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SteamVR Articles & Reviews

SteamVR On Linux Is Still In Frustratingly Rough Shape   Linux Gaming   2017-12-18
Setting Up A Better VR Space For SteamVR Linux Gaming   Linux Gaming   2017-03-11
SteamVR On Linux Currently Runs Well On At Least A GeForce GTX 1070/1080   Linux Gaming   2017-02-28
Trying The SteamVR Beta On Linux Feels More Like An Early Alpha   Linux Gaming   2017-02-26

SteamVR Linux & Open-Source News

NVIDIA 550 Linux Beta Driver Released With Many Fixes, VR Displays & Better (X)Wayland   NVIDIA   2024-01-24
NVIDIA 545.29.02 Linux Driver Released With Much Better Wayland Support   NVIDIA   2023-10-31
SteamVR 2.0 Officially Released With Many Improvements   Valve   2023-10-25
NVIDIA R545 Linux Beta Driver Brings HDMI Deep Color, Night Color & FB Consoles   NVIDIA   2023-10-17
NVIDIA's List Of Known Wayland Issues From SLI To VDPAU, VR & More   NVIDIA   2022-05-22
System76 Scheduler 1.2 Released - Now Has Defaults For SteamVR, Flatpak Process Support   Free Software   2022-05-19
Steam Beta Brings New Downloads Page, Linux Container Updates   Valve   2021-07-29
Monado 21.0 Released As An Officially Conformant OpenXR Implementation   Standards   2021-02-15
Microsoft + Oculus Shipping First Conformant OpenXR 1.0 Implementations   Standards   2020-07-28
Steam Play's Proton 5.0-9 Brings Fix For Games Requiring EA Origin Client   Valve   2020-06-11
Xrdesktop 0.14 Released With OpenXR Support   Desktop   2020-05-08
Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support   Valve   2019-11-21
WXRC Is The Wayland XR Compositor For VR Headsets   Wayland   2019-11-15
DXVK 1.3.3 Improves Clang/libc++ Compatibility, Other New Bits   Valve   2019-08-29
Linux DRM Adds Quirk For Dealing With Valve's Index VR Headset   Valve   2019-05-07
Unigine Superposition 1.1 Adds Linux SteamVR Support, Up To 16K Rendering   Linux Gaming   2019-04-15
Valve Is Teasing "Index" - Its Own VR Headset   Valve   2019-03-29
AMDGPU Squeezes In Revised Context Priority Handling For Linux 5.1   Linux Kernel   2019-02-22
The X.Org Server Continues Cruising Along As We Approach 2019   X.Org   2018-12-28
Ubuntu 18.10 Set For Release Today With Some Nice Improvements   Ubuntu   2018-10-18
Mesa Vulkan Drivers Move Ahead With PCI Bus Info, Calibrated Timestamps   Mesa   2018-10-15
Unreal Engine 4.21 Preview Brings Some Linux Improvements   Linux Gaming   2018-10-09
Mesa 18.2.2 Released With RADV GTA V Fix, Vulkan Additions & D3D9 Patches   Mesa   2018-10-05
Valve Updates SteamVR AMD Requirements, Recommends Using PPAs On Ubuntu   Valve   2018-10-04
RADV In Mesa 18.2.2 Gets Steam Play + GTA V Fixes, SteamVR Hang Fix   Mesa   2018-10-03
Wayland's Weston Will Now Respect Your VR HMD   Wayland   2018-09-24
Valve Posts The Code To Their Moondust VR Demo   Valve   2018-09-18
AMDGPU X.Org 18.1 Driver Released With RandR Leasing, Updates For DC Functionality   Radeon   2018-09-14
Mesa 18.2 Released With Vega 20 Support, OpenGL 4.4 Compat Profile & A Lot More   Mesa   2018-09-07
Outreachy Had 41 Interns Complete Their Work This Summer   Free Software   2018-09-02
Mesa 18.2 Is Releasing Soon With Many OpenGL / Vulkan Driver Improvements   Mesa   2018-08-21
Steam Linux Use Dips Back Below 0.5%   Valve   2018-08-01
Mesa 18.2 Is On The Final Days Of Development With Many New Features Coming   Mesa   2018-07-26
AMDVLK Vulkan Driver Now Supports Direct Display Mode For VR HMDs   Radeon   2018-07-12
RandR Lease Support Appears Ready For AMDGPU X.Org Driver   Radeon   2018-07-07
Vulkan Display Extensions To Be Used By SteamVR Merged Into Mesa RADV/ANV   Mesa   2018-06-19
A VR Developer's Thoughts On The Current Mess Of APIs & Hardware   Proprietary Software   2018-05-27
PlayStation VR HMD Working On Linux With SteamVR/Dota 2 Thanks To OpenHMD   Linux Gaming   2018-05-22
Unity 2018.2 Beta Brings Vulkan Support To The Unity Editor   Linux Gaming   2018-05-07
A Proof-of-Concept Vulkan Window Compositor Is In the Works   Wayland   2018-03-31
HTC VIVE Pro Shipping Next Month For $799 USD   Linux Gaming   2018-03-19
SteamVR Updated To Support The HTC VIVE Pro On Linux, Better RADV Compatibility   Valve   2018-03-08
Xorgproto 2018.3 Brings RandR Leasing + Non-Desktop Monitors   X.Org   2018-02-21
X.Org Server Patches Updated For Non-Desktop & Lease Handling   X.Org   2018-02-12
Keith Packard Plumbs Direct Display Extensions Into RADV & ANV   Valve   2018-02-10
RadeonSI Semaphore Begins Hitting Mesa Git, Needed By SteamVR On Linux   Valve   2018-01-30
Server-Side GLVND Updated While X.Org Server 1.20 Drags On   X.Org   2018-01-10
The HTC VIVE Pro Should Be Much Nicer For Steam VR Gaming   Hardware   2018-01-08
The Most Popular Linux Gaming News For 2017   Linux Gaming   2017-12-30
Semaphores Support Updated For RadeonSI Gallium3D   Mesa   2017-12-23
Keith Packard Sends Out Latest Patches For RandR 1.6, Linux VR Improvements   X.Org   2017-12-22
RADV Vulkan Driver Lands Support For External Fences   Radeon   2017-12-18
It's Been Four Years Since SteamOS Began Shipping With Not Much To Show   Valve   2017-12-14
Even With Wayland Around, X.Org Had A Busy 2017   X.Org   2017-12-11
X.Org Server Patches Updated For Non-Desktop & Leases To Better VR HMD Support   X.Org   2017-12-08
2017 Has Been The First Year In A Decade Without A Major X.Org Server Update   X.Org   2017-12-05
The Many Open-Source Radeon Linux Driver Advancements Of 2017   Radeon   2017-11-30
Linux 4.15 Will Treat The HTC Vive VR Headset As "Non-Desktop"   Hardware   2017-11-23
Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE Provides More Steam VR Linux Gaming Fun   Linux Gaming   2017-11-10
DRI3 v1.1 & DRI3 v1.2 Patches Revised   X.Org   2017-11-07
GL_EXT_semaphore Being Prepped For Mesa, Used By SteamVR   Mesa   2017-11-02
Valve Developer Lands VK_EXT_global_priority For RADV Vulkan Driver   Radeon   2017-10-21
DRM Leasing Support To Land For Linux 4.15   X.Org   2017-10-19
A Recap Of XDC2017: Advancing Wayland, Mesa & Yes The X.Org Server   X.Org   2017-09-25
X.Org Server 1.20 Expected Around January With New Features   X.Org   2017-09-23
Valve Is Collaborating On GPUVis For Tuning Radeon Linux VR Performance   X.Org   2017-09-21
Valve Gets Into Digital Card Games By Announcing "Artifact"   Linux Gaming   2017-08-09
RadeonSI Gets Memory Objects Support In Mesa Git, Last Bit For SteamVR   Valve   2017-08-06
Leasing Support Revised For X.Org Server / RADV, For SteamVR On Linux   Valve   2017-08-02
External Objects For Mesa's RadeonSI Should Land This Week   Mesa   2017-07-26
Mesa 17.2 Has Been Branched   Mesa   2017-07-24
RADV Gets More Last Minute Fixes For Mesa 17.2   Radeon   2017-07-24
RADV Is Almost Ready For SteamVR With Mainline Mesa   Valve   2017-07-23
RADV Lands New Vulkan Extensions, More On The Way   Radeon   2017-07-20
Vulkan 1.0.54 Released With Many New Extensions, Some KHX Promoted To Stable   Vulkan   2017-07-13
EXT_external_objects For Mesa Updated, Fixes SteamVR OpenGL Crash   Mesa   2017-07-13
EXT_external_objects Updated For Mesa   Mesa   2017-07-07
Keith Packard Continues Working On DRM Leases For Vulkan / Linux VR   Vulkan   2017-07-01
Valve Begins Working On OpenGL External Objects Support For Mesa   Mesa   2017-06-30
Steam VR's "Knuckles" Controller Now In Dev Kit Form   Valve   2017-06-22
Valve Is Working With AMD On VR Support In AMDGPU-PRO   Radeon   2017-06-16
Apple Unveils "Metal 2" Graphics API, Better Performance & Capabilities For VR   Apple   2017-06-05
RADV External Memory Patches Revised, Needed For SteamVR Support   Radeon   2017-06-04
Steam Beta Update Fixes Long-Standing Linux VR Annoyance   Valve   2017-05-31
Valve Eyeing "Exclusive GPU Access" To Boost SteamVR Linux Performance   Valve   2017-05-31
SteamVR Home Now Works Under Linux   Valve   2017-05-25
SteamVR Dashboard On Linux Now Supports Desktop View   Valve   2017-05-09
Vulkan Crosses 1,000 Projects On GitHub   Vulkan   2017-04-19
Intel Vulkan Driver Preps External Memory Extensions For Mesa 17.2   Mesa   2017-04-15
Steam's Survey Shows A Tiny Increase In Linux Gamers For March   Linux Gaming   2017-04-02
SSVR: The First Encounter Officially Released On Steam   Linux Gaming   2017-04-01
Keith Packard On Needed DRM Changes For VR HMDs   Valve   2017-03-28
Valve Preparing To Roll Out SteamVR 360 Video Playback   Valve   2017-03-27
Intel's Vulkan Driver Working On VK_KHX_multiview Support   Intel   2017-03-23
Unreal Engine 4 Making Progress On Linux With Vulkan & SteamVR   Linux Gaming   2017-03-21
There's Progress Running Unreal Engine 4 With SteamVR On Linux   Linux Gaming   2017-03-11
SteamVR For Linux Gets Improved Radeon Performance   Valve   2017-03-10
A Chat With Khronos President Neil Trevett About Vulkan, OpenXR, SPIR-V In 2017   Standards   2017-03-08
The Talos Principle Rolls Out More Vulkan Improvements   Linux Gaming   2017-03-01
NVIDIA 375.27.13 Linux Driver Released To Fix SteamVR   NVIDIA   2017-03-01
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Announced: 3584 CUDA Cores, 11 GB vRAM, 11 Gbps   NVIDIA   2017-03-01
Ryzen, Linux 4.11, Windows 10 & Kabylake Were Among The Popular Topics In February   Phoronix   2017-03-01
Valve Developer Posts High Priority AMDGPU Scheduling Support   Radeon   2017-02-28
RADV SteamVR Source Changes Now Public   AMD   2017-02-27
vkQuakeVR: Quake With Vulkan & SteamVR On Linux   Vulkan   2017-02-27
Khronos Announces OpenXR, WebGL 2.0 Finalized & More   Standards   2017-02-27
Vulkan 1.0.42 Released With A Slew Of New Extensions: Multi-Device, VR, Semaphores   Vulkan   2017-02-27
VR-Using NV_dedicated_allocation Lands In RADV Mainline Driver   Radeon   2017-02-27
Serious Sam VR Arrives For Linux; Our Linux VR Testing Begins Tomorrow   Linux Gaming   2017-02-23
The Vulkan Differences Between AMDGPU-PRO, RADV & SteamVR's RADV Drivers   Vulkan   2017-02-22
Valve Publishes A SteamVR Developer Build For Linux   Valve   2017-02-21
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter Is Just About There For Linux   Linux Gaming   2017-02-16
Steam Client Beta Update Adds New Controller Features   Linux Gaming   2016-03-11
Valve Rolls Out A SteamVR Performance Benchmark   Valve   2016-02-22
Steam Client Adds Vulkan Support, Controller Improvements   Valve   2016-02-18
Steam Client Beta Brings NVIDIA NVENC Encoding, Steam Controller Improvements   Valve   2016-02-10
Valve Releases OpenVR SDK   Valve   2015-04-30
Valve Adds 64-bit Linux Support To SteamVR   Valve   2015-04-30
Unreal Engine 4.8 Adding SteamVR Support   Linux Gaming   2015-04-30
HTC & Valve Partnered Up For The Steam VR Headset   Hardware   2015-03-01
Valve Is Rolling Out Their Own VR Dev Kit Hardware   Hardware   2015-02-24
Valve Just Released A Big Linux Steam Client Update   Valve   2014-08-14
Valve Pushes Out Steam VR Beta Support   Valve   2014-01-14