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CTOnews.com, September 26 (Xinhua)-- Valve is a company known for its mystery, and it rarely reveals its development plans, whether in games or virtual reality (VR). However, a recent update to the Steam client suggests that the company is secretly developing a long-awaited stand-alone VR header.

Brad Lynch, a technical analyst and Steam data mining expert, found that the latest update to the Steam client contains some battery-related VR-specific strings, which seems to support the rumor that Valve is currently preparing a platform for some kind of stand-alone VR header display.

In response, Valve responded to TheVerge that SteamVR 2.0 had entered the testing phase.

Hello! We will release the Beta beta version of SteamVR 2.0 today. We believe that this is the most important step towards achieving our goal of introducing all the new features on the Steam platform into VR.

Users who choose to join this Beta version will see a new UI with many new features:

At present, most Steam and Steam Deck functions are already included in SteamVR

The new version brings updated keyboards, new languages, emoticons and themes

Integrated Steam chat and voice chat

Improved the store to put the latest and most popular VR games in focus

This is just the beginning of the SteamVR 2.0 journey, and we will share more information in the coming weeks and months, as we will continue to gather feedback and continue to develop the above features. As more and more people try it, this Beta version will also give us a chance to fix all kinds of problems. Like all Beta versions, this means that SteamVR 2.0 will get better and better as we prepare for the final official release.

To try a new UI, choose to join both the SteamVR Beta and Steam client Beta test plans.

CTOnews.com query found that Gabe Newell, founder and president of Valve, said as early as 2017 that the company was developing three VR "full games" and released "half Life: Alyx" in March 2020, but has not seen a follow-up game yet.

In early 2022, Gabe Newell called his Steam Deck handset "a stepping stone to stand-alone VR hardware" and said the Steam Deck represented a "battery-capable, high-performance horsepower device that can be used in VR applications."

There are reports that Valve is developing a VR headdisplay codenamed Deckard, although other possible product names appear in the company's code, and South Korea's National Radio Research Institute has found some kind of "low-power wireless device", but this may mean that Valve will release a new product in the near future.

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