In a community update earlier today, we learned about the introduction of SteamVR Home Beta and what that means for the future of SteamVR, especially in the home. The following is gathered from that community update: Today we are updating SteamVR with a new home experience that is richer, more interactive, and more social than …
Due to the ongoing success of HTC and Oculus virtual reality systems, it appears that there may be another big player to soon enter the market. LG Electronics, with some help from Valve, has announced their own virtual reality headset, compatible with SteamVR, to come in the near future. The prototype will be available for …
Steam Audio is now available, delivering an advanced spatial audio solution for games and VR apps. This includes several exciting features that significantly improve immersion and open up new possibilities for spatial audio design. The Steam Audio SDK is available free of charge, for use by teams of any size, without any royalty requirements. Steam …
Valve just released a development build of SteamVR for Linux which can be found at this GitHub page. This opens many new doors and paths for the future of SteamVR and virtual reality as a whole. This release is targeted towards developers who can use the software to create VR experiences, utilizing SteamVR, for Linux, including …
‘OpenVR Advanced Settings’ is a dashboard overlay that allows access to advanced functionality of any headset running SteamVR. The menu is accessible in VR, which means you can easily adjust options such as supersampling without removing your headset. It’s easy to quickly adjust the amount of supersampling to get your VR headset looking as sharp as …
There is no getting around the $799 price tag on the HTC Vive, which is why one startup, on January 30th, by the name of NOLO VR launched a (already successful) Kickstarter campaign. The campaign describes this new system as: The world’s first front-facing room scale motion tracking system that is both compatible with mobile …
Complete quests, collect souvenirs, and stick them to your head! The Quest Update to Destinations is here, with a host of new features and content to explore. Introducing Geocaching Quests Travel to various Destinations to find hidden item caches using the new Cache Finder tool. Locate one, and you (along with anyone questing with you) …
Check out the SteamVR January Update! Via the Steam Community: General: Added a new transition UI that appears when an application is starting, stopping, or not currently rendering. In some applications it will appear during level transitions. Added a new system skybox that shows when an application is running but not rendering instead of the …
Gamers who are part of Microsoft’s Insider Program will get a pleasant surprise later this week as they will be able to upgrade their systems to a new version of Windows 10 that includes what is being called “game mode.” The Game Mode In an official video released by Xbox, one of the first things …
Once a month we generate a list of the top 5 SteamVR games and apps available to play through Steam based on current user reviews. This list may stay consistent month-to-month depending on new releases and updated user reviews. Check back next month for another list! If you are interested in any of these games …