HTC plans to complement Steam with its own Viveport VR app store

Steam isn’t the only way you’ll get games for your HTC Vive virtual reality headset.

HTC announced today that it is working on its own VR app store called Viveport for the Vive headset that will launch later this year. This distribution channel will provide anyone with the Vive headset a fast way to access software that has more to do with learning and productivity than games.or entertainment. To ensure every Vive owner can quickly jump back and forth between both Viveport and Steam, the VR system will enable VR users to instantly jump back and forth between each one. Virtual reality isn’t a viable market yet for most developers, but analysts predict it could generate $40 billion in revenues by 2020. Until then, Viveport is part of HTC’s efforts to help studios make money from VR.