Valve will unveil SteamVR at next week's GDC
The company announced on its website that the “Steam Universe” was expanding with the addition of an as of yet unknown SteamVR project. Valve was among the first companies to see the potential in VR when they partnered with Oculus not that long ago.
The company behind Steam has also been talking up its VR efforts previously. Last year the company demoed some of the tech it was working on, with rumors quickly following up and saying that the company headset will feature similar tech to that found on the Oculus Rift.
It will be interesting to finally see what the company has been working on for so long.
New, refined, controllers will also show up. Valve has been constantly working on a controller for the past couple of years, with the prototype, getting occasional massive redesigns. Whether the company has finally found a winning form-factor or whether it’ll once again need to go back to the drawing board remains to be seen at GDC.
Finally the company mentions “new living room devices” though it fails to name them “Steam Machines”, which has been the trade name until now. Whether Valve has abandoned its console-like Steambox project, or whether it is creating whole new experiences, like game streaming, is currently unknown.
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1989Posted:
Tet Yay, now I can play CSGO in VR and rage even more when someone peeks me and I can't see them yet!
It would probably be really hard to play CS GO with it though.
DeluxeHazardPosted:
This looks really cool but how well would it work for more competitive PC games?
LarphPosted:
Typical, one reality headset then every gaming company needs to have their own. just typical haha.
well to be honest 3 piece of cardboard with lenses on it does the same thing as the expensive oculus rift. just no support for pc games with it yet.
well to be honest 3 piece of cardboard with lenses on it does the same thing as the expensive oculus rift. just no support for pc games with it yet.
SkittlePosted:
I saw the Oculus Rift video on Kickstarter the other day (made in 2012) and it has Gabe Newell (head of Valve) crediting it etc, not surprising that they make their own version!
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