One of our top men is at GDC to bring you the latest from the show floor. We'll also be compiling experiences of people who just demo'd the stuff Valve has at their booth.
Valve at GDC 2015: Expo Days
One of our top men is at GDC to bring you the latest from the show floor. We'll also be compiling experiences of people who just demo'd the stuff Valve has at their booth.
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In case you missed it, Valve announced Source 2 engine, Steam Link, and a bunch of other stuff last night, so we are expecting to see a lot of demos today. Read more in our blog post.
Valve Booth Preview pic.twitter.com/YcelEOWl2n
— UPLOAD VR (@UploadVR) March 4, 2015While we're waiting, SteamOS sale just started on Steam store: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamos_sale
HTC's Very Immersive Visual Experience is more impressive for its motion tracking than its display technology Vlad Savov
Verge just published their article about Vive VR: http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/4/8146523/htc-vive-valve-vr-headset-hands-on-preview
Another hands on article from Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/04/htc-vive-hands-on/
Yes one of the Steam VR experiences is a short new demo set in Aperture Science. It's incredible.
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) March 4, 2015
One of the first Valve VR games is inspired by 80s fantasy films http://t.co/Tt2OUj7I5X pic.twitter.com/261MIldNTX
— Engadget (@engadget) March 4, 2015
Polygon's hands-on: http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/4/8148265/htc-vive-vr-valve-hands-on-impressions
(previous image is from their article)
Just had a very impressive full-room VR experience with prototype HTC Vive / controllers. More soon! #GDC15 pic.twitter.com/CQiYbqmCNy
— Gamasutra (@gamasutra) March 4, 2015Who has two thumbs and just tried some amazing #VR at #gdc2015 ? This guy :) pic.twitter.com/RKoeKfpSRe
— Brad Herman (@brad3d) March 4, 2015
Engadget got a chance to talk to Gabe about VR input.
Valve is solving virtual reality's input problem http://t.co/uqhlIIbHuA pic.twitter.com/aEx0tePHGo
— Engadget (@engadget) March 4, 2015
Valve explain to us Source 2 will take no revenue share from developers, but must be on Steam. http://t.co/sDQcIfkCSP pic.twitter.com/CQiKEhE25M
— Rock Paper Shotgun (@rockpapershot) March 4, 2015I followed up to be absolutely clear, asking, "The demo being shown does not represent a prototype or indicate any plan for a new Portal?" Lombardi replied, "Correct. Just a demo." So no, this isn't Portal 3. It's just a tech demo until we know more—and I suspect Valve is just having fun with some existing art. Tyler Wilde on PCGamer
First picture of Steam Link. source
I am so jealous of @encaen right now. #SteamVR pic.twitter.com/8QUH6a39x7
— Janelle Bonanno (@s0osleepie) March 4, 2015This is @utgame running on a Steam Machine in 4K at 60hz in Valve's booth at GDC. Silky. pic.twitter.com/OvWgIyXlBZ
— Wes Phillips (@WesPhillips) March 4, 2015Valve's Portal / Aperture Science VR demo has me in love with Vive. I just don't think I'll ever be able to afford it http://t.co/plEHLkfMHW
— Mitch Dyer (@MitchyD) March 4, 2015Steam VR Development timeline in the Steam booth #SteamVR #GDC #GDC2015 #valve pic.twitter.com/Z0iijttQdy
— Kevin Wasielewski (@ORIGINPCCEO) March 4, 2015Valve's push into VR will span many headsets from many companies: http://t.co/2yRhNiRX1M pic.twitter.com/Cvz3bTWKMi
— Ben Gilbert (@RealBenGilbert) March 4, 2015
Valve has the best sofas at #GDC2015 . Checking out their new VR device (and stealing some of their… https://t.co/qZ44QRVdBo
— Mariam Zakarian (@mariamism) March 4, 2015Valve's virtual reality headset is great, but its controllers are the real story http://t.co/wZJZwz2Uba pic.twitter.com/X9kQPXoROK
— The Verge (@verge) March 4, 2015Interesting change on http://store.steampowered.com/universe, Valve swapped ‘The Steam Universe is expanding’ for ‘PC gaming is expanding’.
The Vive's wands are controllers "equipped with little plastic hats." Valve won't rest until everything has a hat. http://t.co/hK5pHpiY6t
— Rich McCormick (@richmcc) March 4, 2015
Weta Digital, Epic Games, and the future of film, games, and VR http://t.co/A2LEZ8JSTZ
— Domenico Zungri (@DomenicoZungri) March 4, 2015Everyone I've talked to at GDC who has seen multiple VR demos from various companies likes Valve's experience best.
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) March 4, 2015
Valve's VR Lighthouse technology is probably the most significant tech-step revealed at GDC. It's a simple idea based on existing ones.
— Erlend Wollan (@Wollan) March 4, 2015Lighthouse dots the environment with IR dots. And the headset and controllers do inside-out tracking against these. And it works wonders.
— Erlend Wollan (@Wollan) March 4, 2015Great fun sharing the HTC Vive & SteamVR w Valve at GDC - especially seeing the faces as they emerge from the demos. pic.twitter.com/DdhYuPFSxr
— HTC Design (@HTC_Design) March 4, 2015
Hands-on: Full-room SteamVR highly-impressive, even as a prototype http://t.co/dFY0AvMLP7
— Gamasutra (@gamasutra) March 4, 2015Gizmodo have more intimate photos of the new Steam Controller design, including of the reverse with the battery cover still on.Here's what Valve's virtual reality controllers look like: http://t.co/aYZXLy2lKX pic.twitter.com/TMEoQkOge0
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) March 4, 2015
#liquidVR shows some great scaling potential @MissQuickstep @AMD @AMDRadeon #VR pic.twitter.com/Rhvcr9PYKA
— Sasa Marinkovic (@SasaMarinkovic) March 5, 2015We've used Valve's Vive VR headset and it's better than the Oculus Rift. Here's why - http://t.co/vwz4rubKTH pic.twitter.com/EOtY3kg0t5
— Rock Paper Shotgun (@rockpapershot) March 5, 2015Up close with Valve's newest Steam Controller: http://t.co/KrqVtwhz7l pic.twitter.com/PSlFm4FERE
— Kotaku (@Kotaku) March 5, 2015The Steam controller feels more mouse than gamepad, and the right touchpad is genuinely hard to use as a stand-in for an analog stick.
— Ben Gilbert (@RealBenGilbert) March 5, 2015
Valve Talks ‘Advanced VR Rendering’ – Live Blog @ 5pm PST http://t.co/IBTYHC2giS
— Road to VR (@RtoVR) March 4, 2015
Valve's third #GDC2015 talk, "Advanced VR Rendering", will begin soon. We'll post anything we think is worth sharing. http://t.co/fzk5uOiTFy
— ValveTime (@ValveTime) March 5, 2015
I’m heading off for bed now, sorry that updates to the liveblog and Twitter will pause for a few hours until another SteamDB admin can fill in; it looks like ValveTime will have some updates of the upcoming VR talk, so do follow them.
The folks at Road to VR did a pretty awesome liveblog of Valve's "Advanced VR Rendering" panel. Check it out!
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