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Index Specs Were Driven by Valve’s VR Game Dev Teams

When revealing the upcoming Index headset, Valve was clear that their goal was to move the bar forward for VR fidelity, even if that meant a premium pricetag. The company said that its internal game developers working on "AAA...

Index’s ‘Off-ear’ Headphones Are Its Most Surprising Innovation

Valve finally revealed their new Index headset and it's got some pretty impressive specs. From improved resolution and field of view to a display which can run up to 144Hz, there's a lot to like. But one of the...

Valve is Selling a VirtualLink USB Type-C Adapter for Index

Valve announced that Index, the company's high-end, enthusiast-level VR headset, is going up for pre-order today. Not only that, but there's also a few extra accessories you might want if you're going to throw down the $1,000 for the...

Valve Index and Knuckles Pre-orders Confirmed for May 1st, Shipping in June

Valve today confirmed to Road to VR that the company is planning a full reveal of Index on May 1st, accompanied by pre-order availability of both the headset and Knuckles controllers. The company says the actual release date of the...

Valve Teases New ‘Index’ VR Headset Coming in May

After months of speculation, Valve has finally officially confirmed a new VR headset called Index that bears the company's own name and will presumably be a first-party product. A teaser image for the headset may indicate a release date...

Valve Affirms Continued Work on VR Games, Suggests First May Ship with Knuckles

With a history of developing some of the greatest games ever made—Half-Life, Portal, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, to name a few—the VR space has high hopes for the three VR games that the company has confirmed it's developing. But...

Valve Psychologist: Brain-computer Interfaces Are Coming & Could Be Built into VR Headsets

Valve's resident experimental psychologist Dr. Mike Ambinder took the stage at GDC 2019 today for his talk on the state of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and how they'll inform the future of game design. In his talk, Ambinder put forth...

Valve Psychologist to Explore Brain-Computer Interface Research at GDC

At GDC 2019 later this month, Valve's Principal Experimental Psychologist, Mike Ambinder will present the latest research pertaining to brain-computer interfaces—using signals from the brain as computer input. Ambinder says that BCI is still "speculative technology," but could play...

Valve Laid Off Contractors and 13 Employees, Some Working on VR

Valve today confirmed that the company laid off 13 full-time employees and an unspecified number of contractors. The layoffs are believed to have largely impacted the company's VR hardware group. Following news that some employees had been laid off at...

Valve Promotes Latest Knuckles Controller from Prototype to Dev Kit

Valve this week revealed the newest version of their upcoming 'Knuckles' VR controllers which have graduated from the 'EV' prototype distinction to 'DV' dev kits. While Valve has yet to offer any indication of launch timing, the latest refinements...

Report: New Valve VR Headset Appears in Leaked Images

When it comes Valve, there's no telling what's going on behind their Bellevue, Washington doors. As one of the most reclusive developers of both games and hardware, that goes doubly so for its efforts in VR. Now, reported images...

Valve Reveals Knuckles EV3 Dev Kit, Planning Production of “Much greater quantities”

Having revealed the 'Knuckles' EV2 controller development kit just a few months ago, Valve has rapidly incorporated improvements based on feedback from developers and today revealed the updated EV3. The company says will be "produced in much greater quantities...
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‘Modbox’ Developer Shows Off Knuckles Controllers in Action with SteamVR Skeletal Input

Alien Trap's Lee Vermeulen, one of the developers behind VR creation tool Modbox, received a brand new pair of Knuckles controllers recently. One of his first missions: show off Valve's Skeletal Input system in detail, which was released in beta to developers...

Valve: Monthly Active VR Users on Steam Are Up 160% Year-over-year

Speaking at an industry event last week, Valve offered an update on Steam, the company's massive digital marketplace for PC games, including the continued growth the company has seen in the VR segment over the last year. Speaking at the...

PSA: Logitech G POWERPLAY Mousepad Can Interfere with SteamVR Tracking, Update in the Works

A quick PSA for anyone who owns the Logitech G POWERPLAY mousepad and a Vive headset: Valve today confirmed that the mousepad can create interference for SteamVR Tracking (used by the Vive, Vive Pro, and Vive Tracker). Valve says...
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