Alright, so here’s the thing. Apparently, Valve’s been cooking up some new standalone XR headset – they’re calling it ‘Deckard’ or something. And honestly, it’s been like this, hush-hush thing for a while. But now, some industry dude – Stan Larroque from Lynx – spilled the beans on social media. He basically saw the design and was like, “Whoa, that’s wild!” Guess it’s dropping next year. Or maybe not? Who even knows anymore.
Funny thing, Larroque’s not even under some gag order or whatever. His company Lynx – they made that Lynx R-1 headset – is kind of doing its own thing anyway. He’s like, “Our stuff and Valve’s stuff? Totally different ballgames and price tags.” So, they’re not rivals or whatever. But here’s the juicy bit: They might be sharing some suppliers, which screams, “Oops! Supply chain drama!” Seriously, if someone leaked Lynx’s next big move, I bet Stan would lose it. But hey, just the way it goes.
Now, there’s this patent image floating around (from 2022). No idea why it’s such a big deal now? And some guy named Gabe Follower thinks ‘Deckard’ might hit shelves late 2025 for like, $1,200. Sure, why not?
Oh, and let’s not forget – data miners found some ‘Roy’ motion controller model in some SteamVR update. Neat, right? Meanwhile, Brad Lynch (another techno-guru) mentioned that Valve’s importing parts for making VR facial thingamajigs. Yep, real riveting stuff.
Everyone’s guessing what’s next. Meta’s supposedly dropping two new headsets – ‘Pismo Low’ and ‘Pismo High’ – in 2026, with maybe an Apple rival device after that. Oh, and Samsung’s Project Moohan, running on Google’s XR Android. Because why not throw everything into the future tech soup?
Long story short, Valve will probably do its usual sneaky thing. Just toss some headsets to developers and poof! One day, a buy button just shows up on Steam. So yeah, keep your browsers ready. Or don’t. It’s whatever at this point.
