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The Steam Frame in a stage of disassembly from which I don't know if I can fully recover.
My failed Steam Frame teardown... and iFixit's successful one

By Jacob Ridley Published

Breakdown I got too nervous to fully take apart my Steam Frame, so boy am I glad iFixit's just shown me how.

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Meta's new VR Glasses worn by a person.
Meta's new VR headset isn't really a headset and doesn't look like it's meant for gamers

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Lightweight glasses with a pocket-size compute puck, micro-OLED displays, Snapdragon XR2 Gen 3 chip; however, just a 70-degree FOV and no controllers included.

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Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor for Hardware at PC Gamer, wearing the Steam Frame on his head.
Steam Frame's odd charging behaviour gets patched: cuts recharge times in half in some instances

By Jacob Ridley Published

News I choose to believe I had an infinitesimally minor role in making this happen.

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The Steam Frame's side buttons.
Over 35,000 people say they signed up for a Steam Frame, and less than half have one reserved

By Jacob Ridley Published

News The 256 GB model looks to be the most popular from data on this community site.

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Soulart's motion tracker device for full body tracking in VR.
Full body tracking could come to Steam Frame courtesy of this supercharged Base Station-like device that doesn't require headset support

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Soulart says it's working to support Steam Frame with its standalone motion tracker.

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A side by side comparison of a 3D model in VR and a 3D printed copy in real life.
Toss a project at your printer: vibe coded tool allows developer to throw stuff at his 3D printer in VR to begin printing

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Flick of the wrist.

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The Steam Frame on the Steam Frame box.
The Steam Frame launches during one of the slowest periods for VR on Steam, but Valve hopes to 'rekindle the excitement' for PCVR

By Jacob Ridley Published

Full Steam ahead "We also want to grow a healthy ecosystem for both the gamers and the game developers."

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Full Steam ahead
Dave James, PC Gamer EIC for Hardware, wearing the Steam Frame while playing a game in VR.
Valve had next-gen VR 'headsets ready three, four years ago and they were big, bulky devices' but went back to the drawing board after actually putting them on

By Dave James Published

News The versatile Steam Frame's focus is "on being lightweight and being comfortable".

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The Steam Frame with controllers in the box.
Valve targeted a lower price for the Steam Frame, then the memory crisis happened: 'I wish we could have shipped it at the price that we were at last year'

By Jacob Ridley Published

News You gotta feel for anyone working on a project like this right now. Very few companies are benefitting from the memory crisis.

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The Steam Frame with the core module, containing the processor, cooling, cameras and more, removed from the strap.
Valve working on Steam Frame strap that adds Index-like speakers and hot-swappable batteries, 'coming soon'

By Jacob Ridley Published

News I need this immediately, please and thank you.

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