Although the Valve Index released over a year ago, the VR system attained a new lease on life when Half-Life: Alyx was announced as a virtual reality exclusive. Now, with the Index's new killer app ...

Half-Life is a tremendously powerful force in gaming. It's so strong that it could propel VR gaming, a niche market, into mainstream mass audiences. The new VR-exclusive Half-Life: Alyx sparked a ...

Sony's PS5-tethered VR2 headset costs half as much as the PC-powered Valve Index. Are the savings are worth the technology trade-off? I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source ...

Consumers hope it restocks in time for Half-Life: Alyx. VR made a slight splash in the video game industry this generation of consoles and while it hasn’t become a massive mainstream gaming platform, ...

From Steam machines coming back to new VR headsets, 2026 looks to be a huge year for the company, and there are even rumors ...

Although Valve has actually been involved in the virtual reality market for a long time, it has mostly been via its collaboration with HTC's VIVE system. Last year it finally got its hands dirty with ...

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 ...

Valve Index sales more than doubled in the months surrounding the announcement of Half-life: Alyx, demonstrating that a killer app can supercharge VR adoption as intended. Either that or Half-Life ...

If you thought VR was an expensive hobby before, do I have some news for you. Well, the news is you're right. VR is extremely expensive, from the cost of a beefy enough computer to just being able to ...

The most enthusiast VR headset on the market would have to be the Valve Index, created perfectly for Valve's own Half-Life: Alyx which is about to drop on March 23 -- but buying a Valve Index right ...