Valve Possibly Prepping For a New “VR Device”, Receives Certification in South Korea

wccftech.com:

Valve's next entrant in the VR industry is highly anticipated amongst fans, given that the Valve Index was well received. It is now being reported that a new "Valve Hardware' has been certified in South Korea, indicating that the company is indeed prepping for the next step in VR.

The VR expert Brad Lynch disclosed the RRA (Radio Research Agency) certification on Twitter, with Valve applying for certification for a new '1030' hardware. While it isn't confirmed that the certification is based on Valve's next VR device, the analysis is made based on the fact that the details mentioned in the certification match the ones of the Meta Quest 3 and HTC VIVE XR Elite; hence, it could be said that Valve is preparing to release something in that domain, especially since they said not long ago that a proper Deck 2 device wouldn't be released until the hardware improvement was significant.

A new Valve hardware device just received radio certification in South Korea

Valve Index was 1007
Steam Deck was 1010
??? is 1030https://t.co/AfgKorlyFZ pic.twitter.com/ECJPhqxTsu

— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) September 7, 2023

The hopes of a new VR device from Valve were reignited last year when the company's Product Designer Greg Coomer interviewed with the Korean outlet This Is Game, claiming that the device is indeed in development:

There isn’t much (laughter). Nevertheless, I can definitely say that we are continuing to develop VR headsets recently. Valve has a lot of expertise in VR devices and has faith in the medium and VR games.

We hope to remain open on PC platforms rather than having VR games exclusively on a certain platform. While adhering to this belief, we are continuing development.

However, we cannot confirm the existence of specific