SteamVR introduces motion smoothing so lower-end PCs can run games with less lag

Steam has introduced a new motion-smoothing update for its SteamVR service that will provide smoother gameplay for people who are using lower-end PCs.
Alex Vlachos, a graphics programmer at Valve, issued a blog post this week explaining the update. Unlike traditional motion-smoothing technology, which essentially increases the amount of frames that appear in a scene in an effort to remove or reduce the amount of motion blur affecting an image, SteamVR’s approach to incorporating the techn