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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds New Weapon & Example Content for Workshop Modding

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which adds an example weapon to the game’s Workshop modding tools, allowing modders to experiment with bringing new weapons to the game. The update also includes improvements to the Workshop tools, including more example content for animation, audio, and shaders, along with new documentation. Image courtesy McMessenger.

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?Half-Life: Alyx? Update Adds Impressive Liquid Simulation, Foundation for Mod Scripting

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Half-Life: Alyx was updated this week with an intriguing new feature: a new shader which simulates liquid inside of the game’s many bottles; a small but impressive immersive addition. Instead, the liquid is a shader which is made to look like a convincing simulation. ??????????? Valve took this one step further in the Alyx 1.4

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Top Five Music-Making Apps Available Now On VR Headsets

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on Oculus Rift , Oculus Quest , and Steam VR , this hyper-realistic DJ simulator offers you the chance to upload and mix your personal music collection using a virtual deck that mimics the setup used in nightclubs around the world. You can also check out the workshop to try out other players’ bizarre instruments. .

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Test Your Woodworking Skills In VR With ‘Vrkshop,’ Arriving Next Month On PC VR

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Available next month in early access, vrkshop is an upcoming VR woodworking simulator that allows you to saw, hammer, and craft realistic woodwork using a generous selection of virtual tools, including a saw and hammer, calculator and chalkboard, speed and framing squares, and a variety of other useful instruments. Measure twice, cut once.

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VR Woodworking Game ‘vrkshop’ Headed to Steam Early Access in July

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2 free play environments (indoor workshop, outdoor arena). The game, which is said to launch sometime in July, supports your standard set of SteamVR headsets, including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows VR, and Valve Index. Functional chalkboard and hand calculator. 10 challenge projects. A three-part project scoring system.

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SteamVR Adds Automatic Rebinding So Lesser Used Controllers Can Play Almost Any Game

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Most VR developers obviously can't actively support every possible controller though, so SteamVR has a robust controller input binding system to allow users to create bindings for different games and share them on Steam Workshop. Improved performance of workshop binding loading. Full SteamVR 1.26

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VRLA 2018 Returns; Keynote Lineup Announced

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Additional expo highlights include Xtrematic’s extreme sports simulator, bHaptics’ full-body haptic suit, Bioflight’s VR medical training simulations and Phasespace’s large-scale motion capture system. Attendees can sign up for Circuit Stream’s workshops when they register for VRLA.