wraggster
March 18th, 2014, 22:37
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Valve is gradually embracing the warmth of an enormous video screen being mounted to its face, as it updated the beta client of Steam to add a "virtual reality mode" option. The newest beta version of Steam removes the "-vr" command line option in favor of a button in the view menu, which only appears for those with SteamVR (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/14/steamvr-beta-launches-just-ahead-of-valve-developer-conference/) installed when a head-mounted display like the Oculus Rift is detected.
Virtual reality became a big focal point for Valve in recent years, and its former head of VR joined Oculus VR's new Seattle team just one week ago (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/11/valve-vr-leader-joins-oculus-randd-with-new-seattle-team/). Our friends at Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/18/gdc-2014-preview/) seem to believe that this week, the week of the Game Developers Conference (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/gdc-2014), is the time that the virtual reality landscape will begin to "look very different." Given the recent rumor that Sony will unveil its own virtual reality headset (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/12/rumor-sony-to-reveal-vr-hardware-at-gdc/) in the coming days, we tend to agree.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/18/valve-adds-virtual-reality-mode-to-latest-steam-beta/
Valve is gradually embracing the warmth of an enormous video screen being mounted to its face, as it updated the beta client of Steam to add a "virtual reality mode" option. The newest beta version of Steam removes the "-vr" command line option in favor of a button in the view menu, which only appears for those with SteamVR (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/14/steamvr-beta-launches-just-ahead-of-valve-developer-conference/) installed when a head-mounted display like the Oculus Rift is detected.
Virtual reality became a big focal point for Valve in recent years, and its former head of VR joined Oculus VR's new Seattle team just one week ago (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/11/valve-vr-leader-joins-oculus-randd-with-new-seattle-team/). Our friends at Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/18/gdc-2014-preview/) seem to believe that this week, the week of the Game Developers Conference (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/gdc-2014), is the time that the virtual reality landscape will begin to "look very different." Given the recent rumor that Sony will unveil its own virtual reality headset (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/12/rumor-sony-to-reveal-vr-hardware-at-gdc/) in the coming days, we tend to agree.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/18/valve-adds-virtual-reality-mode-to-latest-steam-beta/