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Rift and Windows VR Squeeze Marketshare from Vive in Latest Steam Survey
In the latest set of data from Valve's monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the Oculus Rift and Windows VR headsets posted gains in marketshare at the expense of the HTC Vive.
Each month, Valve runs a survey among Steam users to...
Latest Steam VR Headset Marketshare Data Stable Among Vive, Rift, & WVR
Valve’s latest monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey is available. While the last few months have seen ups and downs, July turned out to be a surprisingly stable month for all the headsets on the map.
Each month, Valve runs...
Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership
Amazon will soon begin selling VR apps on its massive digital marketplace through a new partnership with HTC.
While Steam generally functions as the Vive's defacto app store, HTC runs its own VR app store called Viveport. The company's partnership...
Windows 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 Reality" VR headsets are making slow,...
Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share
Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users.
Each month, Valve runs the survey among...
Valve Introduces Auto Resolution Optimization to Squeeze the Most Detail From Your VR Headset
Valve today released an update to SteamVR Beta that introduces a new system that automatically adjusts the VR game's resolution in accordance with your GPU's rendering ability. Presented by Valve Graphics Programmer Alex Vlachos in an official announcement, the auto-resolution...
Oculus Rift Surpasses HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share for the First Time
According to Valve's February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC...
Vive Hangs Onto Steam Majority Market Share as Windows VR Headsets Enter the Fray
According to the just-released November figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the HTC Vive has scraped its way back from nearly losing the majority market share of VR headsets in use on Steam last month, finally ending a months...
Windows VR Headsets Can Now Play VR Games on Steam
Early adopters of "Windows Mixed Reality" VR headsets can now access a wealth of new content thanks to an official integration with Steam, now available as a public preview, allowing the headsets to play SteamVR content from the platform....
Valve: No Steam Dev Days in 2017 “and not very likely for 2018”
Valve's 'no press allowed' dev conference, Steam Dev Days, is seeing the ax this year, and it seems next year doesn't look any better.
According to a tweet by Valve Marketing and Business Development team member Tom Giardino, Steam Dev Days...
SteamVR Will Support Windows VR Headsets
Microsoft today announced that Windows VR headsets will be able to play SteamVR content.
Microsoft is working toward the launch of consumer Windows VR headsets coming this holiday, and today co-announced with Valve that the headsets will support SteamVR content.
“The...
Oculus 1.17 Update Will Let You Launch SteamVR Apps From Oculus Home
Until recently, Oculus Rift owners have had to maintain two separate repositories for games; Steam and Oculus Home. And depending on where you bought a game, that's usually where you'd launch it from. Revealed in a forum post, Oculus...
Hands On: ‘4D Toys’ is a Mind-Bending, Unique VR Puzzler
Marc ten Bosch’s side project 4D Toys is a unique physics-based toy box using the game engine he created for Miegakure, a groundbreaking 4D puzzle-platformer. Launched on June 2nd for SteamVR and iOS, the app simulates an environment with...
Valve’s ‘Steam Direct’ to Replace Controversial ‘Greenlight’ Voting System
Steam Direct, a new sign-up system for launching games on the store, is due to replace Greenlight in Spring 2017. Currently, any developer or publisher new to Steam is required to submit their game for approval through Greenlight, which...
HTC to Offer Monthly Subscription Service for VR Content
Starting in Spring 2017, you'll be able to pay a flat monthly fee for VR games using the Viveport digital distribution platform. HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content.
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