Valve is engaged on a “SteamVR Hyperlink Dongle”, datamining reveals, and it may enhance the reliability of wi-fi PC VR.
VR fanatic Brad Lynch’s Discord datamining group have found a number of references to the system and its drivers in SteamVR code, together with a vendor and system ID which Lynch claims suggests the system is “being finalized internally”.
“Valve SteamVR Hyperlink Dongle” already has its personal vendor and system ID which hints to that piece of {hardware} being finalized internally
(VID_28DE PID_2432)
Wouldn’t be stunned if Deckard launched with this bundled within the field as an alternative of a cable https://t.co/Zcgi8SbCIq pic.twitter.com/5AV6OvBTQw
— SadlyItsDadley (@SadlyItsBradley) March 13, 2025
At present the Steam Hyperlink app for Quest, which datamining suggests can even come to Pico and HTC standalone headsets, leverages your present dwelling Wi-Fi community for wi-fi PC VR, as does the built-in Air Hyperlink and third-party instruments like Digital Desktop and ALVR.
Utilizing your own home Wi-Fi community somewhat than a devoted dongle can current a number of points, nevertheless. The sign may be degraded by the space to the router or obstacles like stable partitions, and frames may be dropped or delivered late if too many different gadgets are congesting the community.
A devoted dongle can provide a point-to-point connection instantly out of your PC to your headset, avoiding any community congestion and sign propagation points. Some VR lovers create this setup themselves with routers, however the community setup course of right here may be considerably complicated.
Dongles additionally work properly with laptops and the place no viable community is on the market, significantly helpful for commerce reveals and ad-hoc wi-fi PC VR demo conditions.
D-Hyperlink VR Air Bridge For Quest 2 Wi-fi PC VR Evaluation: Comfort At A Price
VR Air Bridge promised to make wi-fi PC VR on Quest 2 simple and eradicate hitches. We examined it to search out out if that’s truly true. The prevailing Air Hyperlink is a Quest characteristic that lets the system act as a wi-fi PC VR headset by way of your Wi-Fi community.
In 2022 Meta partnered with D-Hyperlink to launch such a tool, the VR Air Bridge for Quest 2. However restricted to 5GHz Wi-Fi 6, it rapidly grew to become outdated as Quest Professional and Quest 3 launched with help for 6GHz Wi-Fi 6E. Additional, it solely works with Meta’s personal Air Hyperlink by default, not Digital Desktop.
Valve’s SteamVR Hyperlink Dongle has the potential to actually ship on the promise of VR Air Bridge, with a future-proof 6GHz Wi-Fi 7 connection instantly out of your headset to SteamVR, constructing on the benefit of use of Steam Hyperlink whereas boosting its reliability for non-ideal community setups.
Leaker Claims Valve Deckard Set To Launch This Yr At $1200
A Valve leaker claims the Valve Deckard headset is ready to launch by the tip of this 12 months at $1200, together with first-party “video games or demos”.
Lynch suggests Valve may embrace the SteamVR Hyperlink Dongle within the field of Deckard, the corporate’s upcoming headset now rumored to be launching this 12 months, and this appears extremely doubtless. However I think it may help different standalone headsets too, enhancing the expertise of utilizing SteamVR wirelessly irrespective of which standalone VR headset you personal.
