Valve is engaged on a follow-up to its Steam Controller, its Steam Machine accent first launched nearly a decade in the past, in line with a outstanding leaker.
Brad “SadlyItsBradley” Lynch wrote on X that Valve’s second Steam Controller is thought internally as “Ibex” and is in mass manufacturing.
Codename for Steam Controller 2 is “Ibex”
Separate product from Deckard’s “Roy” controller(s)
Each are being tooled for a mass manufacturing purpose of their factories proper now. That’s why I do know they’re in later phases of productization
— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) November 19, 2024
There weren’t another particulars, together with whether or not it’s designed like the primary Steam Controller or appears to be like like controls on the Steam Deck, for instance, though Lynch mentions in one other submit that he’s seen some mockups. Lynch responded to a different consumer who posted a mockup with conventional joysticks above two trackpads saying that it’s “a lot nearer than the opposite mockups I’ve seen to date.”
Lynch additionally stated that datamined SteamVR code appears to disclose a brand new VR controller referred to as “Roy” that’ll go together with a long-rumored VR headset codenamed “Deckard” that we’ve reported on beforehand. Valve filed a patent in 2022 for a standalone headset that doesn’t require a PC connection, bettering on one of many Valve Index’s greatest flaws.
There’s extra data accessible about Roy from this leak, together with that it’ll have hand monitoring, bodily buttons like the everyday ABXY inputs and grip buttons, and that “most” of them could have “capacitive contact options.” There are additionally new particulars within the leak about Deckard. It seems to be including each eye and face monitoring just like the Quest Professional.
Valve Roy controller(s) have a minimum of: DPAD, Bumpers, Grip Buttons, Triggers, ABXY, system button, and a few type of strap
I’m assured on this data primarily based on datamining AND sources who wished to not be named
There’s additionally an unreleased OpenXR extension for these controllers pic.twitter.com/36WBtLvYZ5
— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) November 14, 2024
Lynch has a historical past with high-profile {hardware} leaks, together with one years in the past for Meta’s Venture Cambria — a high-end VR headset that turned out to be the Meta Quest Professional.
Valve has all the time had a bigger presence in software program than {hardware}, however has been experimenting over time with merchandise just like the Steam Machine — a sequence of mini PCs operating on SteamOS that may allow you to play PC video games in your TV. It was basically useless on arrival as a result of it wanted a number of equipment to work and there have been too many choices in the marketplace, however it paved the best way for the Steam Deck, which has all however ushered in a brand new period of handheld gaming units.
