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The Steam Frame’s modular attachments are already intriguing.

Wish Valve’s headset let you see your surroundings in full color instead of monochrome? In my hand is the $150 Arcturus Vision Camera, which can solve that (see images below). Need more battery and better audio? Pop the compute core into Valve’s upcoming “Enthusiast Kit” to add twin stackable magnetic batteries, premium off-ear drivers, and more.

<em>The Arcturus Vision Camera accessory.</em>
<em>Plugged in.</em>
<em>A 1080p screen capture of what I see with the stock monochrome cameras.</em>
<em>Now with the Arcturus Vision Camera</em>. <em>The screenshot doesn’t do justice to the higher resolution you get, though</em>.
<em>You can remove the Steam Frame’s compute / optics core after undoing three latches.</em>
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The Arcturus Vision Camera accessory.
Photo: Kelsey McClellan / The Verge
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