Valve Index: 5 Lessons Learned From Valve's VR Headset One Year Later
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On April 30, 2019, Valve lifted the embargo on initial impressions of the Index PC-powered VR headset while revealing it would be making a fully realized, ‘flagship’ VR game. At the same moment, Mark Zuckerberg was taking the stage at Facebook’s F8 developer’s conference at the San Jose
On April 30, 2019, Valve lifted the embargo on initial impressions of the Index PC-powered VR headset while revealing it would be making a fully realized, ‘flagship’ VR game. At the same moment, Mark Zuckerberg was taking the stage at Facebook’s F8 developer’s conference at the San Jose Convention Center to talk about the Rift S and Oculus Quest. The battle was on to push VR forward and capture more dollars.
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