{"id":11886,"date":"2025-04-11T21:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11886\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:32:09","slug":"valve-is-building-key-xr-components-suggesting-deckard-standalone-is-moving-into-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11886\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve is Building Key XR Components, Suggesting ‘Deckard’ Standalone is Moving into Production"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valve\u2019s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed \u2018Deckard\u2019, has been the subject of speculation since mention was first discovered back in 2021. Now, information obtained by tech analyst and VR pundit Brad Lynch\u00a0(aka \u2018SadlyItsBradley<\/a>\u2018) points to Valve gearing up production for the long-awaited device.<\/p>\n

Deckard is still largely a mystery, although rumors suggest Valve\u2019s next headset will be a\u00a0standalone device that can also wirelessly stream PC VR games, ostensibly putting it competition with Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

Lynch, who is often involved in XR industry leaks, maintains Valve has been recently importing \u201cequipment to manufacture VR headset facial interfaces inside the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe equipment is being provided by Teleray Group who also manufactured the gaskets for the Valve Index and HP G2 Omnicept,\u201d Lynch says in an X post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Valve Index is nearly six years old now, so it\u2019s unlikely the company is looking to prototype facial interfaces for the aging PC VR headset,\u00a0which really only leaves its long-awaited next entry into the XR segment.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s uncertain whether Valve\u2019s move to manufacture key parts in the US is an effort to sidestep increased tariffs on China<\/a>, which US President Donald Trump levied in recent days.<\/p>\n

Lynch however reports that Valve is using the same US-based facility previously dedicated to manufacturing the company\u2019s Lighthouse 2.0 base stations, which Valve cleared out nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe [\u2026] they wanted to use that facility for manufacturing some new components in the years they have Deckard on the market, dodging some tariff pressures(?), [or maybe] prototyping future HMDs gasket designs near\/at Valve. This option I doubt since I\u2019d wager they already have small scale R&D equipment already for many years,\u201d Lynch speculates.<\/p>\n

Having been the subject of rumor for nearly four years now, there\u2019s been a mountain of reports and leaks concerning Deckard. The most recent reports however point to Valve actually gearing up production, which would suggest we\u2019re not very far from its unveiling.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Valve \u2018Roy\u2019 Model Leak | Image courtesy Brad Lynch<\/p>\n

In November 2024, leaked 3D models hidden in a SteamVR update appeared to show off\u00a0a new VR motion controller<\/a>, codenamed \u2018Roy\u2019, which\u00a0departs from standard VR motion controller layouts by offering a more traditional gamepad-style button layout instead of the now widely-adopted Touch layout. Provided Valve is set on that design, it could mean Deckard will offer a 1:1 input experience with Steam Deck.<\/p>\n

Then, in February, a report from serial leaker and data miner \u2018Gabe Follower\u2019 suggested Valve is releasing Deckard by the end of 2025<\/a>, priced at $1,200. Gabe Follower maintains that Deckard\u2019s rumored $1,200 price point \u201cwill be sold at a loss,\u201d who further posits Deckard will use the same SteamOS as seen in Steam Deck, Valve\u2019s handheld, albeit adapted for VR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valve\u2019s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed \u2018Deckard\u2019, has been the subject of speculation since mention was first discovered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[53,16,15,3243,3244],"class_list":{"0":"post-11886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114321473111939672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}