Throughout the world, many gamers recognize Valve Corporation as one of the industry’s leading companies. This company first made waves with the release of Half-Life, widely regarded as one of the all-time best PC games. Over time, Valve would continue to build upon their successful releases. However, this company also wanted to expand further by launching an extremely popular video game distribution service known as Steam. It now appears that Valve will soon be entering into the virtual reality market.
Latest Details about the Valve Index
Cnet reports that Valve released an official teaser image of their new virtual reality headset, the Valve Index. The image is sparse with details, only featuring the release of May 2019 and the words “upgrade your experience.” Those who have reached out to Valve representatives received a response that was lacking in terms of details. A Valve representative would only promise that more info will be announced soon.
Valve’s History of Working with Virtual Reality
It’s understandable to think that Valve is entering into uncharted territory. However, this company has spent quite a lot of time working with virtual reality technology. Recently, Valve was working closely with HTC to help them create VR technology of their own. Notable contributions by Valve include helping HTC design light sensors and more intuitive VR controllers.
Stiff Competition From Other Tech Companies
Valve certainly won’t be entering into an unsaturated niche. Several major tech companies have already launched virtual reality headsets of their own. This includes Facebook’s Oculus Rift S which will be releasing soon. Facebook made its entrance into the virtual reality industry by purchasing the Oculus company. Valve also faces stiff competition from Sony, another giant in the world of tech. Sony’s PlayStation VR hardware continues to remain popular throughout the world. Therefore, only time will tell if Valve will be able to revolutionize the world of virtual reality among stiff competition.
In closing, Valve recently announced that this company will be releasing a new virtual reality headset. Valve is a company that’s known to push back release dates. However, this technology will be available sooner than you might think. While details are sparse, Valve Corporation released a new recent image promising this headset will see a release date during May 2019.
