Valve have a new trademark filed for Steam Frame, with it appearing to be multiple new types of hardware that’s on the way.
Split across two different filings. The first being noted as:
Mark For: STEAM FRAME™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of computer hardware; computer networking hardware; computer peripherals; computer hardware and computer software for the reproduction, processing, and streaming of audio, video, data, text, and multimedia content.
And the second for:
Mark For: STEAM FRAME™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of computer game consoles for recreational game playing; video game consoles; video game accessories, namely, controllers for video games.
This sounds like it will cover a main system and then accessories to come with it like controllers. We’ve known for a long time that Valve are working on a new VR kit, which is code named Deckard. But, we’ve also seen recent leaks for a new Steam Machine console too.
With the Steam Frame naming, I would expect this to be the new VR kit to succeed to Valve Index. Thinking about glasses, you wear a frame with lenses on your face – so the name is a little clever if so, at least in my opinion, I think it’s a cool name if it is indeed the new VR kit from Valve.
It’s worth noting though, that filing a trademark doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the exact name that will be used. Valve previously filed a trademark for Neon Prime, which they ended up not using and going with Deadlock instead.
Going by what @SadlyItsBradley said on X, it very much appears to be VR related, with Valve renaming VR Overlays to be called Frames – so it’s all starting to line up.
Would you buy a new VR kit from Valve? I’m looking forward to it, especially if it has a standalone mode and is a bit more compact than the ageing Valve Index.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.