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Valve helped Oculus with the Crystal Cove VR headset

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Though Valve has its own virtual realtiy tech that it has been demoing, the company worked with Oculus on the Crystal Cove VR headset, which was showcased at CES 2014.

Michael Abrash, who heads Valve's R&D department, led a panel at Steam Dev Days on virtual reality and revealed that Valve had collaborated with Oculus on the tracking features of Crystal Cove.

Specifically, the tracking feature uses markers, sensors and a camera to track the position of the user's head and body.

 

 

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While some who have tried Valve is saying that its VR prototype tech is much better than that of the Crystal Cove, Valve isn't trying to compete with Oculus' VR offering by any means.

A slide from Abrash's talk, taken by Steam Dev Days attendee Dave Oshry, shows that Valve is planning to continue developing a strong relationship with Oculus on the VR front.

With this is mind, it is more likely that Valve will continue to work on the R&D behind VR, while relying on a strong collaboration with Oculus to drive marketable VR wearables.

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Wow.

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Wow.

much wow indeed

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so now i can play on my steam box and use my oculus rift at the same time...

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so now i can play on my steam box and use my oculus rift at the same time...

ehh ?

u could always use oculus rift  on steam  and some steam games

 

they are just saying that they are making a VR thats better than the Oculus

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This is exciting. Can't wait to see Valve's approach.

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Valve helped more. Those that have bared eyes upon the Valve prototype have said it is the future. it probably has 4k panels for each eye and it pure perfection. valve has actually given Oculus all the prototypes and are helping them develop they Rift.

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Kinda makes sense that the Valve one is better than the Oculus version, Oculus has a specific price point to hit, whereas Valve has no intention of selling there prototype so they can use whatever parts they see fit.

 

Certainly interesting, would be nice to see a direct comparison between the two as most of the stuff I've read was from a single dev who had not yet tried Crystal Cove.

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Much luv, Valve. <3

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