No wonder Valve Index owners get Half-Life: Alyx for free when they purchase the headset. Playing the modern benchmark for single-player VR experiences on ultra settings at 144Hz mode is face-melting.

Valve still dominates the VR headset space with Valve Index, the most open-source and impressive virtual reality kit ... tracking them individually so that you can pinch, box, squeeze, ...

Valve has a long and storied history with virtual reality, but the company didn’t actually release a VR system of its own until 2019. That’s when the Valve Index was born.

Valve's Index VR headset is loaded with cutting-edge tech designed to appeal to virtual reality enthusiasts. News. ... with a passthrough box with another 1-meter cable beyond it.

The Valve Index is the next-generation VR headset we’ve been waiting for, but the Steam VR platform on which the headset depends is still capricious, and painfully hard to troubleshoot. At $999 ...

Valve’s Index is a premium VR set for enthusiasts: those of us who have a powerful PC, the space to set up external sensors to cover a large area, and who want to experience the cutting edge of ...

Valve’s next-generation VR platform moves the state of the art forward in several impressive ways, but basic usability starts to get in the way of what might soon be an amazing experience.

Index is a new head-mounted display, there are new controllers, and there's a $1,000 box that includes all of this along with little boxes to mount in your room to track your movements.

Oculus Quest 2 vs Valve Index: Design. In some ways, the Oculus Quest 2 is the VR experience you might have dreamed of as a kid. Completely wireless and with no need to plug into a PC in order to ...

The Valve Index jumps from 110 degrees to 130ish degrees and it is (heh) eye-opening. I didn’t notice the difference so much horizontally, but vertically it was like removing blinders.

Valve’s Index headset was a market leader among PC VR headsets for years, but is it still worth buying in 2025 now that it’s nearly six years old? Read on for our no-nonsense recommendation.