The Valve Index® VR Kit combines visual, audio, and ergonomic innovations to create an industry leading VR experience. Steam Controller and Steam Link, two of Valve’s early hardware projects that enabled untethered PC gaming. Valve Index is high-fidelity virtual reality.

Understanding the Context

Steam and SteamVR Steam is always hardware agnostic. Any VR title you purchase on Steam is playable on all SteamVR compatible VR headsets. It's been years since Valve first launched its in-house VR headset, the Valve Index, back in 2019, but the Steam owner has spent the time well developing its new Steam Frame. This standalone headset ...

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Road to VR: Steam Frame’s Price Hasn’t Been Locked in, But Valve Expects it to be ‘cheaper than Index’ Steam Frame’s Price Hasn’t Been Locked in, But Valve Expects it to be ‘cheaper than Index’ Liliputing: Valve is adjusting Steam Machine price & release date due to RAM & storage pricing volatility Valve is adjusting Steam Machine price & release date due to RAM & storage pricing volatility TL;DR: Valve plans to ship the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026 despite memory and storage shortages delaying pricing and launch details. Updated release dates as "coming soon" ...