Steam, Valve and VR
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For starters, Valve's Frame will utilize the pancake lenses from the Meta Quest 3, combining them with PSVR 2's foveated rendering and eye tracking capabilities. Like the Quest 3 and Pico 4 Ultra, it'll utilize an LCD display, but at a higher resolution, like PSVR 2, that means you get 4K resolution per eye.
Valve has been largely focused on x86 processors over the years. These chips from AMD and Intel are the dominant player in PC gaming, so it only makes sense as to why. But in recent months, Arm support is seeping into Steam in a variety of ways.
Pricing for Valve's new Steam Machine and Steam Controller has yet to be officially revealed, but ongoing market constraints and competition from consoles and mini PCs gives us a good idea of what it could cost.
Valve released the latest stable system update with SteamOS 3.7.17 now available bringing bug fixes, but also disables wake-on-bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD.
Lenovo has announced the first officially licensed handheld running Steam OS, called the Legion Go S – Powered By Steam OS. The new handheld will retail for $499.99 when it goes on sale in May 2025, while the equivalent Windows model is $100 more expensive.