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by caconym_ 2493 days ago
I heard somewhere it's very stressful, toxic politics and so on. Not sure where but it's interesting to see a report to the contrary.

Personally I always thought it would be cool to work at Valve, but not anymore. I don't see them doing anything broadly relevant that doesn't involve coasting on the momentum/market share of ancient products. Their VR stuff is cool, but even there it feel like they're lagging behind e.g. Oculus in ways that matter.
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esyir 2492 days ago
Eh, every review of the index has put it head and shoulders over any rift version so far. I'm not sure if we'd consider that "lagging behind oculus"
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caconym_ 2492 days ago
It's a premium product, and if I were going to buy a new VR headset right now it'd be the Index, but it's not a generational leap (it's basically a Vive++) and I've lost confidence in Valve to produce such a leap, let alone to bring VR gaming to the mainstream.

I'd love to be proven wrong, because I dislike Oculus. I am simply stating my observation that Valve seems to be in decline.

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