{
  "id": 14003581,
  "title": "Valve have released the Steam Frame's CAD files, but there’s already a cottage industry of DIY wrist straps and lifesize skull stands",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/valve-have-released-the-steam-frames-cad-files-but-theres-already-a",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:47:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-have-released-the-steam-frames-cad-files-but-theres-already-a-cottage-industry-of-diy-wrist-straps-and-lifesize-skull-stands"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last week, Valve chose their absolute most favourite announcement time – Friday evening, after we all go home – to release the Steam Frame ’s CAD files to the world. In short, this lets anyone with a 3D printer or a lathe or an injection moulder (etcetera) take the VR headset’s official blueprints and use them to make cool stuff for it. Non-commercially, of course. Even before this great…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "Here come the weird and wonderful mods for the Steam Frame, as Valve drops the full CAD files for free",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/here-come-the-weird-and-wonderful-mods-for-the-steam-frame-as-valve",
        "published": "2026-10-12T11:17:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}