Valve’s unique multilayer lenses are far thinner than one might expect. Want to see what exactly is inside the $500 (headset only price) Valve Index VR headset that was released last summer?

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 available.

Valve’s next-generation virtual reality unit, known as Index, is an impressive plaything with a fistful of design advances on the old Vive. It’s also expensive and lacking — for now — any ...

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.

The Valve Index makes that unnecessary.” Sure, the Index still limits your vision. The human eye has an FOV greater than 180 degrees, thanks to some tricks in the way light refracts.

Valve Index 2: At a glance. When is it expected to come out? There have been no solid rumors of a Valve Index 2 launching recently, so at best, we'd say sometime in the latter half of 2025, but ...

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 Index is available now for $1,000, but is it worth the price? In many ways, it absolutely is. It's the best VR experience you can get at home.

Elsewhere, there's a few hardware clues as to what Valve is prioritising. The ‘Knuckles’ Index Controllers employ 87 sensors to track your hands and fingers, allowing users to shake hands with ...

Valve's Index Controllers have the potential to be a huge leap forward for motion-tracked controls and virtual reality, but it'll take patience—and a lot more developer support.

Valve’s Index VR headset is now more than four years old. Despite its age, the headset continued to sell at a surprising rate over the years—but as they say, nothing lasts forever. Valve ...