Valve's Index VR headset is loaded with cutting-edge tech designed to appeal to virtual reality enthusiasts. By Hayden Dingman. Apr 30, 2019 1:17 pm PDT. Image: Valve.

The Valve Index is an incredibly expensive VR headset. The full VR kit, including headset, base stations, bespoke controllers and a copy of Half-Life: Alyx , costs $999 / £919.

Valve wants to convince us that Index is as good as VR users are going to get at a $999 price point in 2019—and that it delivers $999 worth of VR quality in 2019.

The illusion Valve's VR creates is—authentically, actually, again no hyperbole—incredible, but it's as fragile as it is powerful. So many little things can chip away at it, eventually shatter ...

I’ve always loved the idea of VR gaming. It’s a fascinating technology, and there are some experiences that just can’t be had without a VR headset. But VR gaming as an industry is struggling in 2025.

I just walked out of Valve’s SteamVR demo and can say that it is the best VR experience I’ve ever had. And this is coming from a guy who has tried nearly all of the VR headsets out there ...

R umors about a new wireless VR headset from Valve (code-named Deckard) first started circulating in 2022, with only a few details popping up since then. Today, as reported by Wccftech, Valve ...

Valve has been all in on VR for years, so it developing games for VR should not come as any surprise. It developed the Vive with HTC, then released the Index on its own.

Valve took its VR headset to a recent virtual reality jam in Boston where attendees were given time to test it out. One developer has posted his impressions of the device along with some photos.

Still, it hasn’t been entirely all quiet on the Valve VR front. In March 2022, Valve chief Gabe Newell called its handheld gaming PC platform Steam Deck “a steppingstone” to standalone VR ...

VR developers have been vocal about this for a while. Former Valve VR tinkerer Michael Abrash (now Oculus' chief scientist) has blogged about why the importance of latency.

Valve partnered with HTC a couple of years back to release the Vive VR headset, but this would mark a new beginning for the company if it really is producing its own VR headset.