{"id":582261,"date":"2026-05-13T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582261\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:32:07","slug":"valves-upcoming-steam-frame-vr-headset-appears-on-qualcomm-website-as-we-get-closer-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582261\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame VR headset appears on Qualcomm website as we get closer to launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Qualcomm now features the upcoming Steam Frame<\/a> on its website. The Frame is fitted with Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, which it claims will \u201cdeliver flagship class performance for immersive VR gaming experiences\u201d. Valve\u2019s new VR headset still doesn\u2019t have an official release date or price, though everything seems to point towards it launching soon.<\/p>\n

While its appearance under Qualcomm\u2019s Device Finder tool doesn\u2019t guarantee anything, it does feel like we\u2019re one small step closer to its release. Steam Tracking data leaked online a few days ago also suggests that the Steam Frame is just around the corner. With the Steam Machine, the headset is expected to get the same reservation-style program<\/a> as the Steam Controller.<\/p>\n

Steam Frame is designed to work well as a standalone device<\/p>\n

As the successor \u2013 but not direct sequel \u2013 to the Valve Index<\/a>, the Steam Frame is all about providing a solid standalone experience, and that\u2019s exactly what the Snapdragon chip will provide. The Index does not work standalone and has to be wired up to your PC. In contrast, the Steam Frame will provide \u201cwireless, comfortable, lightweight VR for your Steam library\u201d and ships with two controllers, which are also suitable for non-VR games with all the controls you require crammed in.<\/p>\n

Qualcomm says its Snapdragon chip will offer \u201cadvanced CPU and GPU performance\u201d \u2013 and there should be no doubts about that, based on what we\u2019ve seen in Valve\u2019s previews and early hands-on reports so far. In fact, Valve says that the \u201cstreaming-first\u201d headset should still run Half-Life Alyx standalone<\/a>, which should excite VR gamers looking to play without an external PC.<\/p>\n

\"\"Source: Qualcomm<\/a><\/p>\n

4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3<\/p>\n

ARM64 architecture<\/p>\n

16GB Unified LPDDR5X RAM<\/p>\n

SteamOS 3 (Arch-based), KDE Plasma desktop<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s using a Snapdragon chip, the Steam Frame runs on ARM architecture. Valve has been funding the development of the FEX emulator<\/a> that is designed to run Windows apps & games on ARM Linux devices like the Steam Frame. As you can see above, SteamOS runs natively on the device (and is based on Linux, if you didn\u2019t already know). Likewise, Valve is developing a compatibility layer to run Android games on Linux<\/a>, which will come in handy for Meta Quest-focused games.<\/p>\n

All in all, we\u2019re getting ever-closer to the Steam Frame launch, which so far has been plagued by memory shortage-related delays. In an FAQ from back in February, Valve said it still plans to launch its three new pieces of hardware in the first half of the year. So far, only the Steam Controller has been shipped (on May 4), while the Machine and Frame remain in waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[86,56,54,55,4297,4298,4299],"class_list":["post-582261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}