The full Valve Index kit used to cost around $1,000, which was pretty high-end. Newer headsets like the Meta Quest 3 are much cheaper, often under $500. So, the Index is definitely on the pricier side ...

The Valve Index, Valve’s latest virtual reality offering, is an uneasy mixture of all the good and bad aspects of modern VR. It can be a pain to set up; getting the whole thing calibrated perfectly ...

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Valve’s Index headset was a market leader among PC VR headsets for years, but is it still worth buying in 2025 now that it’s nearly six years old? Read on for our no-nonsense recommendation. As ...

Half-Life: Alyx is arguably Valve Index's must-have game, but with its release date on the horizon, Valve's own VR set-up is sold out almost universally. According to site Road to VR, not only is the ...