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. Engadget: Valve confirms that it has stopped making the Index VR headset Six years ago, Valve made its second big virtual reality push, launching the Valve Index headset alongside VR blockbuster Half-Life Alyx. Since then, the company seems to have lost interest in virtual ...

Key Insights

Six years after the Valve Index, the company's Steam Frame ditches the cables and base stations in favor of freedom and flexibility. But can it compete in a world where VR alone isn't enough? I’m ... Valve has finally revealed Steam Frame, the company’s second VR headset. Though it’s quite a departure from Index—the company’s first headset released some six years ago—Valve says Frame is an ...

Final Thoughts

It's been over six years since Valve released their flagship VR headset, the Valve Index. In 2026, Valve is looking to expand their Steam hardware family with the Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset ...