XR Briefing: Steam Frame Lands Fifth Without Exclusives
Valve's Steam Frame takes 5.49% of Steam headsets in its first survey, and SteamVR 2.19.1 now supersamples streamed VR to 1.96x panel pixels.
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Why XR's Next Headsets Render at a Quarter of Their Resolution
Valve's leaked OLED Steam Frame pairs a 3552x3840 panel with a 1776x1920 framebuffer. Memory, storage and battery budgets now shape XR hardware, not displays.
XR Daily: An OLED Steam Frame Hides in Valve's Kernel
Valve's kernel code leaks a 3,840-per-eye OLED Steam Frame, Godot 4.8 hits beta, XREAL ships 1,200-nit glasses, and Epic rebuilds Linux anti-cheat.
XR Daily: Steam Frame Slips Into 2027
Valve's Steam Frame queue pushes into 2027, SteamOS 0.4 lifts battery life 12%, RimWorld dumps Unity for its own engine, plus Pico Space Pro filings.
XR Daily: Valve Retires the Index
Valve discontinues the Index and cuts 20%, Xbox opens a lab for WebGPU ports, SideQuest drops the cable, and Mothergunship jumps to Unreal 5.7.
XR Daily: Pico Leaks Its Vision Pro Rival
Pico Space Pro leaks inside and out in Japanese filings, Steam Frame slips to 2027, Epic tells devs to stop hand-writing code, plus real-time cutting.
XR Daily: Steam Frame's $1,059 Lottery Opens
Valve puts real prices on Steam Frame and closes reservations, Meta lines up Project Phoenix for Connect, and Snap ships anticipatory AI for Specs.
XR Daily: Steam Frame Finally Has a Price
Steam Frame reservations open at $1,059, Valve confirms a standalone Half-Life: Alyx port, Polyarc closes, and Apple cuts around 100 Vision Pro roles.
Quest 3 vs Steam Frame: Specs, Streaming, and Which to Buy
Quest 3 and Valve's Steam Frame are both standalone headsets built for different players. How their specs, streaming, passthrough and prices compare.
XR Daily: Steam Frame Leaks Before Launch
Linus Tech Tips leaks a 17-minute Steam Frame unboxing before pulling it, the closest look yet at what Valve ships, minus price and date.
XR Daily: Steam Frame Launch Nears
SteamVR 2.17 leaves beta for all users with Deck-style Quick Access controls and overlay changes ahead of the Steam Frame launch.
XR Daily: DLSS 5 Gets a Date
NVIDIA dates DLSS 5 for September 3 in NBA 2K27, using 3D-Guided Neural Rendering to restore lighting and materials rather than rebuild frames.
Valve's Steam Frame: Comfort Is the Killer Feature
Hands-on impressions say Steam Frame nails what Quest 3 does not: all-day wearability, at around 440 grams with a top strap and glasses-friendly fit.