Valve is currently at work on three "full games" for VR, according to company founder Gabe Newell.
According to Gamasutra, Newell discussed Valve's plans for virtual reality at a press briefing in Seattle, during which he explained why Valve entered the hardware space with HTC Vive. "So one of the questions you might ask us is 'Why in the world are we making hardware?' So right now, we're building 3 VR games. And what we can do now is to be designing hardware at the same time that we're designing software."
Newell then went on to note that this approach to game design is very much in line with Nintendo's approach to game development. He highlighted how Shigeru Miyamoto "has had the ability to think about what the input devices and the design of systems should be like while he's trying to design games," and he believes that Valve's similar approach will enable them to "build much better entertainment experiences for people."
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According to Gamasutra, Newell discussed Valve's plans for virtual reality at a press briefing in Seattle, during which he explained why Valve entered the hardware space with HTC Vive. "So one of the questions you might ask us is 'Why in the world are we making hardware?' So right now, we're building 3 VR games. And what we can do now is to be designing hardware at the same time that we're designing software."
Newell then went on to note that this approach to game design is very much in line with Nintendo's approach to game development. He highlighted how Shigeru Miyamoto "has had the ability to think about what the input devices and the design of systems should be like while he's trying to design games," and he believes that Valve's similar approach will enable them to "build much better entertainment experiences for people."
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