Wireless connectivity, improved optics, new controllers and a chip all of its own, the Steam Frame looks to be worth the wait.

Steam Frame, Valve’s next VR headset, has been announced, but the company has yet to reveal the price. However, the company says its goal is for Frame to be cheaper than its first VR headset. Steam Frame has finally been revealed and is planned for launch in early 2026,

The new headset is called the Steam Frame, and it’s trying to do several things at once. It’s a standalone VR headset with a smartphone-caliber Arm chip inside that lets you play flat-screen Windows games locally off the onboard storage or a microSD card.

Like an annoyed parent, Valve has reiterated again and again that it won’t make a Steam Deck 2 until you stop asking about it. While there are several new handheld PCs many times more powerful than the aging Steam Deck,

Valve has announced the Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset built to stream PC games with low latency and run Steam titles locally. It runs on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and SteamOS. It is aimed at PC gamers who want high-end VR without cables or the need to stay tethered to a desktop.

A Valve engineer clued us into a thoughtful part of the new headset’s design.

The company also teased the Steam Frame, a follow-up to the Valve Index VR headset, along with an updated Steam Controller.