The new ‘Valve Prism’ VR headset is unfortunately fake

Valve has been quiet on the VR front since the launch of Half-Life Alyx and the Index headset. We know that Valve has been working on a standalone, wireless VR headset, codenamed Deckard. Enthusiasts were excited to discover that the headset may be launching soon, under the name ‘Valve Prism', after a new webpage was discovered showcasing the headset. Unfortunately though, the Valve Prism is fake. 

The website ‘valveprism(dot)com' appeared online earlier this week and VR enthusiasts were quick to pick up on it. The website showed what looked to be a tweaked, wireless version of the Valve Index. It looked quite convincing, but questions started arising when looking at the copyright disclaimer, which misspells Valve as VAIVE.

People were also quick to discover that the website's security certificate was not registered to Valve Corp, which stands out as odd, as the certificates for other Valve websites, like the Steam Store.

After a few hours of the Valve Prism doing the rounds on social media, Valve confirmed to PCGamer that the website is fake and there is no ‘Valve Prism' headset. Still, patent filings do show that Valve has worked or is still working on a standalone VR headset, so perhaps we'll get some official news on that soon, as Valve is also preparing its next major game, codenamed Citadel, which may support both VR and traditional PC gaming with a flat screen.

KitGuru Says: The Valve Prism isn't real but hopefully Valve will have some more game and VR related announcements before the end of the year. 

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