#dev days

Valve has announced plans to show of its own virtual reality hardware prototype in early 2014. The hardware will be demoed at Steam Dev Days, a two-day game developer conference being held from January 15-16 in Seattle. The event will feature roundtable discussions and lectures on a variety of topics including in-game economies, Linux game development, user generated content, the Steam Controller and virtual reality. Valve tech guru Michael Abrash will host a session called 'What VR Could, Should, and Almost Certainly Will Be within Two Years'. According to the official talk description:

We've figured out what affordable Virtual Reality (VR) hardware will be capable of within a couple of years, and assembled a prototype which demonstrates that such VR hardware is capable of stunning experiences. This type of hardware is almost certainly going to appear in short order, and the time to starting developing for it is now. This talk will discuss what the hardware is like, and the kinds of experiences it makes possible. A few attendees will be randomly selected to try out the prototype following the talk."

Abrash revealed in April 2012 that Valve was working on wearable computing "where both computer-generated graphics and the real world are seamlessly overlaid in your view; there is no separate display that you hold in your hands (think Terminator vision)". Valve programmer Joe Ludwig will also give a Steam Dev Days talk called 'Virtual Reality and Steam'. The official description reads:

Come and hear what Valve is working on in Steam to support and promote Virtual Reality (VR) games. This includes a discussion of the Steam Overlay in VR, Steam store changes for VR, and our VR plan for Steamworks.

Sony intends to launch a PlayStation-branded virtual reality headset. The company is weighing up whether the PS4 device should be pitched as a key differentiator for the console or a non-essential add-on. Evolution Studios is thought to be working with the headset to simulate a cockpit view on PS4 title DriveClub, which was recently delayed from November 2013 to early 2014. The PlayStation virtual reality headset is tentatively scheduled for release in the autumn of 2014, according to alleged development sources.

Leadwerks 3.1 has entered the beta testing phase on schedule according to our development plan laid out in the Leadwerks for #Linux #Kickstarter campaign.  Supporters who chose the SUPER BACKER reward have been granted access to try the early builds of Leadwerks for Linux. We chose to use the excellent Code::Blocks IDE for Linux #development.  Beta testers can access the full Leadwerks API to program graphics, physics, and gameplay, along with a few new functions like Camera::SetMultisampleMode(), which sets the render antialiasing level. Although the beta is not a complete finished product, we've already learned a lot about building high-end graphics for Linux.  First of all, the Linux OpenGL drivers for ATI and Nvidia hardware are fine. We've encountered no graphics drivers bugs (so far).  This may be due to the streamlined nature of OpenGL 4, as it removes a lot of legacy functionality.  Whatever the cause, OpenGL drivers for Linux work great, much better than Windows drivers did a few years ago in the dark days between OpenGL 2 and 3. The biggest remaining challenge is to get the editor running in Linux.  We anticipate two difficult parts to this.  First, although we have a GUI abstraction layer that uses GTK on Linux, we expect some amount of fiddling to be necessary to make it work right.  Second, the case-sensitive nature of the Linux file system will cause issues that need to be dealt with since there are many placed where our editor stores file names in lower-case format.  This will require a lot of effort to resolve, but it's not any harder than some of the other issues we have dealt with so far in the development of Leadwerks for Linux.  The benefits of having a Linux game editor with a native look and feel will make it worth the extra effort it takes.

Steam Dev Days

Leadwerks founder Josh Klint has been invited and will be attending Steam Dev Days in Seattle, Washington.  Steam Dev Days is a two-day game developer’s conference where professionals can meet in a relaxed, off the record environment. Developers will share their design and industry expertise, participate in roundtable discussions and attend lectures by industry veterans on topics ranging from game economies to VR, Linux/OpenGL, user-generated content and more. Developers will also have direct access to Valve’s Steam Team, and will be given a chance to test-drive and provide feedback on Steam OS, prototype Steam Machines and Steam Controllers.

Half-Life studio Valve is launching its own conference. Today Valve announced the Steam Dev Days conference, to be held in Seattle, Washington in January 2014.

The two-day event is aimed at bringing video game professionals together in a "relaxed, off-the-record environment" to share advice, participate in discussions, and attend lectures by other professionals.

A schedule will be posted as the conference approaches. Media are not allowed to attend.

Lecture topics include game economies, virtual reality, Linux/OpenGL, and user-generated content, among others. Developers who attend will also get to try out SteamOS, prototype Steam Machines, and Steam Controllers.

Developers can register for Steam Dev Days through a special website for the event. Registration is $95.

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