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Going where no Steam Play has gone before with Elite Dangerous

By Marc Di Luzio, 20 Aug 2019

What’s the one game keeping you a dual booter? Maybe it’s PUBG, or Rainbow Six: Siege? Maybe it used to be Overwatch? For me, that game was Elite Dangerous, and one year on from Proton’s release, I have a story to tell.

Collabora detail more work going into Monado, their open source OpenXR runtime

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2019

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

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2019

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

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2019

Valve seem to be pushing Linux support even harder now, with the announcement of the open source xrdesktop project from Collabora.

Steam Play Proton 4.11 released, a pretty huge release pulling in D9VK and a replacement for esync

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2019

Valve have announced the release of Steam Play Proton 4.11, this is a pretty exciting one and it's pretty huge overall.

Khronos releases the OpenXR 1.0 specification aimed at unifying VR and AR

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2019

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

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2019

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.

Looks like Valve are developing another new game, something to do with "Citadel"

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2019

Warm up that cup of speculation, as it appears Valve are working on another game that seems to be going by the name of Citadel (likely a code name).

OpenHMD version 0.3.0 is out, almost three years after the last version

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2019

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

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2019

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

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2019

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 may be working on a new version of the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2019

Speculation time: As someone who makes heavy use of their Steam Controller, I will admit that the possibility of a proper second generation has me quite excited.

Valve have released the CAD files for the Index VR system, enabling some fun modding

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2019

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

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2019

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.

ZED from Eagre Games and Cyan Ventures is out for Linux now, it’s quite an experience (plus an interview)

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jun 2019

ZED, a game that might make your own head spin a bit, as you assume the role of an aging artist whose mind isn’t quite all there. Taken over by a haze of dementia, you will be tasked with piecing together his mind.

Valve have given out some more details on the Index VR HMD with a "Deep Dive" about the Field of View

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2019

As the first in a series of posts giving out more detail on what Valve wanted to achieve with the Valve Index, a new "Deep Dive" post is up starting with information about the Field of View.