{"id":67716,"date":"2019-07-03T03:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T10:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/valve-released-3d-models-so-anyone-can-mod-the-index-vr-headset\/"},"modified":"2019-07-03T03:09:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T10:09:05","slug":"valve-released-3d-models-so-anyone-can-mod-the-index-vr-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/valve-released-3d-models-so-anyone-can-mod-the-index-vr-headset\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve released 3D models so anyone can mod the Index VR headset"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Valve has released 3D files to help people build mods and accessories for its new Index virtual reality headset. The gaming company posted high- and low-resolution models \u2014 along with other documentation \u2014 on GitHub<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Anybody can download and use the files to design their own creations, but they can\u2019t sell anything without getting clearance from Valve first.<\/p>\n

The Index headset, which started shipping last week, is a high-end VR system<\/a> based on Valve\u2019s SteamVR platform. Valve designed the Index to appeal to modders, adding a USB port for them in a small compartment called the Frunk or \u201cfront trunk.\u201d Now, the company is offering some more detail about how this tinkering should work, including notes on where…<\/p>\n

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Valve has released 3D files to help people build mods and accessories for its new Index virtual reality headset. The gaming company posted high- and low-resolution models \u2014 along with other documentation \u2014 on GitHub under a Creative Commons license. Anybody can download and use the files to design their own creations, but they can\u2019t… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t