We can bet whatever the company has in store, it will be leaning into BCI in the same way it did when it partnered with HTC to build the first HTC Vive in 2015, the first consumer VR headset to ship with motion controllers.ДЄlthough weвЂ™re no closer to learning what Valve is working on behind closed doors, at least one of those headset s (note the plural) Newell might be referring to in the talk may be ValveвЂ™s work on Galea, a BCI project created in partnership with OpenBCI and eye-tracking firmВ Tobii. Newell previously called BCI as an вЂњextinction-level eventвЂќ for every entertainment form thatвЂ™s not actively looking at the technology.

It isnвЂ™t clear what type of headsets and games the company is investing вЂњbigвЂќ in Newell didnвЂ™t specify where on the spectrum those fit in terms of AR or VR. And it also informs the decisions weвЂ™re making on the next generation of headsets weвЂ™re developing.вЂќ вЂњ Half-Life: Alyx was sort of our best statement on what we think the opportunities are, and I think that encapsulates our current best thinking on that.

VR Party Game 'Loco Dojo Unleashed' Coming to Quest in October, Trailer HereДЄnswering a question on whether he was happy with the current direction immersive technologies are taking, Newell maintained that although Half-Life: AlyxВ demonstrates what the company thinks VR is capable of right now, more is yet to come. WeвЂ™re making big investments in new headsets and games for those application categories, but also looking further down the road and saying, вЂwhatвЂ™s that evolve into?'вЂќ вЂњI think brain-computer interfaces are going to be incredibly disruptive, one of the more disruptive technology transitions weвЂ™re going to go through.

Everything you have to do in terms of controls in games, in terms of understanding visual processing, in terms of competent design are leading you towards brain-computer interfaces and what they do.вЂќ вЂњThere are interesting questions, like: are things sort of stable end goals or are they transition points? My view, which is not in the accepted middle realm, is that VR and AR are transition points towards brain-computer interfaces. To Newell, AR and VR arenвЂ™t end goals as such, but rather steps along the way to a future of widespread BCI, something heвЂ™s likened many times in the past to The MatrixВ in terms of how immersive and interactive the technology will be. On stage, Newell took several questions from students, some of which landed on ValveвЂ™s involvement in immersive technologies such as AR, VR, and BCI. Valve, which created the high-end PC VR headset Valve Index and award-winning PC VR title Half-Life: Alyx (2020),В is still investing вЂњbigвЂќ in new headsets and games. The event was captured on video by Reddit user вЂOdysseicвЂ™ ( web archive), however aВ recent tweet by VR designer and tech analyst Brad LynchВ revealed a smaller soundbite taken from a different angle that pointed out what went largely unreported. In a public talk at AucklandвЂ™s Sancta Maria College, a local Catholic high school, Newell spoke a bit about his vision for the future of gaming and the technologies the company was investing in to make that happen. Newell has been living in New Zealand for the past few months, which has been comparatively unaffected by COVID-19 due to strict measures in that country. In a talk at an Auckland, New Zealand area high school back in May, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed theyвЂ™re making вЂњbig investments in new headsets and games,вЂќ something he hopes will prepare the company for a future of brain-computer interfaces (BCI).

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