Is Valve Deckard Out Yet?

Valve Deckard was the codename for what is now the Steam Frame, Valve's second-generation VR headset and the standalone successor to the PC-tethered Valve Index. The Blade Runner naming scheme held through development: Deckard for the headset, Roy for the controllers. Both retired at retail: the headset is Steam Frame, and the controllers ship as Steam Frame Controllers.

Confirmed hardware: dual 2160×2160 LCDs behind pancake optics at up to 120Hz (144Hz experimental), roughly 110° FOV, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with 16GB of RAM, 256GB or 1TB of storage plus microSD, and a 21.6Wh battery rated for a Valve-estimated 1–4 hours. Inside-out tracking comes from four monochrome cameras with IR illumination, two more cameras handle eye-tracking, and passthrough is strictly black-and-white. Ready to wear it's 440g; the detachable compute core alone is 185g.

There is no DisplayPort mode and there are no base stations. PC VR runs over a bundled 6GHz Wi-Fi adapter with always-on, eye-tracked foveated streaming. Hands-on coverage called wireless Alyx "indistinguishable from wired." The included controllers carry a full split-gamepad layout with TMR sticks, capacitive finger sensing, haptics, and roughly 40 hours from a single AA battery.

Software is SteamOS on ARM: Linux titles run natively, Windows x86 games run through Proton and FEX emulation, and Android APKs install through a layer called Lepton. The Standalone Verified program rates what plays locally, while the "Great on Frame" shelf curates the streaming catalog, flatscreen Steam games included, making it the "wearable Steam Deck" the leaks always promised.