True to Valve’s word, Half-Life: Alyx, out now on SteamVR, runs just fine on practically any PC VR headset. But, as Valve made clear when it revealed Alyx late last year, the Index version of the game comes with some small extras that change certain elements a little. These are too minute to be considered...
A new PC VR app called SPACES allows users to join Zoom meetings and other video calls from within VR. The app was developed in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen many people around the world working from home and using virtual meeting tools such as Zoom. SPACES allows a user to join...
Washing your hands is important; so important, in fact, we’ve even got games about it now. Virus Popper is a free educational VR game about personal hygiene that teaches players the value of hand washing, social distancing, and the danger of viral infections. Virus Popper was created by a two-person development team as VR For...
It’s been a huge week for Half-Life: Alyx news and coverage. With the game releasing on Monday, we’ve had a bunch of posts from reviews to news and to analysis, covering all aspects of Valve’s flagship VR game. If you missed anything, we’ve rounded up all our Half-Life: Alyx stories in one handy post, broken...
Just a day after release, Valve released a new patch for Half-Life: Alyx that includes an option for smooth turning instead of snap turning. While smooth locomotion was an included movement option in the game at launch, it was notably missing a smooth turning equivalent. The patch released on Tuesday morning and addressed some frustrations...
There are some truly great puzzle games in VR. The genre lends itself very well to the interactivity, mystery, and tinkering play style that fits the puzzle genre so the two feel like they were made for one another. The Room VR: A Dark Matter is the latest example of how great a puzzle game...
Half-Life: Alyx has been available for a few days now and, although it’s quite a lengthy adventure, no doubt a lot of avid fans have already reached the mind-bending ending. So, what the heck, huh? After we completed Alyx we had the chance to sit down with Valve to talk about a lot of different...
Half-Life: Alyx features polished physics interactions that may represent one of Valve’s not-so-secret weapons. Physics-based interactions have become an expected feature of major VR titles after games such as Boneworks and The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners. Virtual environments are now becoming more interactive, leveraging the unique gameplay capabilities that VR with positionally tracked controllers...
Linden Lab has announced that they’ve sold Sansar to San Francisco-based tech company, Wookey Project Corp., which has assumed all operations without service interruption to the community. I couldn’t find anything about this company, Wookey Project, because their website seems bare, but the news is verified on the official Linden Lab blog. Reportedly, Linden Lab...
Earlier this week, Valve’s flagship VR title, Half-Life: Alyx released worldwide. Those who own VR headsets will no doubt want to jump in, and play the game. But what if you don’t own a headset or don’t feel like playing the game in full? Half-Life: Alyx is split into chapters. While each chapter varies in...
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