SideQuest Ltd. lists AltspaceVR on Steam as free Early Access for October 2026, keeps the price free after Early Access in its FAQ, and names Steam Frame on the recommended VR line—without a ship day or Microsoft data migration.
A developer got HEVC 8-bit and 10-bit hardware decoding working inside a modified Lepton container on Steam Frame. Valve closed the opt-in request as a duplicate of a work item that still has no description, assignee or date.
Zen Studios’ Pinball FX VR went live on Steam on October 14 as a Steam Frame-only game at $9.99. Hours later the studio said a DLC recognition fault may leave some purchased tables temporarily unavailable, with no fix timeline.
SteamFrameHub, Notebookcheck, and Steam Deck HQ say public SteamOS kernel branches describe Plano micro-OLED panels at 3552×3840 per eye on the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with a half-native default render and foveated scaling — Valve has not announced it.
Valve’s Steam store now says the Index is no longer being produced. Remaining headsets, controllers and accessories are 20% off while supplies last, and existing owners keep Steam and SteamVR support.
The free Arcturus Vision Camera app now hands Steam Frame back to its own infrared passthrough when a room goes dark, lets owners bind the switch to any button, and warns that switching cameras can temporarily remove the chaperone.
Bigscreen says Steam Frame demand has Beyond 2 selling faster than last holiday season, with no numbers. The Universal-Fit Cushion is sold out, the Light Seal is the new default, and new Halo Mount orders now ship in December.
Valve’s public Steam Frame hardware repo exposes a 44-pin nose-bridge port with one borrowed PCIe Gen4 lane and a 2A supply, discloses that early units shipped with a 1A part, and keeps it all non-commercial.
Valve moved SteamOS 0.4 for Steam Frame to stable with up to 12% battery gains, streaming fixes, and dominant-eye options. The full Error 17 fix still requires SteamVR 2.18.2 from the beta branch.
SteamOS 0.4.5 for Steam Frame adds one line: a fix for a headset chroma regression in VR streaming. Valve never said which build caused it, shipped a second color fix the same evening, and still keeps the PC-side SteamVR 2.18.2 on beta.