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  "id": 7409368,
  "title": "Valve's Steam Frame launches at $1,059, and Half-Life: Alyx comes free",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/valves-steam-frame-launches-at-1-059-and-half-life-alyx-comes-free",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T22:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/113838-valve-steam-frame-launches-1059-half-life-alyx.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Valve has launched its standalone VR headset, the Steam Frame, at a price of $1,059 for a basic kit with 256GB of internal storage, or $1,299 for a 1TB premium model. The headset comes with a free copy of Half-Life: Alyx, which has been rebuilt as a native Arm64 version that runs standalone on the device. The Steam Frame is available for pre-order through a reservation lottery, with the first purchase invitations expected to go out on September 18. The headset packs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a 2160 x 2160 LCD panel per eye, refresh rates up to 120Hz with an experimental 144Hz mode, and monochrome exterior cameras. Valve's software stack and support for an open Arm Linux desktop experience are key selling points of the device, which competes with Meta's similarly priced Quest 3.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset opens for orders, with the cheapest model priced at a lenswatering £889 / $1,059",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/valves-steam-frame-vr-headset-opens-for-orders-with-the-cheapest",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:00:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Review of Valve's Steam Frame: comfortable to wear, supports multiple ways to play games, but it doesn't feel like a finished product and has short battery life (Sean Hollister/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/review-of-valves-steam-frame-comfortable-to-wear-supports-multiple",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:20:03.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Valve says the Steam Frame is priced at $1,059 for the 256GB model and $1,299 for the 1TB version, both of which come with a copy of Half-Life: Alyx (Adam Vjestica/The Shortcut)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/valve-says-the-steam-frame-is-priced-at-1-059-for-the-256gb-model-and",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:25:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "Valve targeted a lower price for the Steam Frame, then the memory crisis happened: 'I wish we could have shipped it at the price that we were at last year'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/valve-targeted-a-lower-price-for-the-steam-frame-then-the-memory",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}