The Games Developer Conference, or GDC, is just under a week away. It’s a hub for some of the best game creators to come together and mingle for a few days, but it’s also a prime opportunity for companies to get on stage and talk about their vision of the future of gaming. One such company will be Valve – and they’ve got a lot of hardware to reveal during their time under the spotlight.
Valve is set to reveal a new wave of Steam Machines, as well as the final version of the Steam Controller. The controller, which last featured two circular touch pads instead of analogue sticks, has apparently undergone several design changes since last year. The controller Valve will reveal will ship with the numerous living room PCs later this year.
However, the most exciting news is that Valve is actually going to show off their own take on the Virtual Reality market. Valve has been working on an in-house VR solution for a long time now, but it’s also been accepted that the device would never leave their office. At one point Valve was even backing Oculus Rift, since they had nothing in the pipeline for consumers.
That might have slightly changed though, especially if Valve is so keen to show off their work to audiences at GDC. Valve doesn’t exactly have a strong presence in the hardware market, so it will be interesting to see if they’re perusing this avenue like a lone wolf or partnering up with another major VR firm.
Valve is also interested in helping VR developers host their content – presumably via Steam – so they will also be touching on that during the conference. But will Valve’s own VR be able to compete with the heavyweights already reigning over the industry?
Last Updated: February 24, 2015
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:07
VEE ARR VEE ARR….THE YOOF OF DA NAAAATION
Dutch Matrix
February 24, 2015 at 10:17
Somoene that knows another POD song, other than Here comes the Boom! Impressed am I.
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:21
*someone
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:21
Somoene sounds like a lekker lanie version of lemoene
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:21
Alive is my favourite from them.
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:22
Aye, epic song that
Ranting Raptor
February 24, 2015 at 10:22
Bad joke. Go to the corner!
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:24
OVERRULED!
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:24
So the dyslexic man walks into a bra…..
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:24
HAI
Ranting Raptor
February 24, 2015 at 10:28
Then he gets called a chauvinistic pig and is told that he is what’s wrong with the gaming industry. Then it gets turned on the media who report it and made out to be about ethics in journalism.
All because the man was dyslexic… Disgusting
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:29
That escalated quickly
Ross Woofels Mason
February 24, 2015 at 10:09
The only place VR is really going to be really successful is the porn industry. It’s why all those Waifu games are starting to appear on steam.
Gabe knows what you do when the lights go down o.o
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:10
HL3 cornfarmed
http://i.imgur.com/ZIyB2HE.gif
Dutch Matrix
February 24, 2015 at 10:15
Cornfarmed??? Has Gordon Freeman joined the Amish???
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:16
Might as well. Seems he has given up on technology
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 24, 2015 at 10:12
I think their getting involved in hardware is a potential misstep. The Steam machines revealed so far are horribly expensive, and I haven’t seen much lately about SteamOS. VR is still a gimmick. Their controller has to be either much better or cheaper than what PC gamers can currently use to be very successful.
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:16
As long as people buy hats they can do what they want.
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 24, 2015 at 10:18
That’s what THQ thought about the uDraw. I don’t mind them taking risks, especially when they’re swimming in hat & trading card cash. Just think these could turn out to be bad ones.
Ross Woofels Mason
February 24, 2015 at 10:21
The controller needs a hat!
Admiral Chief
February 24, 2015 at 10:16
I think they are doing this so that people will thing “ag not this old chestnut again” but in the background they are planning a MASSIVE HL3 LAUNCH!!!
Hammersteyn
February 24, 2015 at 10:30
Remember this?
Viking Of Science
February 24, 2015 at 11:24
I want a VR Steam Storefront… Imagine, It’ll be like walking into a store, picking up the game box, while some guy behind a counter spouts steam user reviews when you ask about the game…