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Here’s a teaser for Valve’s virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift beater

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Here's a teaser for Valve's virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift beater

By Hugh Langley

Here's a teaser for Valve's virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift beater

Valve hasn’t been coy about its interest in virtual reality, but until now it’s preferred to lend a hand to others rather than announce any product of its own. With the imminent arrival of the Steam Machines, it seems that position has changed.

Not long after Valve confirmed it will be revealing plans for ‘SteamVR’ at GDC 2015, the company uploaded a teasing silhouette to its Steam Universe sign-up page, as unearthed by the folk at SteamDB.

There’s no guarantee that this is definitely the shape of Valve’s headset, but given that it’s shaped like every other HMD out in the galaxy right now, it’s got to be pretty close, right?

Furthermore, our own sources have told us that the headset is out in the wild and being tested by developers. One person familiar with Valve’s plans told us that the headset in its current state is technologically “superior” to the latest iteration of Oculus Rift, Crescent Bay.

Gabe’s Odyssey

Despite not making any launch announcements so far, Valve did demo its own virtual reality kit to a select few developers last year. Back then, the company’s seemed uninterested in releasing anything, but it may see this as the push its …read more

Source: techradar.com – Gaming

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