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Understanding the Context

Steam and SteamVR Steam is always hardware agnostic. Any VR title you purchase on Steam is playable on all SteamVR compatible VR headsets. Valve’s Index VR headset is now more than four years old. Despite its age, the headset continued to sell at a surprising rate over the years—but as they say, nothing lasts forever.

Key Insights

Valve launched ... In April 2019, Valve launched the Valve Index, a premium spec and priced VR headset which some could call the gold standard for VR. However, we are now four years on with no sign of an official update ... Engadget: Valve confirms that it has stopped making the Index VR headset Despite launching almost six years ago, the Valve Index is still able to keep up with many of today’s PC VR headsets. Of course, there have been plenty of headsets since then, including cheaper ...

Final Thoughts

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