Valve's "Cancelled" Steambox

Valve's "Cancelled" Steambox
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Curious about Valve’s unreleased Steambox? In this video, we dive deep into everything we know about the mysterious VR console that never hit the shelves—not to be confused with Steam Machines, which were gaming PCs, but a dedicated VR-ready PC designed to pair with headsets like the Valve Index. We explore how the Steambox was meant to stream VR content wirelessly using features like VRLink (think Quest’s Air Link) and a Share Screen function, offering a seamless VR gaming experience. Leaked patents reveal a console-like device with a circular display and proximity sensor, eerily similar to a unit spotted at Valve HQ during The Final Hours of Alyx tour. Confirmed by a Valve developer in a 2023 Discord chat shared by Sadlyitsbradley, the Steambox was real—an appliance VR box planned alongside the Index in 2019—but Proton wasn’t ready. Fast forward to 2025, with Proton 10 in alpha and KDE Plasma 6 in SteamOS 3.7, could the Steambox finally launch? We also cover Valve’s Deckard, their next standalone VR headset with inside-out tracking and Roy controllers, rumored at $1,200-$1,500, and how it might pair with the Steambox for high-fidelity PC VR gaming. Plus, we touch on the Fremont, another SteamOS console for living room gaming, and Valve’s hardware evolution—from the Steam Machine’s 10th anniversary to the Steam Controller 2. With Valve hinting at a bright hardware future in their 2024 Steamworks Review, 2025 could mark a big reveal.

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