Valve appears to have been developing a standalone XR headset codenamed “Deckard.” Currently, industry insiders are clearly peeking into the headset designs, calling them “very amazing” and are even more eye-catching that they could arrive within the next year.
Stan Larroque, founder and CEO of XR Hardware Company Lynx, confirmed in his recent XPost that he actually saw the design of Valve’s next XR headset.
Larroque further confirmed that both he and his company Lynx, who released the mixed reality headset of the Lynx R-1, are based on any type of non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Larroque says The road to VR Valve Deckard will not complete as it will “address two different markets (and) prices” completely for Lynx’s upcoming hardware.
Still, with a slight pounding around the bushes, Larroque says that Valve and Lynx “may share a supplier of some components.”
“If my Lynx NextGen ID is leaked, I’m more upset, so I won’t share any more,” says Larroque in an X’s post. “I’m excited about a good new XR HMDS. The world of HMD making is so small, we all share some of the components and the same suppliers.”
Furthermore, he says The road to VR He has heard that mass production and final availability for 2026 is scheduled. This is slightly different from previous reports that leakers and data miners “Gabe Followers” will arrive by the end of 2025 and prices will be at $1,200.
Valve has yet to confirm anything, but the rumored Mill has slammed a significant portion of speculation since the Deckard naming scheme was discovered by Data Minor in January 2021.
There is a prototype design (above) that has been leaked since 2022, and the 3D model hidden in the STEAMVR update later last year is leaking (see below).
Then last month, tech analyst and VR critic Brad “Sadlyits Bradley” Lynch reported that Valve is preparing to produce the much-anticipated device, which is proven by Valve’s recent import of equipment to manufacture VR headset facial interfaces in the United States.
Lynch claims that the equipment in question is “provided by Teleray Group, which also manufactured valve indexes and gaskets for the HP G2 Omnicept.”
The valve appears to be moving forward with a standalone XR headset at the right time, but it’s still a relatively big question mark. If Larroque’s supply chain leak is true and actually comes in 2026, many of the previous reports suggest there will be some kind of healthy competition when it is done.
July 2024, information The allegation meta is set to release two flagship consumer headsets in 2026, called “Pismo Low” and “Pismo High.” Beyond that, Apple Vision Pro’s competitors, which were tentatively considered “Quest Pro 2,” are reportedly to arrive in 2027. Meanwhile, we are waiting for a true piece of evidence coming from Apple for future headsets.
By then, Samsung’s project Moohan should be in the Wild. This is expected to run Google’s upcoming Android XR operating system when it is launched in late 2025. In addition to XR content, the device will be bringing the Full Fat Android App Store to its XR device for the first time.
I’m hoping Valve will skip the flashy keynote and seed the hardware into normal low key first, but I don’t know when a random purchase link will pop up on Steam.
