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Valve has unveiled pricing for its new VR headset, and like the Steam Machine, it’s bound to be controversial. The Steam Frame headset will start at $1,059 for the 256GB model and rise to $1,299 for the 1TB version, including the controllers. For that sum, you’ll also get a rebuilt version of Half-Life Alyx, Valve’s…

Following a memory-related delay, Valve’s Steam Frame is finally ready to launch. 

Valve is finally launching its VR headset ‘Steam Frame,’ after remaining silent for nearly a year. Following the ‘Steam Machine,’ this completes the final puzzle of the three-hardware lineup slated for release this summer. The 256GB model is priced at $1,059 (approx. 1.43 million won) and comes with Half-Life: Alyx for free.

Valve’s new VR headset, the Steam Frame, is dropping very soon, and today is the first day you can sign up to purchase one of your own. Much like with the launch of the Steam Machine, the console-like PC that dropped earlier this year, today is the first day you can get added to a…

Gravity gloves on, I approach a dark passage. I can hear alien grunts. The voice on my headset tells me to watch out for “barnacles,” and I know to look up and shoot ceiling-hugging aliens with the gun in my controller-gripping hand. I’m in VR, playing Half-Life Alyx again. It’s a game I once played…

Valve’s new virtual reality headset, the Steam Frame, has officially been released – but it comes at a high price.

It’s been a month since we first saw a glimpse of the Steam Frame, which appeared as a “Great on Frame” page on the Steam store. This was followed by Portal 2 receiving an official Steam Frame compatibility rating. Valve didn’t stop there; they’re still working to expand the library of compatible games. Right now,…

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Two software developments on August 10 moved the Steam Frame from “almost ready” to “staged for consumers”: Valve’s ARM64 compatibility tool registry promoted Proton 11.0 (ARM64) from the experimental slot to the stable production channel — the same production-commitment step that precedes consumer hardware deployment — while the “Great on Frame” certified game catalog climbed…

While it initially sounded like the Steam Frame VR headset could avoid some of the component price challenges of the Steam Machine and the Steam Deck, that no longer appears to be true. Valve’s wireless VR device may also face issues due to Qualcomm chips also becoming more expensive and harder to come by.