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Half-Life: Alyx Hits $14.99 in Steam Autumn Sale While Beat Saber Holds at $19.99 VR INDUSTRY Half-Life: Alyx Hits $14.99 in Steam Autumn Sale While Beat Saber Holds at $19.99 Valve's VR flagship is 75% off until October 8, matching its lowest official price, but two of Steam's top-selling VR games aren't discounted at… Mismatched Nvidia Driver Files Break SteamVR With Error 303 on Linux, Valve Says VR INDUSTRY Mismatched Nvidia Driver Files Break SteamVR With Error 303 on Linux, Valve Says A Steam Frame owner's error 303 traced back to missing 32-bit Nvidia libraries, which pushed Steam onto a CPU renderer. Valve says driver parts… Valve Hotfixes SteamVR 2.18.2 Green and Black Screens on Linux, Keeps Version Number VR INDUSTRY Valve Hotfixes SteamVR 2.18.2 Green and Black Screens on Linux, Keeps Version Number Linux players streaming to Steam Frame or Quest saw blank green or black images on SteamVR beta 2.18.2. Valve's 23:00 UTC fix kept the… SteamVR Beta 2.18.1: 8 of 12 Linux Owners Say Right-Eye Ghosting Is Gone VR INDUSTRY SteamVR Beta 2.18.1: 8 of 12 Linux Owners Say Right-Eye Ghosting Is Gone A Steam Link bug that doubled images in the right eye during head motion looks fixed for most who reported it, though Valve never… Meta’s Immersive Web SDK Hits 1.0, Adds Gaze-and-Pinch for WebXR Apps VR INDUSTRY Meta’s Immersive Web SDK Hits 1.0, Adds Gaze-and-Pinch for WebXR Apps Meta's browser-based XR framework left early access on September 24, bringing controller-free gaze-and-pinch input to WebXR developers building for Quest and beyond. SteamVR 2.18.1 Silently Altered Driver Interfaces Behind Third-Party Add-Ons VR INDUSTRY SteamVR 2.18.1 Silently Altered Driver Interfaces Behind Third-Party Add-Ons Valve confirmed undocumented changes to driver interfaces and Steam Link's OSC output only after a paid VR add-on stopped working. ESPN’s 8K, 180-Degree Immersive Sports Lands on Meta Quest This Year With College Football Only VR INDUSTRY ESPN’s 8K, 180-Degree Immersive Sports Lands on Meta Quest This Year With College Football Only Meta confirmed ESPN's Immersive Sports format at Connect 2026, but the only sport dated for Quest this year is college football, with more coming… IDC: Smart Glasses Hit 85% of XR Shipments as Headsets Shrink to 15.4% VR INDUSTRY IDC: Smart Glasses Hit 85% of XR Shipments as Headsets Shrink to 15.4% IDC's Q2 2026 tracker shows global XR shipments up 35.3% YoY, with glasses driving growth while VR/MR headset volume fell 23.3%. Meta Horizon+ Adds Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition at No Extra Cost VR INDUSTRY Meta Horizon+ Adds Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition at No Extra Cost Meta Horizon+ subscribers now get a Game Pass Starter Edition free, unlocking 50+ Xbox titles and 10 hours of monthly cloud streaming on Quest.