Lepton appears to be the new official name for Valve’s version of Waydroid (Android in a Linux container).
We still don’t have a whole lot of details about how this is all going to work, outside of Lepton enabling Android APKs for developers on the upcoming Steam Frame VR kit, but it’s now that little bit more official with a proper name and even a logo.
This seems like a big deal
It was a big deal when they announced it several weeks ago. It just flew under the radar for some reason. This is just putting a name to it.
it can eventually turn into one if the project gets a lot of support. the problem is the current intention is to help occulus rift devs port their games to steam, and VR is a reletively niche audience, so its not going to get the development time it needs if it wants to explode.
tangently related, I do see a future where valve goes the route of game native and opens up steam officially on android, but its not quite there at the moment.