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Half-Life Alyx NoVR continues to impress and evolve
Half-Life Alyx NoVR is really coming together and a fresh update is out now to make the experience even better for those without a VR kit.
Category: Virtual Reality (VR)
Upload VR Showcase bundle has some good picks for VR fans
Have a fancy VR headset and fancy picking up some new games? The Humble Upload VR Showcase Bundle has some interesting titles worth a look.
Immersion Corporation sues Valve over Steam Deck and Valve Index haptics tech
Immersion Corporation have a history of taking on companies and winning, with Valve being the latest in the firing line over Immersion's patents.
Half-Life: Alyx fully playable without VR even on Steam Deck thanks to a mod
There's been a few efforts to get Half-Life: Alyx playable without VR and the latest is HLA-NoVR, out now and it's now possible to play it through, even on Steam Deck too.
Collabora announce 'Mercury' hand-tracking for open source XR runtime Monado
After working on it for a while, Collabora developer Moses Turner has announced that their "Mercury" hand-tracking for Monado, their open source XR runtime, is now ready for use.
Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support
What are you up to Valve? Gamescope, software used on the Steam Deck for Gaming Mode that handles displaying everything recently had some VR work pulled in. Perhaps for the upcoming Deckard VR HMD?
Half-Life: Alyx LEVITATION mod adds four hours of new story - out now
Half-Life: Alyx LEVITATION is an incredibly ambitious mod for Valve's amazing VR FPS and it's out now!
Seems I'll be replaying Half-Life 2 again soon but this time in VR
Half-Life 2: VR Mod is on the way and will hit official Beta on Steam on September 16th, so I guess I'll be playing it all over again then.
VRChat adds Easy Anti-Cheat, community not happy but Linux and Steam Deck work fine
Despite the name, VRChat is not a VR-only space and it's incredibly popular. Recently though, they added in Easy Anti-Cheat and the community is currently very unhappy with it.
Looks like Valve are gearing up for a new 'Deckard' VR Headset
We've sort-of known for a while that Valve were working towards a next-generation VR headset to succeed the Valve Index and we've now seen a lot more supporting evidence that it's getting closer.
Half-Life Alyx: LEVITATION promises another 4-5 hours of VR fun
Half-Life Alyx: LEVITATION is an impressive looking upcoming mod for Valve's incredible VR experience.
Open source XR runtime Monado adds initial 6DoF 'inside-out' tracking support
It's been a little while since we heard progress on Monado, the free and open source XR (VR / AR) runtime for Linux but it has been progressing nicely with a big new feature added.
Valve gives SteamVR and Linux a little love in the latest update
While I absolutely love playing with my Valve Index, it has felt like for a while that Valve left things a bit too rough but a new SteamVR update is out now.
XWayland 22.1 is out with DRM lease support helping VR on Linux
XWayland, the way to run older games and applications that don't yet have native Wayland support has a brand new release out, bringing new features.
Get ready to sweat with VR rhythm game Groove Gunner out now
Got the moves? Have a VR kit at the ready? Groove Gunner from BitCutter Studios Inc has released from Early Access today and it's one you might get a little hot with.
One of the most challenging VR rhythm games releases February 10
VR rhythm game Groove Gunner from BitCutter Studios Inc will be leaving Early Access on February 10. If you own a VR kit, this is one you need to try.
Godot Engine received a fresh grant from Facebook / Meta for XR work
Seems that Blender isn't the only free and open source project pulling in attention from backers, with the Godot Engine team announcing today that Facebook / Meta have given them additional funding for VR / AR (XR) work.
Collabora announce wxrd, a standalone Wayland compositor for xrdesktop
Working with Virtual Reality and Linux just got a lot more interesting, with the clever hackers at Collabora announcing their new standalone Wayland compositor for xrdesktop called wxrd.
XWayland gets DRM leasing support for helping VR on Linux
A big improvement has been merged into XWayland called DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) Leasing, which should allow good VR support under Wayland. Something we've been waiting on!
VR-exclusive Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall is out, works on Linux with Proton
Ready to sweat a little? Jump into the bleak fantasy world of the VR-exclusive Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall.
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