After rumors leading up to the announcement, Valve finally unveiled Steam's new hardware lineup: a new controller, a hybrid PC-console called Steam Machine, and a new VR headset — Steam Frame.

Valve made a triumphant return to the hardware market with the Steam Deck and its OLED-toting counterpart, and now it’s having another crack at virtual reality with the Steam Frame. The Steam Frame is ...

Valve has finally revealed Steam Frame, the company’s second VR headset. Though it’s quite a departure from Index—the company’s first headset released some six years ago—Valve says Frame is an ...

Why this is important: Valve’s push with Steam Frame represents more than just another VR headset; it’s a statement about where gaming hardware is headed. After years of traditional, tethered VR ...

TL;DR: Valve launched the Steam Frame VR headset with an Arm-based Snapdragon chip, aiming to run Half-Life: Alyx natively and streamed from PC. The new hardware features a "Frame Verified" status for ...

The PC VR population has been growing ever so steadily over the last four years. Meanwhile, the MacOS population has shrunk and been overtaken by VR. If you were just looking at the percent of the ...

I know what you're probably thinking – why put out a new VR headset in 2026? Big hit VR games have been few and far between in recent years, but Valve is convinced that there's still an appetite for ...

When simply looking at a spec sheet, the Steam Frame roughly stacks up to the Meta Quest 3, with comparable internal specs and the ability to run software locally on the headsets themselves. They ...

It's been years since Valve first launched its in-house VR headset, the Valve Index, back in 2019, but the Steam owner has spent the time well developing its new Steam Frame. This standalone headset ...

The Apple Vision Pro is an expensive flop. I haven’t heard anyone mention the Meta Quest in months, despite it getting a new model just last year. I can’t even remember the name of Samsung’s incoming ...