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Steam Frame news
The gist
Valve's Steam Frame reservation system and a leaked first-look video surfaced ahead of an unannounced launch.
Buyers face a possible first-come scramble, and Valve still hasn't confirmed price or date.
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2026VR leaker Brad Lynch found a reservation system for the Steam Frame in Valve's back-end, the same system used for the Steam Controller and Steam Machine, after SteamDB package updates.
- Sep 9, 2026No Man's Sky added PC VR eye-tracked foveated rendering in its Cosmos update, ahead of the Steam Frame.
- Sep 11, 2026Valve released SteamVR 2.17, its first major release since 2.16 in June, with quality-of-life improvements; no official Steam Frame date yet.