Valve’s new VR headset, currently codenamed “Deckard,” may have had its official market name revealed: Steam Frame. Though it hasn’t been formally announced, a new trademark by Valve for the Steam Frame suggests it could be the name used by this upcoming virtual reality peripheral.
A new VR headset is being developed by Valve. Known as “Deckard” at the moment, this piece of hardware is a standalone, high-quality wireless VR headset that will feature compatibility with both Steam and the Steam Deck, and will be a successor to the Valve Index VR headset released in 2019. Despite the hype, little information has been officially shared by Valve, with most details available from leaks, insiders, and other sources.
Now, yet another piece of potential information has come from an unexpected source. Valve recently filed a new trademark for “Steam Frame,” which is “intended to cover the categories of computer hardware; computer networking hardware; computer peripherals; computer hardware and computer software for the reproduction, processing, and streaming of audio, video, data, text, and multimedia content.” While there has not been an official announcement confirming the fact, the mark’s wide coverage of both hardware and software sounds like it would cover everything...
