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There is a lot of excitement around the potential of VR in gaming. There’s the PSVR2 that is available for PlayStation, and, on PC, the best VR headset option is Meta Quest. There have been several leaks before about Valve providing their own virtual reality gaming headset, and now a prolific leaker claims Valve’s standalone Deckard VR headset is coming, but US tariffs have slightly “pushed back” original plans.
Valve’s next-gen Deckard VR headset is “still aiming for 2025,” claims leaker
Just recently there have been reports of Valve adding “experimental Arm support to SteamOS in latest Runtime update”. As stated by Notebookcheck,“The implications of this are far-reaching,” and “Previously, speculation suggested that Arm support would be added to SteamOS in anticipation of the launch of the long-awaited Valve Deckard standalone VR headset”.
On May 4th, SadlyItsBradley on X reported that “Valve accidentally pushed a SteamVR beta tonight”. This “confirmed that SteamVR Link streaming from Linux PCs is coming soon,” and it also included “more Deckard room setup/tracking strings”. The update was rolled back “4 minutes after publishing it”.
Responding to SadlyItsBradley’s post about the SteamVR update, prominent Valve leaker, gabefollower, said the Deckard is “still aiming for 2025” release, but “US tariffs have pushed back the original plans a bit”.
Gabe Follower previously leaked details about the Deckard back in February. According to the insider, it is a “standalone, wireless VR headset (codename Deckard),” and, at the time of reporting, “The current price for the full bundle is set to be $1200”. This would also include “some ‘in-house’ games (or demos) that are already done”.
It was also revealed that “It will be using the same SteamOS from Steam Deck, but adapted for virtual reality,” and “One of the core features is the ability to play flat-screen games that are already playable on Steam Deck, but in VR on a big screen without a PC”.
We don’t know exactly when the Deckard will come out, but “still aiming for 2025” is good news. SadlyItsBradley has betted on it coming out in November, but this is a prediction rather than anything concrete.
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