Imagine, if you will, a Steam Deck and a VR headset combining into a new gaming life form -- part Meta Quest , part handheld game system. As I slid the Steam Frame over my eyes and my hands into the controller, that's exactly what I felt.

The Steam Frame is a new VR headset by gaming giant Valve, the company behind the Steam platform, but it wasn't the only new piece of hardware I tested during the course of a few hours at Valve's HQ. There's also the Steam Machine, a console-sized PC designed to connect to a television, and the Steam Controller. These three new devices are designed to work together as a complete ecosystem.

All three pieces of the new Steam gaming hardware will be available in early 2026, though pricing hasn't been announced. I was among a small group of j

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