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The open source FOSDEM event for 2026 will have a Gaming and VR devroom
FOSDEM is an important event for the open source community, and it seems like FOSDEM 2026 is going to be interesting for Linux gaming fans too.
Category: Virtual Reality (VR)
Steam Link VR now available for PICO and HTC headsets, plus Valve confirm experimental Linux support
Valve have updated Steam Link VR to bring support for streaming games to PICO and HTC headsets, plus new info on the experimental Linux support.
Steam Link VR for Meta Quest on Linux now appears to work in the latest updates
If you have a wireless VR headset and a Linux system, you might be excited to know that Valve's Steam Link VR now appears to actually work.
Bridge Constructor Studio announce for a PC release sometime this Summer
Bridge Constructor Studio is the latest in the popular series of physics building puzzlers from developer ClockStone. Originally launched for Meta Quest, they recently revealed a proper PC release is coming.
Valve rolls out SteamVR 2.10 with quick recenter, reduced controller and physics jitter and Linux fixes
Valve have released the latest stable version of SteamVR with 2.10 bringing a few fixes and a couple of new features to improve the experience.
SteamVR Beta 2.10.2 released with a Linux VR fix and a controller and physics improvement
Valve released SteamVR Beta 2.10.2 on April 2nd, and thankfully it includes a couple of fixes for Linux VR players.
Get ready for some chaos as POSTAL 2: VR has been announced
Running With Scissors along with Flat2VR Studios and Team Beef have announced the chaotic action game Postal 2 is coming to VR with a completely overhauled experienced. POSTAL 2: VR sounds like a lot of fun.
Collabora take over libsurvive development an open source VR lighthouse tracking system
Collabora have announced they've taken over development of libsurvive, an open source lighthouse tracking system for VR.
Metro Awakening (VR) releases November 7
Vertigo Games are releasing the VR game Metro Awakening on November 7, so it may be time to dust off your VR kit for this one.
The NoVR mod for Half-Life: Alyx has a big Summer 2024 update out now
With the rumours swirling around a new Half-Life game coming, this is an excellent time to play the updated NoVR mod for Half-Life: Alyx if you don't own a VR kit. And there's a big Summer 2024 update out now.
Alien: Rogue Incursion (VR) looks like it will turn me into a nervous wreck
I'm looking forward to playing through another proper single-player VR game, and it looks like Alien: Rogue Incursion may be my next big one.
VR game streaming tool ALVR adds PipeWire support on Linux
While the Linux support of ALVR is still quite rough due to various issues with SteamVR, ALVR is a very promising way to stream VR games to your headset via Wi-Fi and a new release is out now with v20.9.1.
DRM lease protocol support finally merged for GNOME Wayland - great for VR fans
VR fans rejoice! The GNOME project has finally pulled in DRM lease protocol support today, something required for getting VR under GNOME on Wayland working well.
ElectricMaple joins WiVRn and ALVR in giving options to stream VR to a headset
Helping you cut down on all those wires, and potentially making way for cheaper low-end VR headsets for streaming, ElectricMaple was announced by Collabora and PlutoVR joining the likes of WiVRn and ALVR.
SteamVR 2.6 released with experimental improvements to async on Linux
Valve released the latest update to SteamVR bringing with it a good few fixes, although most of it is for Steam Link. This follows on from a few recent Beta releases.
SteamVR for Linux gets "experimental improvements to async support"
Exciting, even more improvements to SteamVR support are coming with the latest Beta release fixing up more issues.
SteamVR 2.5 released with multiple Linux fixes
After a couple of Beta releases, Valve has now launched the latest stable release of SteamVR which brings in the recent Linux improvements.
SteamVR Beta gets an SDL fix for Fedora Linux fans
Valve seem to be actually cleaning up SteamVR on Linux a bit more recently, which is kind of exciting when it's been left rough for so long.
VR game Alien: Rogue Incursion releases late 2024
Oh damn, this is quite exciting as an Alien fan and might be a reason to pop my VR headset back on again. Alien: Rogue Incursion is coming sometime in late 2024.
Escape Simulator adds VR support in the latest free update
Escape Simulator from Pine Studio has proven to be popular, so much in fact that they hit 1 million sales in less than a year and multiple expansions later there's another big free upgrade.