How to create a deb file which installs Valve's OpenVR Package on Ubuntu?

Question

Ultimate Goal: Add ValveSoftware/OpenVR to a PPA so that it can be installed via

$ sudo apt-get install openvr

I'm assuming this means I need to create something like an OpenVR.deb.

Attempt: I have read the Ubuntu Packaging Guide which gives an extremely broad overview of how to get started, but it seems to assume a lot of Debian knowledge.

I know that the ultimate build command to run on someone's system should be as follows:

installOpenVR() {
    cd /tmp
    git clone https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr.git openvr
    cd /tmp/openvr
    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake ..
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo ldconfig # OpenVR's `make install` fails to run this on its own
}

This at least will depend on autotools and cmake, so that the Depends: field in the control file should be adjusted accordingly.

Problem: From here's it's not so clear how to proceed. How does one create (or begin to create) an OpenVR.deb for apt to consume?

What did you try so far? Do you have a Debian package control file and at least a very simple Debian build rules Makefile? — David Foerster, Jan 13 '18 at 13:14
Possible duplicate of https://askubuntu.com/questions/146343/how-to-create-a-deb-package-that-installs-a-series-of-files — David Foerster, Jan 13 '18 at 13:16

How to create a deb file which installs Valve's OpenVR Package on Ubuntu?

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