Valve’s Steam Body VR headset is lastly official and it is coming in 2026

Valve made a triumphant return to the {hardware} market with the Steam Deck and its OLED-toting counterpart, and now it’s having one other crack at digital actuality with the Steam Frame. The Steam Body is the long-rumored headset from Valve that had previously been codenamed “Deckard.” The corporate additionally introduced a brand new Steam controller and PC known as the Steam Machine.

The Steam Body is way from Valve’s first VR headset. It launched the Valve Index in 2019, and beforehand labored with HTC on its Vive headsets, which have been initially shopper VR merchandise earlier than HTC shifted its focus to enterprise and enterprise.

Whereas none of Valve’s earlier PC-focused headsets had the mainstream affect of Meta’s Quest lineup or arguably even PlayStation VR (which by all accounts is nonetheless an lively platform, not that Sony’s launch calendar backs it up), the corporate is liable for what might be the medium’s greatest-ever recreation in Half-Life: Alyx. And with SteamOS on the Steam Deck being such a success that different firms are virtually begging Valve to allow them to put it of their own rival handhelds, it’s straightforward to think about the Steam Body turning into a severe rival to the Meta Quest.

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