How to Build My Newest Air Cannon
Pilot ValveVin MarshallOver the years, the TE crew and I have had some fun with pneumatic cannons. The original pirate cannon was our first attempt and eventually gained neighborhood notoriety by...
View ArticleValve Wants to Move PC Gaming to the Living Room
Steam Big Picture ModeVia KotakuOur friends at Kotaku have a preview of Big Picture mode, a new experiment for Valve's Steam platform. Steam is sort of like the iTunes Store of PC gaming--it's a...
View ArticleGaming Company Valve Distances Itself From The Piston Gaming Box
PistonXi3Yesterday, hardware design company Xi3 announced pre-sale of one of the most anticipated pieces of hardware in the gaming world: the Piston. It's a modular computer that hooks up to...
View ArticleGame Company Valve Will Probably Announce A Console On Monday
ValveValve CorporationValve, the gaming company behind hits like the Portal and Half-Life franchises, plus the creators of the massively popular online gaming store Steam, are releasing... something....
View ArticleValve Just Announced Its Own Operating System
SteamOSValve CorporationValve, the gaming company behind titles like Portal and Half-Life, plus the massively popular online gaming store Steam (sort of the iTunes of downloadable games), has just...
View ArticleValve Announces Multiple Steam Consoles, Will Not Show Them
Steam MachinesValve CorporationUgh. So on Monday, Valve, the gaming company behind games like Portal and Half-Life, plus the virtual, iTunes-style gaming store Steam, announced that they'd created a...
View ArticleValve Unveils A Crazy-Looking Controller
Steam ControllerValve CorporationThe trilogy is complete! As part of a three-part announcement this week, game- and game-services company Valve announced a new operating system based on their virtual...
View ArticlePortal 2 Improves Cognitive Skills More Than Lumosity Does, Study Finds
Fun with PhysicsValve CorporationScreenshot from the game Portal 2Like many people, Val Shute likes playing video games. But while she's gaming, she doesn't exactly think about the same things the...
View ArticleWith Valve, HTC Unveils New Virtual Reality Headset 'HTC Vive'
HTC ViveHTCHTC and Valve have partnered to launch a new virtual reality headset dubbed the HTC Vive. The headset is expected to reach consumers before the end of the year.HTC is teaming up with one of...
View ArticleMicrosoft Unveils Holographic Minecraft at E3 Demo
Minecraft on HoloLensYouTube / ScreenshotMicrosoft Studio's Sax Persson looks over his virtual Minecraft world at Xbox's E3 event.Last week, Microsoft announced a partnership with Oculus VR that will...
View ArticleVR Might Not Be Ready In 2016, But It's The Future
Gadgets Are you willing to take the gamble on VR? I am. Virtual reality is undoubtedly the future of gaming, and 2016 is when that future will start to be realized.
View ArticleYou Can Preorder The HTC Vive Pre Virtual Reality Headset On Feb. 29
Gadgets Deeply immersive VR gaming is almost here The HTC Vive is one of the most advanced virtual reality headsets in the world. It’s so groundbreaking, we gave it the Grand Award in our 2015 Best of...
View ArticleValve Releases A Tool to Create Your Own VR Worlds
Technology VR Destinations on Steam lets users make scannable environments, from real or imagined places. Valve is releasing a basic app today that will allow users to generate VR worlds from either...
View ArticleGame Company Valve Will Probably Announce A Console On Monday
Gadgets Valve is leaping into the hardware business. (Probably. Almost certainly.) Valve, the gaming company behind hits like the Portal and Half-Life franchises, plus the creators of the massively...
View ArticleValve Just Announced Its Own Operating System
Gadgets So you can play your games with its Steam service, but in your living room. There are two more announcements from the company coming this week. Valve, the gaming company behind titles like...
View ArticleValve Announces Multiple Steam Consoles, Will Not Show Them
Gadgets As part two in a week-long, three-part announcement, Valve announced a cool thing coming soon--but that they can't tell us about yet. Ugh. So on Monday, Valve, the gaming company behind games...
View ArticleValve Unveils A Crazy-Looking Controller
Gadgets Seriously. No thumb sticks! It looks insane. The trilogy is complete! As part of a three-part announcement this week, game- and game-services company Valve announced a new operating system...
View ArticlePortal 2 Improves Cognitive Skills More Than Lumosity Does, Study Finds
Entertainment What does it mean when "entertainment" games improve players' test scores more than brain-training programs? Like many people, Val Shute likes playing video games. But while she's...
View ArticleWith Valve, HTC Unveils New Virtual Reality Headset 'HTC Vive'
Gadgets A new challenger appears! Big news! HTC and Valve are releasing a new virtual reality headset before the end of the year. Big news! HTC and Valve are releasing a new virtual reality headset...
View ArticleMicrosoft Unveils Holographic Minecraft at E3 Demo
Technology HoloLens blends virtual and real worlds On Monday at E3, Microsoft executive Sax Persson demonstrated a holographic version of Minecraft. On Monday at E3, Microsoft executive Sax Persson...
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