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 that doesn’t need a PC to run your games. Within the headset lies a computer running SteamOS that gives you access to games in your Steam library, allowing you to play them locally within your headset on either a giant 2D screen within your headset, or a fully VR capable game. Valve has packed a lot of tech into the Steam Frame to allow seamless wireless capabilities to play your VR games at high fidelity. The new Valve VR headset comes with a wireless adapter to stream your VR games from a higher end PC to the Steam Frame for maximum potential. No release date has been give for the Steam Frame of any of Valve’s other recently announced hardware, though you can expect them to all launch side-by-side in early 2026.
