Valve's Patent Hints at SteamDeck's Major Upgrade with Better Streaming and Potential VR Integration

TapTechNews August 13th news, a patent filed by Valve shows that SteamDeck may迎来 a major upgrade, and the new technology will achieve a better streaming experience and VR integration.

Since its release in February 2022, SteamDeck, as a portable handheld console, has been welcomed by a large number of gaming enthusiasts. It allows players to play the Steam game library anytime and anywhere, and provides multiple models such as 256GB LCD, 512GB OLED and 1TB OLED for selection.

Although SteamDeck allows players to play PC games anytime and anywhere, there is always a balance problem between performance and battery life. Although this problem can be solved by streaming the games of the desktop PC to SteamDeck, there is a serious latency issue. A recent patent of Valve shows that they seem to be developing a SteamDeck upgraded version that can support low-latency and high-fidelity wireless transmission.

TapTechNews noticed that according to the revelation of user TareXmd on the Reddit forum r/gamingleaksandrumors, Valve filed a patent named Dual-detail encoding in a distributed system, this technology can achieve low-latency and high-fidelity image transmission between the host and another device. The patent specifically mentions the wireless gaze point transmission and rendering between the host and a head-mounted device or handheld console. This means that not only the PC streaming function of SteamDeck will be improved, but also may support VR functions.

Previously, Valve had stated that the SteamDeck-customized AMD APU is very suitable for the VR environment and hinted that VR is part of the company's future plans. Considering Valve's experience on the ValveIndex VR wired head-mounted display, this patent may also point to a major upgrade of the ValveIndex head-mounted display, making it an independent device.

Low-latency and wireless streaming will undoubtedly enhance the experience of SteamDeck, and the possibility of this technology being applied to the upgrade of ValveIndex head-mounted display is also very high. However, this patent has just been filed, and players may have to wait for a while to see the practical application.