Steam Frame Seems to Be On the Horizon as Unboxing and Setup Videos Leak Online

It seems similar Valve whitethorn beryllium gearing up to motorboat the Steam Frame, the 3rd and last portion of hardware it showed america past year, alongside the Steam Machine and Steam Controller. Earlier today, a fig of unboxing, setup and different how-to videos for Valve's upcoming next-generation VR headset leaked online via an update to the ARM Steam Client. Valve rapidly pulled them down, but not earlier they were grabbed and re-uploaded by users.

Instead of pitching a acceptable – I'm definite the institution was not psyched to person these videos leak earlier primitively intended – Valve enactment the videos backmost up, and portion it hasn't officially pushed them retired yet, they're easy recovered successful the Steam backend and tin beryllium recovered via the links collected here.

The videos item however to acceptable up and motion successful to the device, which volition necessitate a Steam relationship to use. As a reminder, Steam Frame tin beryllium utilized arsenic a standalone VR headset, oregon wirelessly connected to a PC moving Steam. Other videos that leaked see things similar however to instal the caput strap and airy blockers, arsenic good arsenic 1 detailing the wireless adapter and a fig of ergonomic accessories.

In his hands-on with the instrumentality past year, my workfellow Michael Higham noted however Steam Frame gets you the aforesaid interface and quality-of-life features arsenic the Steam Deck and Steam Machine, and noted however overmuch helium enjoyed utilizing the instrumentality arsenic a virtual theatre to play non-VR games.

"This benignant of acquisition isn't new," helium said, "but the seamless integration done SteamOS besides makes it precise casual to use, and the ace accelerated wireless tech means you tin play PC games with the afloat spot of your strategy astatine debased latency."

With these setup videos leaking, it seems apt that Valve is readying to motorboat the Steam Frame soon, which lines up with the program to person it successful customers' hands earlier the extremity of Summer 2026. That said, we inactive don't cognize however overmuch the Steam Frame volition cost, but if the terms of the Steam Machine (and hardware prices successful general) is immoderate indication, it volition apt extremity up being much costly than Valve primitively hoped.

For much connected Steam Frame, cheque retired our Q&A with Valve astir wherefore it's going backmost to VR, however the tech has evolved since the groundbreaking Index VR headset, and however it got wireless streaming to enactment truthful well.

Bo Moore is IGN's Senior Manager of Tech. You tin find him online @usebomswisely.