It looks as though Valve is actually gearing up to release Steam Frame, as user setup videos have leaked showing off unboxing and first-time user experience with Valve’s first standalone VR headset.
As first reported by Steam Hardware Updates on X, the ARM Steam Client got an update this week that contained a number of videos, including an unboxing, sign-in, and setup video of Steam Frame.
Although Valve immediately pulled the videos in a subsequent update, all three video has been reuploaded multiple times by now; here’s one such compilation from YouTube channel VRelity that includes all three.
8 Comments
fhein@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3d
"you need a Steam account to use Steam Frame" doesn't sound great. Though I trust Valve infinitely more than Meta, I still hope they aren't trying to prevent the hardware from being used outside their ecosystem.
StellarExtract@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2d
Yeah, I've been really looking forward to this thing, but I don't like that little blurb at all. I totally get needing a sign-in to run Steam-purchased games directly on the headset, but it shouldn't be required for streaming or any of the other functionality. When a product requires sign-in to function, if that sign-in stops working for some reason (no internet, product out of support due to age, etc) then that product becomes an expensive brick. I'm hoping they just mean that it requires a sign-in to be used in standalone mode with Steam games. We'll see.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
They're probably trying to head off scalpers this time. You know they will send a robot army to buy all these headsets up and jack the price on the used market.
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
Granted it's a much more complex system than the controller, I do expect a means of using the headset and motion controllers outside of steam shortly after launch.
Given there are no tethered capabilities, I do wonder how complicated it would be to have this foveated streaming solution running elsewhere.
(I would prefer the option to plug a cable in, personally :/)
artwork@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
The glossy outfacing surface does not look appealing and prone to scratches I believe, where I would prefer matte or something solid instead, yet the overall wireless wonder is, of course, a dear miracle... of a great amount of hard work and ingenious attitude of the developers, artists... which is ineffably magnificent...
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com · 3 pts · 3d
Agreed, that’s all I ever think about whenever I see those surfaces.
I had that in my last car, a Kia Niro, and it was so ugly and scratched and filled with fingerprints after just a month of owning it.
I don’t know why they insist on using that material.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
Brace yourself for the price boys and girls, also for the availability.
MyOpinion@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 3d
This needs to be out today!