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We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update
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I'm hype for the steam frame. I want an index upgrade so bad.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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I never even bought a VR set yet, I've been waiting for an index upgrade forever to finally get into VR.
I just hope the price is low enough that it isn't an absurd purchase, but too high for most scalper assholes.
Where would you say the Index has fallen behind, and what about the Frame is better? Isn't the lack of room tracking a big drawback of the Frame vs the Index?
For me, wireless is the big selling point. As far as I know room scale tracking is still a thing. In the hands on video from tested.com you can see the host walking around, with the play area displayed at a fixed spot
This basically top of the line VR now: https://store.bigscreenvr.com/products/bigscreen-beyond-2
The Index has fallen behind a lot and a refresh would have been amazing.
Upgraded to the beyond 2e from my reverb G2 and I absolutely love it! Had to go through a couple different face plates since my eyelashes were touching the lenses, but their support was really good about getting a replacement/new face scan.
Imo the weakest area is the audio strap, especially coming from the G2 which has identical speakers to the index, but in the future I’ll probably look into the project beyondex strap to get the index speakers working with it
Same. I sold mine nearly a year ago in anticipation. Can't wait to spend a dumb amount of money on a new toy.
This is more of a side-grade. I was hoping for an actual Index 2.
I'm glad it isn't Index 2. The frame seems way more accessible.
Yeah, dont get me wrong, its nice to see another device in the inside-out space (to avoid fucking Meta), but I think its going to be too expensive to compete with Meta on the main stage.
But I would also have liked to see a takeover of the high end again, to see Valve push the limits.
I hope you're underestimating the number of people who want vr but refuse to buy a quest because of meta.
I guess valve will decide what comes next when they have an idea for how the frame does. At least the hype makes it sound like it could sell well.
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Depends on what's important to you I guess. My Index is collecting dust, mostly because it's heavy and fiddling with the cables always killed immersion for me.
Yea, its a good alternative, albeit more expensive, to Meta's Quest devices. I'll pick one up, but I do want to see Valve target the high-end again and push the VR space like they did with the Index.
As long as they do that with a wireless version, I will splurge on that as well, I am sure :D
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I'm mostly stoked about this new ARM support. Gaming hardware is going to see a big shift I suspect
And the next shift will be when they use ARM for the Steam Deck 2 once FEX has a lot of games/quirks worked out
I dont think there are any arm socs that are faster than the current steam deck
The M2 is like twice the performance
Apple really does have a crazy hardware division. I wish their software was anywhere near as appealing. They could do a good job of kicking Qualcomm into actually making something useful if they chose to license their M series chips
Their experience with Mac clones in the 1990s guarantees that will never happen.
I think I'm gonna buy this second hand this time.
I've always bought valve HW new and even preordered most of them, but in the current financial climate, I think I'm gonna wait a bit.
I do have a wifi7 access point already wired with this in mind, though.
Doesn't it come with its own WiFi access point dongle thingy?
The dongle itself is WiFi 6. You need a WiFi 7 AP to use it without the dongle.
The dongle operates in the 6GHz band. It's not necessarily WiFi 6, AFAIK.
Where was it confirmed that you'd need a WiFi 7 AP if you're not using the dongle? The WiFi 7 standard doesn't even need to come with 6Ghz (which is really stupid and confusing) so you could have WiFi 7 and still be limited to 2.4 / 5Ghz.
You're right about 6ghz. I misunderstood that bit.
It does.
I'm dying to get back into VR, have around 150 VR games i'd like to get back into with controllers that aren't drift prone.
For those of us that didn't follow VR, which controllers are drift prone.
From a non-VR perspective, the switch controller I own suck and drift. Is it that bad as well on that front?
I'm talking Valve Index controllers.
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I never was very hyped about VR, but the Steam Deck has liberated me from my office chair, and I suspect the frame will be an extension of this freedom for me. As soon as I can pre-order one, I will. I've been saving my money for this thing since the first announcement.
Do we have any idea how much the whole kit will set us back?
Machine+frame+controller
The only concrete information we've gotten was in the interviews when it was announced, where we were promised "less than Valve Index". Unfortunately that's rather vague, as it's unclear whether they meant Index, Index+controllers, or Index+controllers+tracking stations.
I'm assuming the price will be approximately what Index+Controllers is, maybe a bit more. You can see those prices in your region by looking up the Valve Index on steam.
It sounds like the machine will have a few versions, presumably just different specs so that's up in the air. With the stocking issues that I'm sure will affect all 3 I don't expect any kind of bundle right away so 99 USD for the controller. The frame has more going for it than my hp reverb g2 and that was 600 years back. I'd have to assume at least 1000, maybe upwards of 1500?
So maybe 2600 on the upper end if I guess the machine is 1000? I don't know though because ram is still sky high so my brain isn't wired for that.
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I really want a Linux DE that can take advantage of this. Virtual desktops and multiple monitors are nice but this is potentially so much better.
I mean its gonna ship with KDE so lets see what it ends up looking like
Looking forward to dumping my annoying Quest 3 for the Frame!
I can't wait to box or duel people in VR. I hope VR devs are encouraged to make VR games 🤞
Sold both of my oculus headsets a few months ago. Looking forward to this
I'm just excited for Lepton which will hopefully demonstrate the stupidity of kernel level anticheat when it will allow Linux users to play Fortnite for a couple of hours before Epic inevitably starts monkeypatching their android port lol.
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