{"id":620927,"date":"2026-09-11T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620927\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:10:10","slug":"valve-just-launched-a-big-update-for-steamvr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620927\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve just launched a big update for SteamVR."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Sep 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Valve just launched a big update for SteamVR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">SteamVR 2.17 adds a bunch of new features, including a quick access menu for handy settings on the VR dashboard bar, letting you access Steam achievements and notes in-game in VR, and improvements to Steam Link streaming. Check out Valve\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/250820\/announcements\/detail\/679635225181946199?utm_source=SteamDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full patch notes<\/a> to see everything new.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1pegheu1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/c1ec63e8c0939f5ded65cd87980ea9e213541422.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0.61728395061728,100,98.765432098765\" data-pswp-height=\"1280\" data-pswp-width=\"1920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"A screenshot from Valve showing off SteamVR 2.17.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/c1ec63e8c0939f5ded65cd87980ea9e213541422.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A screenshot from Valve showing SteamVR 2.17. 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