PSA: the Valve Prism is fake, but the question is who pulled off this stunt?

Despite its age, the Valve Index is still one of the best VR headsets around, so if you saw a website for a successor, then you probably, just like me, got excited. But it doesn't take too long before a follow-up question surfaces: wait, a new piece of tech? Out of the blue, no announcement, no nothing?

You see, this website exists because of a joke, made during a furry convention, which took place in December 2023. And if you’re missing the punch line, don’t worry: I am too, so I guess this must be something that only this specific community can relate to.

That being said, why would a few anonymous members want to bamboozle possibly thousands of Valve fans and VR enthusiasts is truly beyond me.

But hey, maybe we’re better off for it. The headset that the website is “promoting” is closer to something that we wouldn’t want out of an Index successor: the headset is weighty and it sort of contradicts some of the rumors floating around that the next Valve headset will have something to do with the Steam Deck — Valve's largely successful portable gaming PC.

And, in a sense, such a fusion only makes sense, right? It could give a theoretical headset more juice, while keeping the entire setup mobile. At a surface level, it makes some sense. 

Though honestly, at this point, we have no clue if even that will be the case. Could 2024 be the year we find out? Given how things kicked off — with the Vision Pro's release and all — I think that we’re closer to that actually happening than before. So here’s hoping that the Valve Index II ends up being more impressive than the Prism.

Oh, and real. It it could be real, that would be great.