what would have been the week […]
Apparent Leak: HP & Valve's New SteamVR WMR Headset
Prolific Microsoft leaker WalkingCat just Tweeted what seems to be images of HP & Valve’s upcoming new WMR headset and Microsoft’s new VR controllers. “WalkingCat” has a long history of accurate Microsoft leaks, revealing some of the company’s products and services in the past. In late March, just after the release of Half-Life: Alyx, HP […]
Valve Honors Team Fortress 2 Voice Actor With In-Game Memorial
Valve is paying tribute to Rick May, the voice actor famous for his portrayal of Soldier in Team Fortress 2. In an update to the game, Valve is letting players grieve the loss of an iconic voice with several tributes. Statues of the Soldier have appeared in the game, which depict the character and read:“Rick May 1940-2020 […]
Valve Is Supposedly Taking Another Shot At The Steam Controller
If a new patent is anything to go by, Valve is taking another crack at the “Steam Controller.” Roughly five years ago, Valve unleashed its own take on the gamepad for use with its digital distribution service Steam. Created with haptic feedback trackpads to better mimic mouse movement, the peripheral never quite took on with […]
Valve: More games are finding success on Steam than ever before
Steam is still one of the better ways for developers to make money from their games. But with thousands of new releases hitting Valve Software’s PC gaming store each year, it can seem like that opportunity is dwindling. But that’s not the case for most games, according to a report from Valve. The company has […]
Future of Valve VR, Next Gen HP Headset & Huge New Releases!
Welcome to another swift roundup of the week’s top VR stories, releases and more! You can probably already guess the direction this episode is going to take, but we’ve got more than just Half-Life: Alyx to talk about. First, not only did Half-Life: Alyx release, but we got the low-down on the future of VR […]
Valve Opens Up About Why Half-Life 2: Episode Three Never Happened
Yesterday’s release of Half-Life: Alyx has ushered in a new era for Valve. Not content to simply let its massively popular Steam marketplace sell other games, the company is making a grand return to the type of experiences that made it a household name. Half-Life fans have waited more than a decade for this moment, […]