I brought our Quest 3 to Valve’s offices just in case we’d be seeing the Steam Frame, formerly known as Deckard — and it paid off! I didn’t have time to directly compare optics, but I’d say comfort is superior. It’s noticeably smaller, with controllers that are bigger.
It’s a thing now. The game is available for Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3S, and Quest Pro right now. It’s a standalone game, so if you already own the flatscreen version and want to play in VR, you’ll need to buy this special version, according to an FAQ.
In another good tidbit about Valve’s new hardware from Gamers Nexus, the channel says that the controller has LED markers that can be detected by the Frame. Pretty cool!
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The company confirmed it to Gamers Nexus in a statement:
APKs can also be side-loadable just like any non-Steam applications on Steam Deck. We expect that VR APKs that don’t leverage proprietary APls to just work.
This is what Valve’s new headset is all about.
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The best part might be the new headband, which costs $99 and supports the first model.
Brad Lynch, a project manager at EOZ VR, figured out that, while streaming Half-Life Alyx from SteamVR to a Samsung Galaxy XR headset, you can pull up Google Gemini, draw a circle on the screen, and have it spit out English translations of signs for you.
At $1,799 and with an impressive subscription bundle, Samsung is aggressively taking shots at the Vision Pro.
In an internal message seen by 404 Media, Vishal Shah, Meta’s VP of metaverse, tells workers to use AI to build products five times faster:
Imagine a world where anyone can rapidly prototype an idea, and feedback loops are measured in hours — not weeks. That’s the future we’re building.
Shah told Lowpass this week about Meta’s push to expand the metaverse to more places, like your Instagram feed.
In addition to a new documentary that highlights MotoGP rider Johann Zarco’s Le Mans win, Apple is also launching a World of Red Bull series surrounding extreme sports, as well as CNN’s journey to find emperor penguins in Antarctica. You can see the full lineup of upcoming experiences on Apple’s website.
CTO Andrew Bosworth showed a sneak peek of it during the Connect developer keynote. Looks a little Vision Pro-y!
According to a translated Etnews report, Samsung will launch the Android XR Project Moohan headset on October 21st, later than the previously speculated September 29th date. Samsung’s anticipated trifold phone could follow at a separate event that’s expected by “the end of next month or November at the earliest.”
We got a glimpse of Meta’s new AI glasses and a bunch more.
Including a new “immersive” virtual home. There won’t be an “8-bit Eiffel Tower,” he said, referencing a famous Zuck meme.
What to expect from Meta’s Connect 2025 conference.
