Valve has big plans for the future of the Steam gaming platform and it's not just about embracing Linux. In January, Valve will show off a prototype virtual reality headset during Steam Dev Days—the company's developer conference. Valve will also share its VR support plans during the conference.
"We've figured out what affordable Virtual Realityhardware will be capable of within a couple of years and assembled a prototype which demonstrates that such VR hardware is capable of stunning experiences," Valve says in a Dev Days session description.
The session in question is called "What VR Could, Should, and Almost Certainly Will Be
within Two Years," and hosted by Valve's resident VR booster, Mike Abrash.
Abrash, who went to work for Valve in 2011, is widely known for being part of the team behind Quake and other popular video games. In 2012 during an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Abrash said we were just at the beginning of the era of VR gaming. "I don't know what VR will turn into," he said. "But I'm pretty confident it'll turn into something great if the hardware can be good enough."
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