Valve discussed its upcoming virtual reality plans in an interview about the Steam Deck OLED, a preliminary update to the original Steam Deck.
During an interview on the OLED Steam DeckValve recently hinted at its future plans for virtual reality (VR). This mid-generation update to the original Steam Deck features improvements such as a larger HDR OLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, Wi-Fi 6E, an improved fan and longer battery life thanks to a 6nm APU revision and a larger battery.
Certainly, this video game development company has confirmed its work a new VR headset over the years. However, no concrete product has been officially announced or revealed yet.
During an interview with Tested’s Norm, Valve representatives hinted that findings from the Steam Deck could have an impact on VR hardware. They emphasized the importance of Working with an APU and the miniaturization of computers. Additionally, they discussed synergies between the Steam Deck and VR teams. You mentioned it too wireless streaming. And that suggests Valve’s next headset could support wireless VR on PC, perhaps via a special hardware adapter.
Valve is hiring computer vision engineer to support virtual reality headsets
Although Valve appears to be focused on PC VR, comments about “working with an APU” and “miniaturizing computers” suggest the headset could have this an autonomous ability.
In what seemed like the most obvious demonstration of the headset’s capabilities, Valve released the headset last year a job offer. The latter is aimed at recruiting a computer vision engineer. The new employee will be responsible for contributing to the design, production and support of a virtual reality headset that will serve millions of customers around the world.
The job description detailed the intended functionality of the headset. To name just the interior surveillance, the passage of the camera, the understanding of the surroundings, Eye tracking and manual tracking. However, it should be noted that Valve may have changed or removed some of these features during development. He could even decide to cancel the product at any time.