SCOUT· 57%41m·2026-09-14·TechnologyWho is the $1,059 Steam VR headset for?
Sean Hollister got his hands and face on Valve's new VR headset, the Steam Frame. It's expensive, starting at more than $1,000. It's buggy — he and CNET's Scott Stein both felt like beta testers as they reviewed it. But it's also full of interesting ideas, including the promise that Steam games could one day come to…
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“Part of why the price is so high ( besides the RAMpocalips) it also dosnt steal and sell your data like the MQ”
“there are already ports of linux for the handhelds that takes advantage of fex, it was so so easy to download the image into an sd card, run a script and hey now i have a small steam deck. since the anouncement of the steam frame the future…”
“I'm still having a blast with my index, but definitely looking forward to the frame and all it can do. I just hope i can get some corrective lens overlays fairly soon!”
“Meta quest headsets lose money per each one made sowith a multi billion dollar corporation willing to lose 300 billion on small projects its no wonder why some people have no idea how to price gadge after years of reciprocal subsidies to pr…”
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