Valve's long-awaited standalone VR headset, Deckard, could be here before year's end according to word on the street from China

Valve Index virtual reality headset on a table front right angle.

According to a Chinese analyst group called the XR Research Institute, Upload VR reports, Valve Deckard is set to ship at the end of this year during the holiday season. Mass production has apparently begun, and 400,000–600,000 units are expected per year.

Deckard, for those unaware, is Valve's long-, long-, long-anticipated VR headset that's expected to be a standalone device not requiring PC power, unlike the Valve Index. We first caught wind of it back in June 2022, thanks to a December 2021 patent application.