We dig into Valve’s Steam Frame headset, the revived Steam Machine concept, and the new Steam Controller 2.0, weighing smart tradeoffs against ambitious promises. Comfort, eye tracking, and foveated streaming headline a PC-first strategy that could challenge Quest on user experience.
• why Valve picked a mobile ARM chip over XR silicon
• eye tracking as the key to dynamic foveated rendering gains
• PC-hybrid focus with a low-latency wireless streaming puck
• openness of the Steam library and Linux-first SteamOS
• missing features: no hand tracking, monochrome pass-through
• LCD panels vs OLED hopes, and real-world contrast limits
• comfort-first design with balanced weight and modular front
• Steam Machine power, TDP, and tough pricing realities
• controller upgrades: dual trackpads, gyro, community profiles
• future possibilities: gaze input, hybrid compute, OpenXR ports
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