Valve has broken silence on the development of the Valve Index's Ear Speakers: a unique floating speaker design integrated into its high-end PC virtual reality headset. From research and design to ...

The first time out of the box, the Valve Index is a giant pain in the ass. And Valve doesn’t seem to be interested in competing when it comes to simplicity of use; connecting the two external sensors ...

Back in 2016, Valve partnered with HTC to create the Vive, a SteamVR headset to compete with the now-Facebook-owned Oculus Rift. A year later, they released the Vive Pro, an updated headset with ...

It’s pricey, but Valve’s new virtual reality headset is the one to beat thanks to its crisp display and high field of view. Last month we put out some initial impressions of Valve’s new Index virtual ...

So, that’s what Valve says. What’s it like to actually use the headset? I got to test Index across several different demos and came out very impressed with what I saw. Photo by Road to VR The upgrades ...

The new Valve Index virtual reality system is here. It's here in our hands, on our heads, around our ears, and all-told it makes for simply the best consumer VR setup around. With a host of ...

The Valve Index is a new high-fidelity VR headset from the people behind the Steam game store and video games like “Left 4 Dead” and “Half-Life.” The new headset, which hits in July for $499, features ...

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The Valve Index, Valve’s latest virtual reality offering, is an uneasy mixture of all the good and bad aspects of modern VR. It can be a pain to set up; getting the whole thing calibrated perfectly ...

Kind of a disappointing launch, frankly. Feels pretty "me too," and the lack of any software is really weird. And the price, of course, is going to be a non-starter with the vast majority of potential ...