Valve would be working on a pc reference platform for hardwaremakers, which so-called Steam Box consoles with Steam as a base. Dell’s Alienware X51 desktop is already based on an early version of the platform.
The basic specs of a Steam Box would include a Core i7, 8GB of ram and a video card from Nvidia. Every hardwaremaker would be able to do and there would be no licences or special devkits are needed to develop software. Valve would be a standard sort of want to create for the pc gaming industry, that sense of security with regard to system requirements. According to The Verge, sources familiar with the plans said, would Valve think of a updatecyclus of the hardware of three to four years.
Although very few demands on the hardware, and a lot of usb accessories to be supported, Steam Boxes, probably with a special controller. The operation thereof can be adjusted according to the game. Valve here would be patents in their possession. In February, spoke to Gabe Newell, founder and managing director of developer Valve, in cryptic wording all of that his company did not recoil from to hardware in the market if needed.
In addition, experiments with Valve allegedly from the use of biometric data for games on the Steam Boxes. Possible, for example, the heart rate is measured with a special wrist strap, although Newell has previously said to be interested in eyetracking technology. Finally, the previously announced Big Picture Mode has a key role to play in the platform. Gaming footage would here is a simple way to multiple screens such as tv’s output should be.
Dell’s Alienware X51 would be considered as an early version of a Steam Box and this system would be to upgrade to a full version, as soon as the platform is rolled out. The announcement would be next week at the Game Developers Conference can take place, or in June at E3.
