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Half-Life: Alyx support for Linux aiming to arrive with Vulkan support post-release
Today, Valve replied to our message asking about the situation with Half-Life: Alyx and Linux support and we got our answer.
Category: Virtual Reality (VR)
Valve reveals SteamVR 1.10 with a brand new Dashboard
Valve continue rapidly iterating on SteamVR, as they attempt to push the limits of what VR can do both on the hardware and software side with SteamVR 1.10 out now.
Unity deprecating built-in XR (VR/AR etc) support for a new plugin system - Valve doing their own for SteamVR
While the state of Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality (XR) is constantly in flux and improving all the time, Unity have announced with Unity 2019.3 that their built-in XR support is being deprecated.
Mike Shapiro drops a cryptic message from G-Man for the upcoming Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx is set to release in March this year, and while we don't yet know what exactly is happening with Linux support it's still an exciting time.
SteamVR 1.9 is out, Linux VR users may want to opt into a Beta
Valve just recently put out the latest big new build of their SteamVR platform, with something to be aware of if you're on Linux.
Valve are making the Index VR kit available in more countries
If Valve want the new Half-Life: Alyx to be a success, they need to push VR into every possible country they can and they're working a bit more towards that.
Set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Valve have now properly announced Half-Life: Alyx (updated)
Half-Life: Alyx, the first Half-Life title in far too long has now been officially revealed with the Steam store page for it now available and you can also pre-purchase.
Valve has now confirmed Half-Life: Alyx, their new VR flagship title
Valve have now officially confirmed that Half-Life is back with their flagship VR title named Half-Life: Alyx.
Another big SteamVR update is out now, with plenty of Linux fixes for VR enthusiasts
SteamVR 1.8 is now out of Beta and with it, comes plenty of updates to the whole system with some big audio changes and some good sounding Linux fixes.
Valve have released a big new 1.7 version of SteamVR
Bringing together a ton of updates from all the recent Beta releases, a big new release of SteamVR is out for everyone further refining the VR experience overall.
Collabora detail more work going into Monado, their open source OpenXR runtime
With the 1.0 release of the OpenXR 1.0 specification, Collabora have begun to detail more work going on with Monado their open source OpenXR runtime for Linux.
Another SteamVR release is up, further improving the VR experience on Linux
Valve continue to move at a rapid pace to improve SteamVR across all platforms, especially with the Valve Index being so new there's plenty of teething issues to address.
xrdesktop, a new Valve-funded open source project to bring Linux desktops into VR
Valve seem to be pushing Linux support even harder now, with the announcement of the open source xrdesktop project from Collabora.
Khronos releases the OpenXR 1.0 specification aimed at unifying VR and AR
Today, The Khronos Group has formally announced the OpenXR 1.0 specification as an exciting step towards bringing together the various different ways of interacting with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).
Good news for VR fans in the US, the full Valve Index bundle is back in stock
Valve emailed a press release today, to mention that the full bundle of the Valve Index kit is back in stock for those in the US looking to pick it up.
OpenHMD version 0.3.0 is out, almost three years after the last version
The team behind OpenHMD have now officially announced version 0.3.0, which comes with a huge amount of changes and new hardware support.
SteamVR has another beta up, with plenty of Linux fixes and other improvements
With the Valve Index now out, Valve continue to make quick improvements to SteamVR with the latest Beta now available.
VR rhythm game "Groove Gunner" looks insane and it's coming to Linux
Think you have some sick moves? Own a VR system? You're going to want to keep an eye on Groove Gunner as it looks absolutely insane (in a nice way) and it might make you sweat a bit.
Valve have released the CAD files for the Index VR system, enabling some fun modding
Just like Valve did with the Steam Controller, they've gone and released the CAD files for the Index VR system under a Creative Commons license.
With the Valve Index about to launch and be delivered, Valve held a little private launch party with speeches
Valve's first in-house virtual reality hardware should be dropping at your door soon, if you were one of the lucky ones to order it quickly in the first batch. Additionally, Gabe Newell and others held speeches at a little launch party.
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