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SteamVR beta updated to fix a radv crash and 'fixes' Vive Pro on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A small SteamVR beta is out that fixes an OpenGL crash with the AMD radv drivers and it also fixes support for the Vive Pro on Linux.

The Talos Principle VR will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam announced The Talos Principle VR and the good news is that it seems it will support Linux too.

The HTC Vive just had a price cut, VR just became a little more accessible

By Liam Dawe,
Virtual Reality just became a little more accessible, as the HTC Vive has had what looks like a permanent price cut!

The latest Steam Client Beta now supports shader cache management on Linux & more

By Liam Dawe,
An interesting SteamOS update just before and now it's time for the Steam Client Beta! Valve have been putting in the effort lately for sure.

SteamVR updated with experimental Linux support for SteamVR Home

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have pushed out another update to SteamVR, this time Linux has been given experimental support for SteamVR Home.

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter & Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter released in full

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam have recently released both Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter & Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter on Steam. They both use their new Fusion engine which comes with Linux support, Vulkan and 64bit.

Yaakuro shows off SteamVR on Unreal Engine 4 using Vulkan on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Previously Yaakuro worked to make Unreal Engine 4 work with SteamVR using OpenGL on Linux, but now he's moved onto making it work with Vulkan!

Yaakuro has worked on making SteamVR work with Unreal Engine 4 using OpenGL

By Liam Dawe,
Impressive work by Yaakuro, who has been able to get SteamVR to work with Unreal Engine 4 and it uses OpenGL.

Munch VR has released an experimental Linux version, munch your way up the food chain

By Liam Dawe,
Munch VR, a casual VR gamed aimed at a wide audience now has an experimental version which supports Linux.

New NVIDIA Vulkan beta driver released, fixing SteamVR problems

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have released another beta of their Vulkan driver, which includes a fix for a major problem with SteamVR.

LG are making a VR headset, to be shown off at Valve's GDC booth

By Liam Dawe,
And we have another VR HMD contender in the rings folks. LG have announced they will be showing off their own VR HMD at GDC with Valve.

Khronos announce 'OpenXR', their new standard for virtual reality and augmented reality

By Liam Dawe,
OpenXR is the official name of the Khronos Group's new standard for virtual reality and augmented reality. Hopefully we will see Valve and other companies move towards this instead of their own implementations.

Vulkan API 1.0.42 released, new NVIDIA beta drivers released to go with it

By Liam Dawe,
Vulkan 1.0.42 seems like a much bigger release than usual, NVIDIA have also release their 375.27.12 beta Vulkan driver to fit in the new extensions from this Vulkan release.

Editorial: Steam Machines are not dead, plus a video from The Linux Gamer

By Liam Dawe,
As usual, the wider media and people who like to generate clicky headlines like to claim Steam Machines are dead in the water. The truth is though, is that it's not quite so simple.

Destinations & Dota VR Hub are now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have already put up Linux versions of both Destinations and The Dota VR Hub now that SteamVR is supported on Linux in beta.

SteamVR for Linux is now officially in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put up SteamVR for Linux officially in Beta form and they are keen to stress that this is a development release.

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is now waiting on SteamVR being updated for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter now supports VR on Linux using Vulkan, but Croteam is now waiting on Valve updating SteamVR to work on Linux.

Croteam say all Serious Sam games are on their way to Linux with Vulkan, also VR on Linux teaser from Valve

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam have put up a very nice blog post about all their games and it seems all of them are coming to Linux now and with Vulkan too.

SteamVR support for Linux looks like it's getting close

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to a Twitter tip we have word that it looks as if SteamVR support for Linux might finally be close.

Khronos are working on an open standard for VR, Valve will use it

By Liam Dawe,
Khronos announced today that they are working on a new open standard for VR and Valve have already said they expect replace parts of their OpenVR with it.
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