Valve Announces New Portal VR Demo 'The Lab'

Mar 08, 2016, 12:06
Valve Announces New Portal VR Demo 'The Lab'

Valve is getting ready to unveil a new testing initiative for virtual reality that will bring players back to the world of Aperture Science.

That's a week away, but you can play the through our list of PC's best games right now. It will be offered free of charge via Steam this spring.

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Valve Corporation sent out a short press release citing that SteamVR Benchmark is not the only piece of VR software the company is working on.

Valve also explains that it's focus is on full room scale applications for VR, which can show off the full list of capabilities that the coming Vive platform will offer. The Lab is set inside a "pocket universe" at Aperture Laboratories, where Valve's Portal games take place.

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The Lab will be on display at GDC in San Francisco, California, between March 14-18. Valve has jumped into VR in a big way with their collaboration with HTC for the Vive.

The HTC Vive itself is now available to pre-order for $799 United States dollars, and the first batch will be arriving on April 5, 2016.

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