Valve confirms that it has stopped making the Index VR headset

"In case you missed it, Valve announced a load of new hardware this week, including a second stab at the Steam Machine, a Steam controller, and a long-rumored new VR headset called the Steam Frame. But in with the new often means out with the old, and perhaps inevitably, the company has confirmed that its previous headset, the Valve Index, is no more."

"You can stream flatscreen and VR games from your PC or Steam Machine using a wireless adapter, but the Steam Frame is also a standalone device like the Meta Quest 3, backed by a built-in Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and 16GB of RAM. Valve is supporting Android games too, seemingly a move to entice VR developers to bring their Quest games over to Steam."

"Consumer VR has moved towards built-in sensors since then, and it sounds like Valve wants to leave its lighthouses in the past too, with the company confirming to The Verge that they won't be supported on the Steam Frame. The new headset instead has four high-res monochrome cameras for inside-out tracking, as well as infrared LEDs on the outside that help with tracking in darker environments."

Valve has stopped manufacturing the Valve Index high-end tethered headset. The company revealed multiple new hardware items including a Steam Machine sequel, a Steam controller, and the Steam Frame VR headset. The Steam Frame is a standalone device with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and 16GB of RAM, capable of streaming flatscreen and VR games from a PC or Steam Machine. Valve plans inside-out tracking using four high-resolution monochrome cameras and exterior infrared LEDs, and the Steam Frame will not support the Index’s external lighthouse base stations. Android game support aims to attract Quest developers to Steam.

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