Article category: Virtual Reality (VR) - page 4

Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support

14 Jan 2023

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

28 Nov 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

30 Aug 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

27 Jul 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

21 Jun 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

7 Apr 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

6 Apr 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

22 Feb 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

16 Feb 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

10 Feb 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

19 Jan 2022

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

22 Dec 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

20 Dec 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

8 Dec 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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

24 Nov 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Ready to sweat a little? Jump into the bleak fantasy world of the VR-exclusive Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall.

SteamVR Overlay not working on Arch or Manjaro Linux? Here's a fix

17 Nov 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Sadly, SteamVR on Linux continues to have quite a lot of quirks and over time it's gotten a little rough, here's a way to fix the SteamVR Overlay not working.

'Deckard' is apparently the codename for a possible standalone Valve VR headset

29 Sep 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Back in June we reported on a patent from Valve that indicated work progressing towards their next VR headset and it appears the codename is Deckard.

Free and open source flight sim FlightGear is working on VR support

20 Sep 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

While it's a little while off yet it seems the developers behind the free and open source flight sim FlightGear have been working on adding VR support.

Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games

18 Sep 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Do you have a VR kit that's begging to be played? Check out the Fall VR Emporium Bundle over on Humble Bundle.

xrdesktop for turning your desktop into a VR space had a productive Summer

13 Sep 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Collabora has given an update on the working going into xrdesktop, the free and open source project that turns your desktop into a VR space and allows you to layer windows on top of others.

Category: Virtual Reality (VR)