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Valve's Steam Frame VR headset ships with standalone Snapdragon power for $1,000-plus

Valve has released the Steam Frame, a VR headset that can run games independently using an onboard Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and up to 1TB of storage, rather than relying solely on PC streaming like its predecessor, the Valve Index. The device weighs roughly half as much as the Index thanks to lighter materials, and uses six cameras for tracking, passthrough, and eye-tracking, with a price tag exceeding $1,000.

tomshardware.com · 2026-09-14

Valve says RAM and storage shortages pushed Steam Frame price above original target

Valve developers told the BBC and other outlets that the Steam Frame VR headset was meant to launch cheaper, but rising global RAM and storage costs forced its price up to $1,059. The company said it was too late in development to redesign the device with less memory, and it may be selling the headset near cost, similar to its Steam Machine console.

theverge.com · 2026-09-14