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Valve Making VR Headsets

it probably won't get off the ground for a long time.
Not for a while no, but its good to see Valve getting behind the technology.

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The VR device shown in the vid is the Rift from Oculus, Gabe pledged the project like some other guys from the industrie...i think valve will produce software and ramp up the valve box...

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Valve making VR? Hopefully it will be aggressively priced so it can be something everyone can afford.

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When do we think this will come out? Hmm...

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This has been known for some time. Valve does a lot of research behind closed doors that they do not fully disclose to the public.

This doesn't surprise me at all, Valve has shown interest in becoming more than just a big games company for sometime, which is further enforced with the recent unveiling of the "Steam Box" which will go hand in hand with their new Big Screen application. http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/142896-valve-confirms-steam-box-coming-in-2013-says-it-will-compete-with-next-gen-consoles

I cannot remember where I read this, but Valve has said that while they are working on VR Headsets, they do not plan on actually creating them, it is merely for research purposes. I would assume they would sell the patent or license it out.

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This has been known for some time. Valve does a lot of research behind closed doors that they do not fully disclose to the public. This doesn't surprise me at all' date=' Valve has shown interest in becoming more than just a big games company for sometime, which is further enforced with the recent unveiling of the "Steam Box" which will go hand in hand with their new Big Screen application. [url']http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/142896-valve-confirms-steam-box-coming-in-2013-says-it-will-compete-with-next-gen-consoles I cannot remember where I read this, but Valve has said that while they are working on VR Headsets, they do not plan on actually creating them, it is merely for research purposes. I would assume they would sell the patent or license it out.

Which is a shame because I think it would do so much better if it was their love for gaming powering the headset. The research is great, don't get me wrong because they are right, PC gaming innovation is non-existent. Valve would be the only ones that have so much invested in PC gaming and who also love the medium so much. It would be revolutionary and might attract a lot of console players to the PC.

Either way, we won't see the fruit of this labor for a while. Because Valve time.

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