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Following on from the success of the Steam Deck, Valve is creating its very own ecosystem of products. The Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller are all set to launch in the new year. We've tried each of them and here's what you need to know about each one.

"From the Frame to the Controller to the Machine, we're a fairly small industrial design team here, and we really made sure it felt like a family of devices, even to the slightest detail," Clement Gallois, a designer at Valve, tells me during a recent visit to Valve HQ. "How it feels, the buttons, how they react… everything belongs and works together kind of seamlessly."

For more detail, make sure to check out our in-depth stories linked below:


Steam Frame: Valve's new wireless VR headset

Steam Machine: Compact living room gaming box

Steam Controller: A controller to replace your mouse


Valve's official video announcement.


So uh, ahem.

Yes.

Valve can indeed count to three.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I.

Want.

An actual valve, that goes along with the Frame.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

The first time I saw that guy turn around, I damn near pissed myself.

[–] korendian@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That would actually be sick, a spigot on the top of steam box that functions as an on/off switch.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I’d actually love it as a detachable accessory for the Frame, just for fun. Have it snap onto the back of the VR headset strap or something. The strap has something on the back (probably a battery pack) so it could just mount directly to that. Sell it as an optional accessory for like $10-15, and they’d be printing money.

[–] korendian@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I can almost guarantee someone will end up 3d printing this themselves.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The Frame does actually have a uh, back unit on the rear strap, some of the hardware is in the faceplate, some of it is on this part thats on the rear/center of the headstrap.

So, assuming it wouldn't fuck up the thermals too much, you can just 3d print something that'd clip or strap onto that part.

I'm watching the Gamers Nexus breakdown at the moment, I may have misunderstood something, but I think that's right?

EDIT:

For clarity, I'm not talking about the Machine, the desktop/living room device, I'm talking about the Frame, the VR headset.

The wirelessly streaming VR headset, that does not need base stations, because it uses monochrome/IR cameras in the headset to model the space you are in.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Could use it as the wheel that tightens the headband!

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Images you can hear