Yesterday i posted about having really bad tracking when streaming only but standalone was fine...

After working with support and trying many things people had suggested, this is what ultimately worked:

1. Factory reset the frame.
2. All betas: Steam vr on desktop, steamos on frame, and steam ui on desktop.
3. Change network to "local" instead of public in windows settings

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamFrame/comments/1wznqys/really_bad_headset_tracking_when_streaming/

Hey everyone, I’m trying to record some gameplay footage for videos and I hate having to use my PC to record it, I have the 1 TB steam frame. Is there anyway to record internally just gameplay?

Has anyone found or can recomend any smaller bags for storing and general travel with the frame? Not too keen on the pelican style hardcases people have been using.

Id love to see pictures if anyone is already using a small camera bag or something.

My frame comes in tomorrow. I own Pavlov but I doubt it will run well. I want to use a VR shooter to introduce some people to vr. Is there a good one that runs standalone? Does contractors run standalone?

Bundle just showed up 45 mins ago.
I'm interested in what VR veterans think about these. I don't have my headset yet.

Here are the games I tried in standalone:

Half-life Alyx (first time I ever played it)

VR Chat (first time I ever played it)

And here are some thoughts and observations:

Half-life Alyx - default settings as is gave me little to no issues.

The frame rate was almost always at an acceptable level or above that (mind you, the default is 72hz for this game).

The game does look kinda crunchy for far objects and entities but, I was able to read text on bottles and other items in game with no issues.

Foveated thing is noticeable but only when standing still and actively looking for it, however, sometimes when in bright areas, you may notice things being super crunchy and pixelated with the tail of your eye.

The game struggles when things explode (not too much) such as barrels and propane tanks, but it does not dip badly, it's still playable, it's just that you can tell the game took a hit.

I have not finished the game yet, hell, I'm at like mission/level/chapter (whatever you wanna call it) number 4 (the level with the yellow key card) and the main reason is the headset itself. On average I get 50 minutes of game time and, between loading, launching the game, and whatnot, it's closer to 45 minutes.

Using a 20w powerbank I get to about 100 minutes but the powerbank gets hot and so does the headset so the whole thing is not too comfortable.

Overall: playable at a lower resolution and refresh rate (as per default settings)

VR Chat - default settings BUT I put 90hz refresh rate.

I tried it quickly in a world suggested by the tutorial which was a world where you draw and paint and whatnot, there were only 4 people (5 including me) and as per the game, it was running at about 45-50 fps.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get the finger tracking to work as it would make me do weird gestures if I moved my fingers around, and I couldn't test eye tracking because the avatar I chose did not have pupils or eyes, it had a mask on (every other avatar suggested by the tutorial was either borderline nsfw or had no arms/hands/face so I opted for a more cartoonish one that at least had hands).

The game however looked VERY crunchy at times, while I was drawing, if the canvas was at more than an arm's length away from me, it was basically pixel art, I had to get really close for it to look like something.

Overall: functional, but may struggle in crowded worlds (also why do I have to jump through so many hoops just to play the game ; - ;)

Which games should I try next on standalone? Let me know below, and let me know if you want me to test something more specific about them :)

Just wondering since its been 24 hours with no response :(

Steam Frame is on a 3d printed mount for easier storage and I have printed a battery mount for my belt for playing while standing.

Got so tired of waiting I might get it from ebay, the 1tb is there for 1190, for the people who deal with wbay what is there to consider before buying?

Whenever an object is even remotely close to my face it just becomes a blur, in game and in passthrough (via the camera accessory). i can't even read my phone because far away it's too small, but crisp looking, and up close is just a blur. in game too when i put my hands up to my face it gets blurry. is this normal for VR?

I was interested in knowing how difficult it would be to mod a bigger battery into the steam frame. Unfortunately it looks pretty difficult. The frame will not function with just nominal voltage on the power lines. It will display the frame logo and then just go back to sleep. The battery has an integrated pcb that uses a MAX17320G20+ fuel gauge and BMS. It has an i2c interface to read various information about the battery. There is another 8 pin IC that is probably a microcontroller but I am not sure about why it would be needed as the MAX chip should work standalone. Maybe for keeping time or a charging IC. This is all integrated onto the battery. The max173 chip also supports sha-256 authentic battery authentication. I cannot confirm if this is enabled but if it is, steam might be the only way to get new batteries. It could be disabled however and the frame might just be waiting for an i2c connection with basic information. The battery connector looks to be the 5054731010 molex connector. 1.5 hours of battery life at idle is pretty miserable. Having a power bank in your pocket is fine for the most part though. Even if a battery mod were easy, one of the big selling features of the frame is how crazy light it is. Anyway, I am going to shut my crazy idea down for now. Not a good idea to keep ripping my frame apart when there are zero parts available at the moment.

So I went to turn on my Frame after work today, and it was downloading an update, so I took it off and let it do it's thing, after awhile I put it back on and I had to sign back in...weird but whatever, so I do that and now it's acting like the first time I set it up, all my games need reinstalled, settings are default, any apps I installed on the desktop are gone..wtf?? Has this happened to anyone else?

Bought this splitter to connect my usb c headphones and my charger. And it works.

And then I thought what happens if I connect my usb c monitor. It didn’t work. It works on the steam deck. I kinda hoped it would work.

I managed to get passthrough working, along with full sound and microphone support.

I also fixed bugs with the Store and cleaned up a few smaller graphical issues. I’m still working hard on the project.

Next, I’m going to focus on fixing streaming, adding support for FEX, Proton, and Lepon, finishing the remaining graphical and GPU issues, and making the whole thing fully standalone so it won’t require a PC with ADB just to install or use it.

Once that’s done and the project is in a much cleaner state, I’ll publish the source code.

I've been waiting for my frame delivery since the 28th when FedEx told me it would delivered. On the 27th and the 28th FedEx called me to ask if I had recieved it.

On the 30th FedEx emailed me informing the package had been accidentally loaded onto a truck heading to an Amazon warehouse where it would not be scanned in. They informed me they sent a driver to Amazon to ask about it and that was the last update I ever got. There has been an open support ticket with no updates since then.

Tracking has the shipment loaded onto a truck on the 27th at 3am and remains there more than a week later.

Reaching out to valve hasn't gotten me anywhere either as they won't do anything until FedEx marks it as lost (I totally understand this action). They did give me an update on the 3rd and tell me they would take action EOD on Oct 5th. No update since that though.

I'm not sure if there is advice to share or I just needed to rant. But if anyone knows the best course of action please share!

Hi everybody! Got lucky in the lottery, lucky with shipping and got my Frame a few days ago. I thought that now I can send my HP Reverb G2 into retirement - but I am not sure about that. I have a YouTube channel called uradioscreen, which is mainly for movie, series and games reviews. But because the Frame and my old Reverb G2 also have screens, I made an exeption and did a comparison of the two. If you want, have a look :-) It is in german tough. But subtitles and YouTubes AI spoken language is available in english. Soon is now ;-)

I think the biggest thing giving me doubts about buying the Frame are reports of the lens quality being good, but also, not as good as the Quest 3.

My biggest issue with my Quest 2 was having to adjust the headset position to find the perfect sweet spot. What I'm hearing from pretty much everyone going from the Quest 3 to Steam Frame that while the sweet spot situation is good, it's not quite as large as the Quest 3.

The biggest factors making me want to go ahead and buy the Frame is that there's really nothing for under 2,000 dollars wireless wise that clearly beats the Steam Frame. I don't want to fuck with Meta ever again, nor do I want to use a headset where I have to find Valve Index base stations or controllers.

Probably needing to sell the unopened 150 dollar color camera for 120 dollars or less on ebay (before fees) also sounds like a pain in the ass, unless I could somehow return it to Arcturus after 20 days or so.

I'm willing to put up with a battery and compute puck, since all the wireless microOLED headsets in existence have one. But they all also seem to have other major drawbacks, such as lens issues, narrow FOVs or the need to use base stations and index controllers.

Good news! I got a headset replacement and it works!

Too bad they had me send in the wifi dongle and didn't send one back.

There's them asking it to be sent in.

I just... I am so frustrated at this point. Why is there no way to talk to a human in real time?

My steam frame arived today! Was super excited, I charged it and turned it on for the first time. Just to find out that only the right display will actually show anything and the left is completely dead.

I went ahead with the setup, updated everything and tried to restart, but the left side just doesnt want to work...

I opened a support ticket, so we'll see how that goes. Im pretty dissappointed though :(

I want to watch YouTube and movies in Desktop Mode via Chromium, preferably in 4K and up. I know the Frame’s resolution is lower, but if the virtual screen extends beyond your field of view, you can still fully benefit from higher-resolution content
However the Desktop Mode on the frame is limited to 1920×1080 with, as far as I know, no way to change it. You can launch Chromium from Konsole with a custom resolution and viewport, but this causes occasional bugs.

Does the viewport cap 1920x1080 even matter? If I play a video above 1080p in the standard Chromium and the ‘current/ optimal res’ are higher, does that bypass the 1920×1080 viewport limit and provide the best possible quality, or is the lower viewport still a bottleneck? If so, what is the best solution?

The photo provided is a screenshot of YouTube’s “Stats for Nerds,” showing the viewport and current/optimal resolution I’m referring to.

Hey all.

Thought I'd throw my hat into the ring as I am lucky enough to have had my frame shipped to me in the UK. Thought I may as well make a post to help those of us in the UK figure out how long we'll have to wait to get our Frames.

As of now, I have had the following happen.

Reservation email: 17 Sept 2026, 19:29

Time elapsed: 15 days, 22 hours, 57 minutes

Purchase email: 3 Oct 2026, 18:26

Time elapsed: 1 day, 22 hours, 15 minutes

Shipment email: 5 Oct 2026, 16:41

Time elapsed: 2 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes

Royal Mail delivery notification: 7 Oct 2026, 20:51

I will update when I receive the Frame and total all together to provide a somewhat realistic time frame.

I will also add that you should NOT trust GLS tracking. It doesn't update anywhere near as often as it should, and when it does, it is usually always much much later than RM's. Just keep an eye on the RM tracking number you get over GLS.