Valve Index Now Available in 31 Countries Including Canada & Japan
This week Valve announced that the Index headset and other hardware can now be bought and shipped to Canada and Japan, in addition to 28 other regions.
Update (November 22st, 2019): Valve announced this week that the Index headset and...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Trailer Revealed, Release Date Set for March 2020
Valve today announced Half-Life: Alyx a "full-length VR entry in the award winning series." A new trailer gives the first glimpse of the game, and Valve has also revealed the Half-Life: Alyx release date, price, and headset compatibility.
Half-Life: Alyx is one...
Valve’s Gabe Newell: ‘We’re excited to return to Half-Life, VR has energized the studio’
Half-Life: Alyx has finally been revealed with Valve promising a "full-length" Half-Life game "designed from the ground up for virtual reality." On the reveal, Valve founder Gabe Newell says that VR has energized the studio.
In an announcement from Valve today, the company's...
First Look: ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Screenshots Are Classic Valve, with a Decade More Detail
Today the world gets its first look at Half-Life: Alyx. In addition to the trailer, the company has released the first Half-Life: Alyx screenshots. If you're familiar with Valve and the Half-Life series, you know what kinds of art style, environments,...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Will Run on All SteamVR Headsets, Free for Index Owners
In a Valve-esque 'put your money where you mouth is' move, the company has affirmed that Half-Life: Alyx will support any SteamVR capable headset, which includes Valve's own Index as well as headsets from Oculus, HTC, WMR, and Pimax. The...
Source 2 Tools Will Ship with ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ for VR Content from the Modding Community
Half-Life: Alyx is due to launch in March 2020; alongside it, Valve plans to release tools for its Source 2 engine which will let community creators build more VR content for the game and beyond.
Modding has long been a...
Nreal Light Developer Kits Now Available for Pre-order, Starting at $1,200
Nreal made quite the splash at CES earlier this year, showing off its Nreal Light AR headset which made some clear strides to look less like a futuristic helmet and more like a regular pair of sunglasses you might...
Lenovo Partners with Varjo to Validate Enterprise PCs as ‘Certified for Varjo’
Varjo, maker of 'bionic eye' headsets, is gaining increasing notoriety as the high-end option in the enterprise VR space. This week Varjo announced a partnership with Lenovo which will see the PC maker specially certifying some of its enterprise...
Steam’s Remote Play Together Feature Makes ‘Panoptic’ Perfect for Sharing VR Fun with Non-VR Friends
Steam recently released a 'Remote Play Together' feature which is designed to allow users to local-only multiplayer games over the internet. The feature can also work with asymmetric VR games, allowing you to play in your headset while a...
LIV Secures $2.6M in Funding to Further Expand Mixed Reality Streaming Platform
LIV, the Prague-based team behind the eponymous mixed reality game-streaming platform, has secured $2.6 million in a Series A financing round, something the company says will be used to expand its development team, accelerate its streaming technology, and to...
