Rock Paper Shotgun

Half-Life: Alyx is convincing me I don't have the knees for VR gaming, or perhaps I should stop cowering behind cars quite so often

I know I don't have the best knees. My body informed me of this during a drunken dance-off in a Leeds night club when one of ...
TweakTown

Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR

TL;DR: Valve launched the Steam Frame VR headset with an Arm-based Snapdragon chip, aiming to run Half-Life: Alyx natively and streamed from PC. The new hardware features a "Frame Verified" status for ...
Road to VR

Ex-Oculus CTO: ‘Beat Saber was much more important to VR’s growth than Half-Life: Alyx’

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and legendary programmer, isn’t shy when it comes to voicing his opinions on all things XR. To Carmack, Meta’s block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) was “far ...
TweakTown

John Carmack calls PC VR gaming a 'boutique niche,' says Half-Life Alyx wasn't that important

TL;DR: John Carmack, a key figure in FPS and VR gaming, shared his views on VR's niche status, emphasizing standalone headsets like Meta Quest as VR's biggest success. He noted that AAA VR content is ...