Valve Index – Setup Having used Oculus’ incredibly convenient inside-out tracking system on the Rift S and Quest, it was genuinely a drag to go back to setting up external sensors.

The Valve Index sets a new high bar for VR quality, but this is purely for the hobbyists and most intrepid virtual explorers. While Facebook is moving the needle with affordability and ...

A full Valve Index setup costs $999, although you can also buy the pieces a la carte. So what does Index do that’s so impressive?

And what you get with the Valve Index is (if you can stomach the setup process, and if your PC can handle its system requirements) arguably the best VR experience on the market right now.

I fear that Valve Index will suffer the same fate as my Vive: After a wow-inducing month or two, I’ll get tired of the setup process and other assorted hassles and rarely break it out anymore.

Following last month’s tease, today Valve officially announced the Valve Index, a “high-fidelity” virtual reality headset with impressive specs, cool new controllers and a $1,000 price tag.

Valve Index review: Next-level VR It has almost everything we’d want from a PC VR headset.

Valve’s next-generation virtual reality unit, known as Index, is an impressive plaything with a fistful of design advances beyond the old Vive. It’s also expensive, and lacking — for now ...

Valve fans rejoice! The company today unveiled its Index VR kit, which consists of a $500 headset, $279 controllers and two $149 base stations. You can get the entire kit for $1,000 or the headset ...

Valve has finally unveiled its very own high-end VR headset, the Index.