A convincing new fake Valve VR headset appeared last night - but it was all a joke that started at a furry convention
Feb. 15, 2024The Valve Prism isn’t real (sorry)
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Three months after originating as a joke at a furry convention, a fakeValveheadset has caught users off guard by coming across as incredibly genuine.
The teaser fliers claimed the Valve Deckard would launch on February 14, Valentine’s Day, which was yesterday, in case you didn’t notice or forgot. It just so happens that yesterday,a websitepromoting a new headset called the Valve Prism went live, claiming to be advertising a brand new headset from the developer boasting micro-OLED displays in a “full-blown PC.”
The new headset supposedly offers “built-in eye and face-tracking, automatic interpupillary distance adjustment, and foveated rendering,” which is seemingly a sentence that can get VR enthusiasts seriously jazzed. The 512GB model of the Valve Prism retails for $1,299.00, while the 1TB model will set you back $1,499.00. That would be if the headset was real, though.
Because the Valve Prism is most definitely fake. Apparently, some VR folk got caught off guard by the website, but as the community note attached to the tweet below points out, “the domain is registered very recently with Cloudflare, while Valve uses Safenames and Network Solutions for user facing domains.” It’s also seemingly a complete reskin of theSteam Deck website.
Read our guide to thebest VR headsetsif you’re looking to pick up a virtual reality headset that’s actually real.
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