Valve confirms that it has stopped making Index VR headset
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Horizon: Call of the Mountain is PSVR 2’s killer app, and an easy recommendation as the best PSVR 2 game at launch. Developers Guerrilla Games and Firesprite have effortlessly managed to adapt the world of Horizon to VR, and it’ll certainly sell you on the power of PSVR 2.
Hands-on with Valve Steam Frame, a light modular VR headset that runs games locally or streams from PC, powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and eye tracking
Now, after years of rumors, Valve is finally ready to officially rejoin the VR hardware race. The Steam Frame, set to launch in early 2026, will run both VR and traditional Steam games locally through SteamOS or stream them wirelessly from a local PC.
A cult game is coming to virtual reality and a Half-Life: Alyx mod is becoming a standalone game – the highlights of the VR Games Showcase.
The new headset is called the Steam Frame, and it’s trying to do several things at once. It’s a standalone VR headset with a smartphone-caliber Arm chip inside that lets you play flat-screen Windows games locally off the onboard storage or a microSD card.
The fourth iteration of the VR Games Showcase just wrapped up, delivering massive new game reveals including the launch of Vampire Survivors but it’s in virtual reality and the reveal of Orcs Must Die: By The Blade.
Steam Frame takes virtual reality further: it’s a portable PC that runs your non-VR library natively
Valve has opted for a fully wireless design, with a single strap similar to that seen in Apple Vision Pro. SteamOS is the operating system that powers the device, with a Snapdragon 8 Series processor and 16 GB of RAM. The device comes with a pair of controllers that have buttons and haptic feedback.