Sounds a lot like a Steam Deck VR, a Steam Deck variant that supports VR games and comes packaged with VR headset. Expect $2k price tag.

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Quoting: soulsourceI know it's unlikely, but I'm still hoping for a new Steam Controller...

If it has a headphone jack, it could need an audio driver, right?

(At this point I pretty much convinced myself that it isn't a gamepad.)

The driver is for the OS, which runs the game. For a gamepad, the sound is coming from a device that runs the game.
Also makes no sense to run a Linux OS on a gamepad if it's only a gamepad.

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Probably standalone VR device (codename Deckard), it's been long time rumored. I remember there was rumor of Half-life game (codename Citadel), a sequel to HL: Alyx, probably launch/demo title for new VR device, just like Aperature Desk Job was demo game for Steam Deck.

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Quoting: LoftyThis is why we need a Steam Controller 2. Then you have the best of both worlds. If they released a Steam controller that was essentially a steam deck with no GPU/CPU/RAM/HDD/FAN etc.. but just the light weight shell + touch screen for keyboard with the exact or similar layout, maybe with replaced the right touch pad with a few physical WASD buttons and give everything PROPER rumble rather than the angry fly trapped inside the controller haptics. That would mean you could fully 'PC' from the couch in comfort.

Do we really need another gamepad? There are plenty of gamepads out there already, Valve already tried and people didn't want it. There is absolutely no need for some weird ones with WASD layout when D-pad already exists and Steam Client let's you reconfigure everything.

Quoting: LoftyThe Steam deck is probably the most ergonomic game controller ever made, why change the formula ¯\_( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉)_/¯

Ergonomic? Definitely NO, it's good for handheld PC, but not as a controller. Touchpads are great for typing and gyro is great for aim-correction, but joysticks don't have hall effect sensors, rumble is weak and d-pad is not the best for fighting games. Gulikit and 8BitDo sell better controllers at $70.

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