{"id":925921,"date":"2026-10-12T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/925921\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:40:11","slug":"valve-publishes-steam-frame-cad-files-for-diy-accessories-and-tweaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/925921\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve Publishes Steam Frame CAD Files for DIY Accessories and Tweaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has finally <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/group\/45479024?emclan=103582791475000432&amp;emgid=675134162359812783\" target=\"_blank\">released<\/a> the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.steamos.cloud\/SteamHardware\/SteamFrame\" target=\"_blank\">CAD files for its Steam Frame<\/a> VR headset and VR controllers, officially allowing modders and creators to create and publish their own Steam Frame accessories\u2014as long as they&#8217;re published under the correct Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International license. The CAD files are published on GitLab, and they include both 3D models and technical drawings and documentation for reference when designing accessories. <\/p>\n<p>The CAD files also include documentation on the electronics of the Steam Frame, including an example project documenting a USB 3.0 expansion port that could be adapted for other electronics projects. While Valve hasn&#8217;t granted a sweeping explicit license to create commercial projects for the Steam Frame, it notes on the Frame&#8217;s GitLab repo that &#8220;if you wish to pursue a commercial license please reach out to us at steamframecompatible at valvesoftware com,&#8221; ostensibly opening the door for licensing partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valve has finally released the CAD files for its Steam Frame VR headset and VR controllers, officially allowing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-925921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}