The founding father of Lynx says that the design of Valve’s subsequent headset, codenamed Deckard, “is sort of wonderful”.
If you happen to’re unaware, Lynx is a French startup behind the Lynx-R1 standalone blended actuality headset. First introduced in 2020, had it shipped on time in 2022 it could have been the primary standalone headset with coloration passthrough blended actuality to hit the market. However after repeated delays it was overwhelmed to market by Quest Professional, and Lynx nonetheless hasn’t completed transport to all backers whereas Quest 3 and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional shipped in quantity within the meantime.
I might be equally pissed if Lynx nextgen ID acquired leaked so I will not share extra. I am simply excited for good new XR HMDs. The HMD-making world is so small, all of us share the identical suppliers for some elements.
— Stan Larroque (@stanlarroque) Might 17, 2025
On X, Lynx founder and CEO San Larroque has now posted “The design of Valve’s subsequent HMD is sort of wonderful!”
In a follow-up reply, Larroque states that he will not share extra particulars since he can be “equally pissed” if somebody leaked particulars of the subsequent Lynx headset. He additionally means that Lynx and Valve “share the identical suppliers for some elements”, which can be a touch as to how he was apparently in a position to view the design of Valve’s subsequent headset.
Valve Deckard ‘Roy’ Controller Fashions Found In SteamVR
Fashions of Valve Deckard’s ‘Roy’ controllers have been found in SteamVR driver recordsdata, revealing their design and inputs.
Over the previous 4 years Valve has repeatedly confirmed that it is engaged on a brand new headset, strongly hinting that it’s going to have a deal with wi-fi streaming out of your PC, and a job itemizing talked about it having inside-out monitoring, digicam passthrough, atmosphere understanding, eye monitoring, and hand monitoring. On this time, many references to a Valve headset known as “Deckard” have been discovered within the code of SteamVR by VR fanatic Brad Lynch’s Discord datamining group.
In November, Lynch’s group even discovered controller fashions for Deckard’s ‘Roy’ controllers in SteamVR driver recordsdata, and in March discovered references to a proof of idea mannequin having 2K LCD panels and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, although this does not imply the transport Deckard will.
May Valve Deckard Use LCD Panels & A Quest-Like Chip?
A Valve Deckard proof of idea mannequin had 2K LCD panels and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, although this doesn’t imply the transport Deckard will.
There have not been any latest leaks in regards to the design of the Deckard headset itself. Three years in the past a Valve design patent did present a brand new headset design, however on this period we additionally noticed controller designs that differ significantly from the latest Roy leak, so Valve may have additionally considerably modified the headset over this time.
We’ll hold an in depth eye on the Valve datamining and leaking neighborhood, and the corporate itself, within the coming weeks and months for any additional hints about what often is the most extremely anticipated headset within the XR business.
