The BIGGEST Valve Deckard "Leak" EVER

[@jenszier]

Thats so nice of them to let you do the announcement for them :)

[@SadlyItsBradley]

As always, they definitely knew I would have a happy time tonight when they pushed this update. Very thankful to Valve for brightening up my night

[@Spencerwalker21]

@@SadlyItsBradley what I don't get is why can't valve design this to be compatible wired with the steam deck can't the headset offload alot of the workload. I would be down for a lower cost VR that could do 72hz 720p half life alyx VR that was deck computable.

[@bestboy007]

@@Spencerwalker21 pcs are better.

[@Spencerwalker21]

@@bestboy007 ofc but I like consoles gave up PC gaming ages ago. This steam deck from valve has roped me back in.

[@JeppeBeier]

Looks like you were correct in that the Steam Deck functions as a stepping stone towards the Deckard. At least with the similar system menu it looks like they might share some internal similarities.

[@lifeartstudios6207]

was the obvious path to recouping some of that R&D money. Especially when it's solid win in the handheld market and a way to up steam sales AND a way to give vr devs something else to develop/test on. I wager we'll be seeing cross play games with deckard and steam deck/pc shortly after release. It's way too easy to expand a player base for vr devs this way. practically matching hardware and an expected baseline for performance.

[@Spencerwalker21]

@@lifeartstudios6207 do you think the deckard will let me play half life alyx with this wired into the steam deck just making sure I understand what you commented. I would be down for a 720p 72hz low cost option for half life alyx on steam deck.

[@lifeartstudios6207]

@@Spencerwalker21 unsure, but it's possible. There's a few factors I'm curious about first.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Using Steamdeck as the foundation for Deckard's hardware and software is brilliant and lets them get the linux OS communities get fine tuned for gaming so that Windows can get dumped overboard as Microderp runs itself into the ground. I switched to Linux months ago now and with every step Valve takes to improve Linux compatibility/support makes it less and less nessisary for me to keep a Windows 10 VM or Dual boot around, So Long live GNU/Linux, the FOSS community, and the awesome folks at Valve

[@Stevexupen]

i always thought this is so obvious, it's the first thing i thought when i heard about steam deck the first time.

[@WMan37]

Main things I want to see out of SteamVR: - Expanded theater mode with a SBS 3D function and Steam Remote Play Together that use the SteamVR Destinations avatars, kinda like a Bigscreen Beta - Linux support on par with the windows version, including the use of SteamVR Destinations SDK without the use of WINE/Proton - WINE/Proton support for SteamVR overlay apps like Portable Farm/Portable Emulator, FpsVR, Natural Locomotion, OVR Locomotion Effect, etc. - SteamVR Store (Turns steam store into like, a customizable 3D gamestop of sorts, hopefully with steam workshop support for templates, brings the fun of physical shopping into the digital era) - Cutiekeys style virtual keyboard. - Bring controller model customization back like we could when OG Vive controllers were popular These are the only things I think SteamVR is lacking right now, the rest are simply bugfixes like making the camera passthrough work again.

[@WMan37]

@Game Over Honestly, if only 2 of the things on my wishlist come true, I would hope it'd be the linux support and the cutiekeys thing. I pretty much only keep a windows partition around at this point for VR. I'm ready to move on from windows after this happens, this is pretty much the final obstacle, I can miss out on a few EAC games with stubborn developers who won't check the box that allows it and not be too broken up about it.

[@thecandyman8441]

I just want wider fov lol

[@happysmash27]

​@Game Over I do everything exclusively on Linux including VR. SteamVR is, by far, the most buggy app I use with any amount of consistency, and basically my only major pain point with exclusively using Linux at the moment. It's so bad that, as much as I would love to recommend Linux for everything, I just can't recommend Linux for VR. It works, yes, but it's ridiculously buggy (some bugs like one that freezes my graphics stack when I start SteamVR with other 3D apps at the same time are particularly catastrophic) and lots of features do not work properly. I would only recommend it if you're really, really determined not to use a proprietary OS or can't afford Windows (both are the case for me), and I would, hesitantly, recommend VR if you are already on Linux. I really, really would love better support. I do not have any Windows install, so having better Linux support in SteamVR would help so much in making my VR experience better. It would also hopefully result in more people doing VR on Linux which would hopefully push userbase numbers enough to get slightly better support from Unity, etc.

[@happysmash27]

I am glad to know I am not the only one who wants better support in SteamVR on Linux. I meet people in VRChat who use Linux surprisingly frequently, but usually they are not running VRChat _on_ Linux probably because SteamVR is so terribly buggy. More people who want this hopefully will mean that more support will come sooner.

[@WMan37]

@@happysmash27 There's also the fact that video players in VRChat under proton are broken right now as far as I can see but that's equal parts a VRChat problem and a proton problem. Which is a shame because VRChat otherwise runs just fine, but not having video player support takes away one of my main uses of VRChat which is movie night.

[@PhoxYT]

Honestly this is great news, The index will be 3 years old on June 28th so I certainly agree that they could announce it or tease it at the VR Fest!

[@thomasireland1770]

October

[@Mo-fh3ob]

@@thomasireland1770 why?

[@transitcombine9057]

@@Mo-fh3ob why not?

[@TonyDrecaps]

I hope so, Index is so outdated now

[@realtimestatic]

I really hope they’ll announce it next month although I’d be happy to have it be announced this year or beginning next year but I don’t want to wait years for this device to be announced! The wait is driving me nuts and I want Valve to release some official information.

[@TheDragonfriday]

I don't mind the wait.... Because I'm trying to save enough money haha... I want to order it day one otherwise it be long wait you know, just like the steam deck. My is Q3

[@SteinOnkel]

@@TheDragonfriday I'm in the same boat as you. This thing with all bells and whistles (attachments, you say?) will likely be $1500.

[@Silverhks]

I could see them announcing Deckard at this VR fest, maybe for pre-order. That would be cool. I don't see them releasing it fully in July

[@SadlyItsBradley]

Ya. I wouldn't expect a full-on release either. Just like Steam Deck

[@gothicvillasgaming]

If Valve confirms new HMD, it could ruin sales of all the other headsets. Who in their right mind will spend money on non valve hmd if Valve is gearing up fo their index2

[@christophermcmanus5103]

Deckard is a concept headset like Vader was. The consumer headset won't be called Deckard. If they are still talking about Deckard they are far off a consumer model.

[@Silverhks]

@@christophermcmanus5103 that's not necessarily true. Yes it won't be called Deckard but that's just a name. They can change the name during an announcement with no problems. Tech companies do it all the time

[@monkeyperson9392]

@@gothicvillasgaming right that'd be the Osborne effect. Launch has to be imminent after announcement. Except there is competition you need to excel with a new product. Or you are just Valve and don't really care that much about it.

[@18earendil]

If the Deckard has indeed two SoC with an Arm processor in the front and a x86 APU in a plugin attachment, I wonder if we'll be able to use the x86 SoC as a mini PC separately from the rest of the headset.

[@casualfriday902]

I hope so. Pimax 12K and Crystal claiming to have separate standalone and Wi-Gig 2 PCVR modes could make it better than Deckard if they 1. Work as advertised (but it's Pimax, so doubtful) and 2. Deckard only does PCVR.

[@BrianScotland]

Steamlink and steamdeck having a console-esque baby with bigger gpu and cloud streaming capabilities

[@ThunderDraws]

maybe it’s very similar to the steam deck, but then again that may be a bit underpowered - but if it’s not just for gaming then it’s definitely enough for lots of productivity tasks

[@pseudonymous1382]

@@casualfriday902 Getting a Pimax for standalone application use is as short-sighted as getting Vive Focus 3 for standalone. What games are you going to play on a platform that no one will develop for when the install base is going to be 0?

[@Spencerwalker21]

@@ThunderDraws would the deckard work with the steam deck I would be so no hyped for even 720p 72hz half life alyx

[@tomdchi12]

"deckard_devtools" (breathes in paper bag to suppress hyperventilating). Regarding price, one lesson Valve learned from Steam Deck is that there is more demand at the higher end than they expected. Even if there isn't a product announcement in July, this progress and them featuring VR are both very positive.

[@gvulture1277]

They learned that but that doesn't mean they wont see the value of more affordable products. Keep in mind the Deck is a handheld PC which is versatile to play decades of games whereas VR is in its infancy and outsiders only see Half Life Alyx, Astro Bot Rescue Mission and only a few others as "must play" VR games. It's a harder sell to make Deckard cost close to what the Index costs because many will continue to be turned off. Valve needs to be competitive with Oculus Quest if their goal is to get more gamers to own a VR headset. If their goal is to be a sequel to the Index then they will get the same customer base at a $1k price point which isn't great for gamers.

[@mondude89]

@@gvulture1277valve is in the high end headset market, it's about pushing the boundaries as much as possible for consumers who can afford it

[@ManlyOBeeferton]

@@mondude89 The Steam Deck is very competitively priced though, the base model isn't much more expensive than the Switch. It's not outside the realms of possibility that they'll have different SKUs for their next headset as well.

[@UNSCPILOT]

I'd still be ok with a 64 or 128 gig version if I can do a ssd upgrade

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@ManlyOBeeferton do you not know what competively priced means or something?XD no1 buys just the base model without tracking stations or controllers. in practice the $1000 set is like the bare minimum. add to that the requirement for a PC and you won't really be done for less than $2000 (assuming you start from scratch which a lot of consumers have to do since they don't own powerful gaming PC's) now put that opposite to the quest 2 which is like $400 bucks and offers a complete VR experience out of the box. Like loads of parents bought a quest (2) for their kids. I doubt very many bought their kids a VR capable PC and an Index. they're just not even competing really. granted true gamers know that PCVR is where it's at and the quest's XR2 chip just doesn't compare but for the regular consumer that doesn't matter as much, they just wanna play beat saber and Richie's plank experience or something. also airlink and virtual desktop work surprisingly well and again the average consumer won't care that the index looks better cuz it has no compression if the headset is more than twice as expensive. (and wireless VR is really a big improvement over wired VR so I'm guessing Deckard will have to do Wifi streaming as well)

[@bluebell1]

I love that Valve leaks just for you! You’re an icon!

[@transitcombine9057]

Valve making games: 💀 Valve making Vr o consoles: **Gigachad**

[@MrCarabryne]

The only other place I've seen "reset tracking data" is in my WMR inside out tracking headset, useful when changing environement or to clear memory once in awhile. So to me that suggests Valve is working on controllers with inside out tracking !

[@UNSCPILOT]

Another WMR user here, eager to replace mine with a Deckard since I'm switching to Linux anyway and sadly WMR is incompatible

[@zwenkwiel816]

yeah controllers with Inside out tracking seems to be the next big thing, Sony's PSVR2 patents were showing it as well. makes sense IMO cuz inside out tracking is far superior when it comes to convenience but not as good when it comes to accuracy and tracking behind your back and stuff. putting inside out tracking on the controllers seems to fix a lot of these issues while still being more convenient than base stations

[@DMan-ud6bt]

We could really use integrated 3D gaming for non-VR titles within the theater mode! Think VorpX (like Nvidia 3D Vision functionality within VR) - built into the SteamVR theater mode. Even if they left it in the beta/experimental area of the menu where you have to go find it to enable it, it could be a huge selling point for those who crave it.

[@ZoKKeRFreAK]

Hell yes! 3D gaming was always severely underrated. But the UI being rendered at 0 depth in most games kinda made it not worth it as daily driver :(.

[@DMan-ud6bt]

@@ZoKKeRFreAK I never minded the UI being in the foreground, as that made sense anyway. It's the world and characters - the actual rendered objects with depth that matter.

[@Thenameisbond1]

Congrats on making it to techlinked!

[@KiegKillsReality]

Christ I’m hyped for July. Fingers crossed for an announcement!

[@gothicvillasgaming]

Whats in July?

[@KiegKillsReality]

@@gothicvillasgaming The SteamVR fest! There’s a chance that they might announce the Deckard there considering the insane amount of stuff that was in this new update’s code.

[@DagooseDev]

@@KiegKillsReality why wouldn’t they announce it at CES?

[@thatautogarage3644]

Thanks Brad, love the channel but haven’t been living the long Form content. It’s nice having another video or like this.

[@ekointothefuture6743]

Thank you for giving us a glimpse into what's coming. Love your work. Rock on good sir.

[@theantsaretakingover]

1:30 in the morning and I’m up only for this. Thank you brad, it was worth it.

[@ChrisQuitsReality]

Oh boy here we go again! *scratches neck*

[@TheGoreforce]

cant wait to cancel my steam deck for the deckard

[@vert2552]

Reset tracking data might be related to cameras as you said. Eg when you do at pose in games to calibrate or something

[@Remin534]

Brad, you're a madman for working on this overnight. Thank you XD

[@GamerReality]

Valve is never competing with another product, they are just dominating. Quest 2 came along and made its own category to dominate.

[@FrostKittyPaw]

Awesome update! If nothing else, I think this proves that the HMD will very likely come out, it’s just a matter of when. I hope you get some good rest and sleep happy! :3

[@gabefollower]

hi brad, i like you, you're so cool wow

[@SadlyItsBradley]

hi gabe follower. i like you too, and y our cs go hax'ing

[@BOLL7708]

This excites me way more than it should, likely. Thanks for taking a dump on my mind.

[@SadlyItsBradley]

Any time!

[@MisterPornthep]

What if lighthouse is used for tracking in the mean time while they're working on the camera based tracking? Makes sense to be hidden in dev tools.

[@SadlyItsBradley]

Seems like a reliable guess. I should also add that this functionality was accessed after the video. It allows us to pick which exact dongle to set into pairing mode. So a QoL feature for people who use a lot of trackers!

[@Gvarados]

do you think the new deckard will have eye tracking support?

[@theantsaretakingover]

No doubt, almost for sure have it built in

[@SadlyItsBradley]

yes. and foot fetishist tracking support

[@MythionVR]

@@SadlyItsBradley FUCK YES FEET ARE IN BABY LETS GO!

[@theantsaretakingover]

@@SadlyItsBradley so hyped to finally see feet in the third dimension. Groundbreaking stuff.

[@gothicvillasgaming]

Furies want their tales to be tracked

[@Rakenclaw]

I'm hoping they go for the modular upgradable approach. I think they have learned a lot from the Steam Deck release and how most were interested in 512 version, but many still bought the 64gb model to upgrade themselves. It would add so much value to the VR market it would be insane. Those that want the best right away without fiddling get what they want, those that prefer to fiddle will be happy, and those that can't afford the best right away can look forward to an upgrade base model path. Looking forward to see what approach they take.

[@yousafkhan6921]

Again, the price is going to be essential for any gaming device. If Valve releases a $1000 headset with a $500 x86 addon, it's not gonna create the impact that PCVR needs. I really hope this is just a standalone PCVR headset centred around the Steam store, which would help Valve subsidize the device. Hopefully this isn't more than 600 dollars but let's see.

[@ThunderDraws]

@@yousafkhan6921 I bet the price will heavily depend on if you buy the x86 add on or not - and people who already own a beefy pc probably don’t need it

[@kilsnacks]

@@yousafkhan6921 I would be extremely surprised if this will be $600 I believe it will be $1,000 again.

[@GT-tj1qg]

With headsets improving at a tremendous pace, it doesn't really make a lot of sense to go modular. Every 2 or 3 years a headset will come out that is better in every way and you'll wanna buy that one

[@UNSCPILOT]

The neat part is they could sell better compute modules later to upgrade the capabilities of the headset in standalone mode, and possibly even enhance wired/wireless teathered mode to some degree

[@mylesdotapp]

The best Discord notification I've received in a hot minute.

[@JustSomeRandomIdiot]

A truly wireless Valve VR headset, that can last at least 3 hours on battery, is definitely something I'd buy. But given my experience in the past with Valve products and the fact I live in Australia, I doubt I'll even have the option to do so.

[@jss4837]

nice work brad, love these updates!

[@nix-tube]

On the subject of the on wrist overlay display. I always wish there was an option to allow other steam users to view your display overlay. I'll keep wishing

[@Cinnabuns2009]

The rear unit will also give Valve the capability to put a couple tracking cameras on the rear of the unit so hand tracking behind the head/back will not be lost! Can't believe you didn't mention this. Maybe because it was referenced in the leaked docs but its just "common sense" or logic if you have a rear unit, why not take advantage of it and offer something no one else yet has, good tracking in stand-alone.

[@Onkoe]

Loved the slice of life at 5:18 lol Thanks for this content, Brad! It's by far my favorite and gets me away from the Facebook/Meta data monopoly - at least mentally.

[@CraigMansfield]

I'll be glad to support Valve, with all of their V.R. developments.

[@HeadsetHistorian]

If this is all in the actual update then surely it can't be that far away from being announced.

[@JAYZ999]

He should start advertising the bell button because I’ve been subscribed for a year and I forgot to click it lol

[@chitorunya]

Ah welcome deckard ui

[@LittleSpeedyCat]

Can't wait for the valve deckard to be released, using a quest 2 with linux is a bit of a pain sometimes, whereas Steam does a lot for the linux community

[@werewolf1e]

You can use the quest 2 with linux?

[@LittleSpeedyCat]

@@werewolf1e yup, you can use alvr to connect your quest to your linux computer

[@jdawgzim]

I bet Valve will release the Deckard the way they did the Steam Deck. Announcement then one week later you can reserve through Steam for a the headset that'll come next year.

[@SebastianKrzyszkowiak]

Connecting two SoCs with Wireguard doesn't really make much sense, unless that connection needs to allow other peers to join or has to be routed over other network channels, like already existing WiFi network. If FoxNet is using Wireguard, its purpose is definitely greater than simply having two SoCs of a single device talking to each other.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Might help the two onboard SOCs talk to you desktop/laptop hardware in wired/wireless teathered mode

[@pipiriripuriruri9804]

Love your t-shirts Bradley.

[@peshozmiata]

Even though it probably won't happen, i'm kind of hoping for a universal compute module i can clip to the back of my G2 and use it for PC streaming and simple android apps.

[@crexy5159]

Keep up the Good work Bradley

[@SadlyItsBradley]

thank you :3

[@thecircusfreak5364]

If they have 4K x 4K per eye, varifocal lenses/displays, no way it’ll be less the $1199. November 2023 - November 2024 sounds about right for a release date.

[@UNSCPILOT]

$1199 sounds pretty fair to me, especially if that includes all the basics to get started, I can understand if it cost a bit more though

[@autbo]

Deckard - Deck [Steam Deck] Augmented Reality Device

[@Perenbarn]

Never clicked on a video faster! YOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@zardozx1370]

many many thanks for your reporting - I think I wait for the next VALVE Headset - Deckard -

[@jimmydean8007]

Good Stuff... Thanks Brad

[@joanofsharc]

Great video. Also nice headset sticker, I got the same one ;p

[@KipppJ]

if Valve can get proton to work with VR apps, there's a *slight* possibility to get SteamVR games and Windows apps on the Quest, which sounds pretty cool

[@kazioo2]

@Hugohopser Main FEX Emu developer is personally interested in making Steam's Beat Saber work on Linux ARM and he already made HL Alyx launch on Snapdragon (!) so that won't be a problem in the future. The real reason this is absolutely NOT related to Quest in any way is because it's a closed platform with only 1 digital store allowed. Valve cannot do anything there and won't be interested.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

@@kazioo2 making a program launch is still miles away from optimizing it to run well, especially on VR. Carmack discussed in his last keynote that Occulus has always been open to allowing other headsets to use its platform, but the Quest is already sold at a loss so the business case doesnt make sense. Valve is actually one of the few companies in a position to do it, whether or not theyre interested.

[@GT-tj1qg]

This vid kinda got lost in the weeds a bit at the beginning. But interesting stuff!

[@elevatorctln]

For the sake of VR progression and future, I'm very excited about this. I will be jealous of everyone who has one while sitting in my quest 2 peasant corner. In all seriousness though this is really cool. Excited to see what valve is really doing.

[@kilsnacks]

I’m ngl I’m super excited too. I just bought an index like 4 months ago but I’d be so tempted to upgrade if it’s lighter and wireless

[@UNSCPILOT]

If it makes you feel any better, I'm sitting in the "Windows Mixed Reality Headset" ultra peasant corner, trying to save for a Index or hopefully the Deckard

[@hiasausmwoid1247]

thank you for your high efforts to find all that details and provide us your feedback with deep thoughts. great work!!!! i got into vr and the technology because of your videos 🙂 and it is a nice hobby for me.

[@motthubris5122]

Hi Brad! Thanks for this!

[@ZBoy0123]

My headset died literally last week and I have been vrless for so long- Hearing this news and seeing how fast progress towards establishing the new functions for this headset is going, I really hope its announced and I can pre order it ASAP I absolutely needed a new one anyway, I'll be upgrading from the odyssey plus. I got a whole new pc just for VR, I have basestations all ready too, I just want to do full body vr! AAAAA.

[@UNSCPILOT]

I'll be upgrading from a Dell WMR, which is especially nessisary as I've installed Linux on my Desktop and WMR is not even slightly compatible...

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@UNSCPILOT kind of in the name though XD

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@zwenkwiel816 well yeah, your not wrong, But it wasn't really an issue until I decided I was tired of Windows and didn't want to "upgrade" to 11 or stay with 10. Now I'm using Linux and have a unsuitable VR headset, as tradeoffs go it's a little annoying but eventually solvable

[@TheBaldrickk]

Ooh the hotspot on the headset idea is a nice one - as windows performance isn't great when hosting one from a PC (as I've found out from people who tried to use link with their quest that way)

[@MatchTerm]

Oh hai baldrick

[@TheBaldrickk]

@@MatchTerm Oh hi Mark!

[@MrRolnicek]

Aw man, a shot of pure copium straight into my veins.

[@Sinuev1]

If they do get rid of BPM in VR, I hope they replace it with some other generalized library viewer. There's a lot of VR titles I play (both with official VR support and through Mods) which don't get populated in the VR software menu by default. I can't imagine Valve would make such an oversight, and if they did, it would be corrected quickly - but I've seen far dumber things happen from companies I thought were on the ball.

[@Soupernova3]

hopefully the pricing isn’t too much

[@Skikopl]

"I like money" guys get this man some money for a sequel to the Anime Waifu Review

[@tiagotiagot]

I wonder if it would be possible to miniaturize lighthouse tech to embed it in the headset itself to maintain compatibility with existing controllers (and maybe even have it double as a lidar (or just structured light) system for inside-out tracking)

[@donh8833]

Based on the keyboard image size increase: ~25% more pixels each dim or ~56% more pixels total. Deckard integration into Steamdeck is almost a given. I just want good wireless. $140 every year for a new cable is a bear.

[@danjdubya]

If it is in the code look at the wifi frequencies available. 60ghz would be the biggest announcement and a big miss not to talk about esp considering regional restrictions on broadcast of 5ghz “hotspots”.

[@m0rph3u5.]

February 2023, no announcements from Valve yet. My Index is happy and relieved .. totally not what I feel

[@0xReve]

I really hope it gets announced soon~ I'm hopeful as well My Index is slowly dying (losing sound on both speakers, cable not held up, lenses starting to look a bit damaged maybe scartched a little...) and i believe my warranty is out (gotta double-check) So yeah, not really want to buy a new headset as i won't have money for the Deckard then. Even if i have to stop playing VR for half a year / a year..., i hope Deckard is going to be worth it

[@jackm4536]

Nice shirt dude.

[@RJ-kr4bs]

I thought it was a dress.

[@annakissed3226]

On a previous video you spoke about Apple working with Valve to provide the mass market that will make high end capable displays cheap enough for Mass market... Apple usually pay to have an exclusivity lock out for 6 months or longer, so that it appears to the public that Apple invented it & everybody is copying them when the reality can be the other way around. It's this sort of thing that has made Lidar chips stupidly cheap, Apple bought an exclusivity of the chips for the phone market to so they could be used to get better photography on the IPhone. But they were first cost reduced by vehicle manufacturers offering a huge market, which forced down the price from being £/$/€×,000. Ironically, they are now so cheap that Tesla is looking stupid for not using them, when Tesla originally stopped using them due to the expense!

[@DRKSTRN]

Took a minute for this to float up in recommendations. So for the sake of it: C O M M E N T E D 👏

[@StoneGear]

this type of news always make excited for what's next in vr and I'm gonna farm so much money to buy this

[@leandrobello04]

Late nights with Brad.

[@SadlyItsBradley]

drank yo coffee

[@DwAboutItManFr]

NICE NICE NICE NICE

[@notorious7312]

You look like the hacker guy in the judge dredd film

[@A7md]

19:05 OFC WE'LL GET OUT HOPES UP AA

[@keithpennock]

Please turn your autofocus off and set you depth manually with a focus card because it is very fuzzy.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Would be a good timing to maybe also get some benchmarks released for the upcoming GPUs. I'm so tempted to invest in something like a 6700 XT or 6800 if the latter drops just a little more towards retail price, but who knows what we'll need to a Deckard, or how the performance of RDNA 3 will be, or their performance to power consumption ratio, or their prices & availability. Painful when you're poor and have to make so heavily informed decisions ins such unsure times.

[@MachTurtle]

Thanks!

[@ATP_915]

This is sounding so expensive. All I have now it $300. I hope it’s only about $600

[@chingusdundlawn3562]

I’m a simple man. I see Deckard leaks, I like.

[@randallbro6749]

Valve Time Edit: I expect the steam deck to have vr support soon

[@spyro3635]

5:19 slice of life features instead of quality of life

[@kazioo2]

Deckard is an anime now.

[@tiagotiagot]

I wonder if it would be possible to get the Deckard devtools using a Deck...

[@kilsnacks]

Do you think this headset will have reduced weight? I love my index but at 800 grams it really strains my neck. I’m concerned that with this headset also being standalone it won’t be much lighter since having a battery and such.

[@livingfray2340]

I've heard that the weight isn't so much of a problem as the distribution of it is (i.e. 95% of the weight being in front of your eyes) and that adding a counterbalance at the back can help with that. Maybe valve will put things like the battery at the back of the headset to combat this

[@kilsnacks]

@@livingfray2340 weight is indeed a big problem for me personally. I have used quite a few VR headsets extensively and added counter weights to make headsets perfectly balanced such as the index and quest 2. I can 1000% say the added weight makes it even worse even though it’s more even feeling my neck feels like it’s been hit with a hammer after using VR. But I do use Vr for 6-15 hours a session which is likely much higher than most people.

[@livingfray2340]

@@kilsnacks Fair enough, I've been lucky enough to not have any problems with it since I rarely play for more than 3 hours continuously so I was just going off what I've heard works for others

[@PantsuMann]

Is Deckard a codename for Valve's new headset or is that the actual product? If it's a codename it would be a fun easteregg to name it Valve Cain.

[@SadlyItsBradley]

Codename

[@Recycled]

Poggers! Thx!

[@joel3399]

Is there some place to try diferent VR headsets to compare them and decide which to buy?

[@MrMattMagoo]

There are some VR arcades that have multiple different headsets, you might be able to sample 1 or 2. But if you have any friends already into VR, I'd just ask for a demo. If you have a decent gaming PC there are quite a few decent options atm, but if you don't, the Quest 2 is about it. And it really is pretty good, especially if you're new, it will prolly be amazing, which is really all you need.

[@LukelayAlt]

Hey Brad, awesome video man! Some really interesting and exciting leaks! I wanna ask something unrelated to the video; I've been wondering the past few days where you got your ZeroTwo T-Shirt (and other shirts too) I think they're really cool and I'd like to buy one :)

[@SadlyItsBradley]

Ali express 😅

[@LukelayAlt]

@@SadlyItsBradley No way haha, can I get a link? (to the ZeroTwo one) I'm having trouble finding it

[@paulct91]

Did you know if you have Steam VR up and look closely at the "Cloud Sync" icon indicator when clicking the "Play Area" menu option (Steam VR options Upper menu item) Got to long... basically click into Play Area Menu Option and the "Steam Cloud Save Sync Indicator" briefly shows updating... it really isn't something in "Play Area Menu" that would be useful PC to Different PC. Though it might just be a back settings intent...

[@GT-tj1qg]

Using Wireguard? Isn't that for Internet use? I've never heard it used for hardware, but could totally be wrong

[@ca1ib0s]

Any hints at Wigig2 support in Deckard Brad?

[@Isaax]

Please Deckard, please be good

[@ErrorRaffyline0]

He do be brad doe

[@lifeartstudios6207]

please valve, save me from the hell that is quest 2 development. That platform is driving me to an early grave.

[@tosvus]

Hey there Stefon.

[@Simmymind360]

Appreciate all the content you do.more important, take good care of yourself. Yeah money is all great but your Health is just as or more important thanks once again and get some good rest

[@oplkfdhgk]

I really like that they are making standalone headset because I don't like to use windows and i have heard that vr on linux isn't very good yet but i think that this standalone headset will be running linux so it will kinda fix this problem. 🙂

[@zlico1]

Hi Brad :)

[@SadlyItsBradley]

hi :D

[@torn3741]

good shit mr bradley

[@MisterPornthep]

Slice of life? Your anime is leaking Brad-chan.

[@herbisa3722]

love you brad for allways showing us those cool things

[@ethanvalentine4299]

do you think they decided to release the steam deck to fund the deckard R&D? As well as test the waters of the market to see the demand for valve hardware?

[@SadlyItsBradley]

I think they built the Steam Deck to start the Steam OS platform that would be the basis of the future for their XR HMDs

[@ge2719]

Valve dont need to do anything to fund anything, they make billions in net profit every year just from steam.

[@TechMaestro01]

11:30 Except the M2 chip is way more powerful than the Snapdragon