Valve releases SteamVR beta just before its Dev Days conference

Valve Software has lately been determined to out-innovate its competitors, as shown by its Steam OS, Steam machines, and proprietary Steam controller. And now it’s introduced yet another pioneering feature to its leading digital games service.

The latest technology from CEO Gabe Newell’s company is a modified version of Steam’s user interface (the visible part of the program which the user interacts with, including its menus, game library, store, etc.) designed specifically for virtual reality headsets. This feature, called SteamVR, comes as part of a beta client released yesterday, two days before Valve’s first Developer Days conference. The update’s programming includes navigating a virtual screen by moving your head, known as head-tracking.