Monday-morning surprise: Valve Software suddenly launches its wireless VR headset Steam Frame for $1,059

Valve’s Steam Frame virtual reality gaming headset. (Valve Photo) In a sudden shadowdrop, Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve Software announced on Monday that it’s launched its new standalone virtual-reality headset the Steam Frame . 2025 as part of the same initiative that brought us the new Steam Machine , the Steam Frame is a new entry into the VR hardware space.