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VR Design Unpacked: This 2019 Game Still Sets the Bar for Open World VR
Our series Inside XR Design examines specific examples of great immersive design. Today we’re looking at the clever design of Stormland's weapons, multi-modal locomotion, and open-world.
Editor’s Note: Stormland was released six years ago today! In celebration of the its release anniversary, we’re...
Everything Announced at the Fall 2025 VR Games Showcase
The fourth iteration of the VR Games Showcase just wrapped up, delivering massive new game reveals including the launch of Vampire Survivors but it’s in virtual reality and the reveal of Orcs Must Die: By The Blade. Plus we...
Watch The VR Games Showcase Right Here at 9AM PT
It’s very nearly time for the next iteration of the VR Games Showcase. VRGS is VR’s leading Direct-style digital showcase dedicated to revealing high-quality VR games and showing updates on some of your most anticipated projects.
We’ve got a massive...
Valve Unveils Steam Frame VR Headset to Make Your Entire Steam Library Portable
Valve has finally unveiled its long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame (aka 'Deckard'). While pricing and release date are still pending, the company says we're due to learn more "in early 2026" following the release of developer kits.
Steam Frame...
Hands-on: Steam Frame Reveals Valve’s Modern Vision for VR and Growing Hardware Ambitions
Valve has finally revealed Steam Frame, the company's second VR headset. Though it's quite a departure from Index—the company's first headset released some six years ago—Valve says Frame is an "evolution" of Index. Indeed, Frame represents a modernized VR...
Steam Frame’s Price Hasn’t Been Locked in, But Valve Expects it to be ‘cheaper than Index’
Steam Frame, Valve’s next VR headset, has been announced, but the company has yet to reveal the price. However, the company says its goal is for Frame to be cheaper than its first VR headset.
Steam Frame has finally been...
Valve Says No New First-party VR Game is in Development
Steam Frame has finally been revealed and promises to let players access most of their Steam library (be it VR or otherwise) right from the headset. Unfortunately, that won’t include any new VR content from Valve, the company has...
Valve is Open to Bringing SteamOS to Third-party VR Headsets
Valve's newly announced Steam Frame VR headset will be the first running SteamOS, the company's Linux-based operating system. But it may not be the last.
In the same way that Valve is open to other companies building traditional devices that run...
Valve Plans to Offer Steam Frame Dev Kits to VR Developers
It's been multiple years coming, but Valve has finally unveiled Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset capable of streaming flatscreen and PC VR games wirelessly, and playing them natively thanks to its onboard Snadragon SoC. But before you pull...
Valve Announces Steam Machine and New Steam Controller, Designed with Steam Frame Headset in Mind
Valve today unveiled Steam Frame alongside two other new bits of hardware: the SteamOS-running Steam Machine and a new Steam Controller—both of which aim to work seamlessly with Valve's latest and greatest VR headset.
Note: Like Steam Frame, both the...
Steam Frame vs. Quest 3 Specs: Better PC Streaming, Power & Hackability
Want to know how Valve's newly announced Steam Frame standalone headset stacks up against the competition? Read on to find out.
Steam Frame is a lot like Steam Deck; it can play pretty much all of Steam's game library out...
Steam Frame vs. Valve Index Specs: Wireless VR Gameplay That’s Generations Ahead
Valve announced Steam Frame today, but what's the difference between the company's first VR headset, Valve Index? Read on to find out.
Index is a tethered PC VR headset that uses the company's SteamVR tracking standard, requiring laser-emitting basestations that...
‘Manifold Garden’ Studio to Release Room-scale VR Puzzler ‘Hotel Infinity’ November 13th
Studio Chyr, the team behind flatscreen puzzler Manifold Garden (2019), is bringing an enigmatic VR follow-up to Quest and PSVR 2 this week.
Called Hotel Infinity, the game lets you explore the winding halls and grand ballrooms of a mysterious hotel using...
Former Magic Leap Engineers Launch No-code AR Creation Platform, Aiming to Be ‘Canva of AR’
Trace, a startup founded by former Magic Leap engineers, today announced the launch of a new augmented reality creation platform the company hopes will become the "Canva of AR".
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Trace says it's targeting everyone from global brands to independent...
‘Little Critters’ Brings Lighthearted Mixed Reality Home Defense to Quest 3 Today, Trailer Here
Purple Yonder, the studio behind VR city simulator Little Cities (2022), today released a mixed reality action-strategy game for Quest 3 and 3S that challenges you to fortify your real-world home against waves of dastardly little critters.
Called Little Critters, the game...



















