
I-Valve imemezele isizukulwane sayo esisha sehadiwe ye-PC ngoNovemba 2025, equkethe i- Steam Machine, i-Steam Controller, kanye ne-Steam Frame . Yisilawuli kuphela esifinyelele emakethe kuze kube manje, kuyilapho ikhonsoli kanye ne-headset ye-virtual reality kuye kwabambezeleka. Le nkampani ithi izindleko ezikhuphukile ze-RAM kanye nezingxenye zokugcina, ezibangelwa ukufunwa okuphezulu okuvela ezikhungweni zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa, yisona sizathu esiyinhloko salokhu kubambezeleka. Nakuba i- Steam Machine ibilokhu ithengiswa amasonto ambalwa, intengo yayo yokuqala idlula i-€1.000, inani eliphakeme kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe.
Isimo sifana ne- Steam Frame , ehlelelwe ukukhishwa kuleli hlobo eNyakatho Nenkabazwe. Izinyathelo zakamuva ze-Valve zibonisa ukuthi konke kuyaqedwa: amavidiyo okuvula amabhokisi nokusetha aphumile, futhi uhlelo lokuhambisana komdlalo we-VR seluvele luqinisekisile inani elihle lezihloko. Abathuthukisi sebeqala ukuxhumanisa amachashazi mayelana nosuku lokukhishwa, futhi konke kukhomba ekuqalisweni maduze nje.
Ifilosofi yokuklama kanye nemininingwane
I-Valve ayizange ilandele indlela yama-headset ajwayelekile azimele njenge-Meta Quest. Esikhundleni sokukhetha indlela yokusebenzisa konke, i-Steam Frame yethulwa njengedivayisi ehloselwe kokubili ukusakaza kanye nokusebenza kwendawo . Ingadlala imidlalo ngokuzimela isebenzisa ihadiwe yayo ye-ARM kanye nesistimu esekelwe ku-Arch Linux, noma ixhumeke kwi-PC nge-adaptha engenantambo engu-6 GHz esekela i-Wi-Fi 7 ekabili kanye ne-Wi-Fi 6E. Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukubambezeleka okuphansi kanye nokudluliselwa okungenaziphazamiso. Le nkampani ichaze ukuthi i-headset isebenzisa ukusakaza okune-foveated, okwenza kuphela indawo umdlali ayibukayo , ngaleyo ndlela ithuthukise i-bandwidth izikhathi ezingaphezu kweshumi ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ikhwalithi yokubuka.
Ngaphakathi, idivayisi ineprosesa ye-Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 kanye nezikrini ezimbili ze-LCD ezinamaphikseli angu-2160x2160 ngeso ngalinye. Ukuze ikwazi ukusebenza nemidlalo ye-PC, i-Valve ihlanganise izendlalelo zesofthiwe ezifana ne-Proton ne-FEX-Emu, ezivumela izihloko ze-Windows ukuthi zisebenze ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-Linux nge-Steam . Baphinde bavumelanisa i-Waydroid ukuze isebenze njengesendlalelo se-Lepton esisekelwe ku-Android, esivumela ukwenziwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-.apk nemidlalo eyenzelwe amanye ama-headset. Lokhu kuphumela kulabhulali enkulu yezihloko ezihambisanayo, okuvumela ama-studio ukuthi asebenzise ubuchwepheshe be-Valve ukufinyelela ikhathalogi yawo yonke.
Ukuhambisana nokudlala ngokushesha
I-Steam Frame izoba nesistimu yokuqinisekisa efana ne-Steam Deck ukuqinisekisa ukuthi yiziphi izihloko ezisebenza ngendlela yemvelo nokuthi yiziphi ezifanelekela kangcono ukusakaza. Le nkampani isivele iqinisekisile uhlu lokuqala lwemidlalo ye-VR engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu efanele i-headset, okuhlanganisa i-Red Matter, i-trilogy ye-I Expect You to Die, i-Arizona Sunshine 2, nezinye eziningi. Lezi zinguqulo zomdabu zingadlalwa ngqo ku-headset, ngaphandle kwesidingo sokusakazwa kusuka ku-PC.
Ngokuphathelene nezilawuli, i-Valve iveze izilawuli ezimbili ezixubile, ezenzelwe ukuhlukaniswa zibe izingxenye ezimbili futhi zisetshenziswe njenge-gamepad yakudala. Zihlanganisa izinzwa zokulandelela ezisezingeni eliphakeme ezine-degrees eziyisithupha kanye neminwe ekwazi ukuthwala amandla, kodwa zingahlukaniswa ukuze kusetshenziswe izingxenye zesobunxele nesokudla kuphela, kuye ngomdlalo. Izinti ezintsha ze-analog ze-Hall-effect ezisebenzisa amandla kagesi zenzelwe ukugwema inkinga yokuguguleka nokwephuka ethinta izilawuli eziningi zamanje.
Isimo sokuqalisa
Imibiko yokuqala iphakamise ukuthi i-headset izokhishwa ehlobo lika-2026. Nakuba i-Valve ingakaqinisekisi usuku oluqondile, ukuvuza kwakamuva kwamavidiyo ayisishiyagalombili asemthethweni kusibuyekezo seklayenti le-Steam se-ARM kuholele abalandeli abaningi ekukholweni ukuthi ukuqaliswa sekuseduze. Lezi ziqeshana zibonise ukukhishwa kwebhokisi, ukubekwa okufanele kwe-visor, ukulungiswa kwebanga phakathi kwabafundi, kanye nenqubo yokuyixhuma kunethiwekhi. Ikhithi yezesekeli ze-ergonomic, ehlanganisa izintambo zezandla kanye nesivimbeli sokukhanya sekhala, nayo ikhonjisiwe.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, unjiniyela we-Gunman Contracts u-ANB_Seth uthe umdubuli wakhe uzotholakala ngosuku olufanayo ne-Steam Frame, okuphakamisa ukuthi ukukhishwa kwe-headset sekuseduze. Lesi sitatimende sibhebhethekise ukuqagela ngesimemezelo esiseduze. Inkampani ayikakaphawuli, kodwa ukuba khona kwalezi zifundo kusikisela ukuthi amalungiselelo okugcina ayaqhubeka.
Umbuzo wentengo
Intengo ye-Steam Frame isalokhu iyimfihlakalo. NgoMashi, kwakhulunywa ukuthi icishe ibe ngu-$1.500, okuyinani eliphezulu kakhulu le-Valve. Ukuntuleka kwe-RAM kanye nesitoreji kuqhubekile nokuba kubi kakhulu, futhi izindleko zezingxenye ezifana ne-Snapdragon Gen3 zibe nomthelela kulokhu. Ngokungafani nabanye abakhiqizi, i-Valve ayivamisile ukuthengisa ngokulahlekelwa ukuze yandise imakethe yayo, okuzoholela ekutheni intengo ye-headset ibe phezulu kunezimbangi zayo. Ngokusho kweminye imithombo, ingaba yibiza kakhulu kune-Steam Machine, eyaqala ngo-$1.049 e-US futhi yathengiswa ngo-£879 e-UK.
Ngale kombukeli uqobo
I-Steam Frame ihlangana kalula ne-Valve ecosystem futhi inikeza ikhathalogi yemidlalo esukela kunguqulo entsha ye-Gunman Contracts kuya ezihlokweni zakudala, ngaphezu kokuhambisana ne-SteamVR standard. Imidlalo engaqinisekisiwe yi-Frame isengasakazwa kusuka ku-Steam Machine noma kwi-PC ehambisanayo, ngakho-ke ayishiywanga ngaphandle. Konke lokhu kwenza ipulatifomu ekhangayo kubasebenzisi abaningi abafuna ulwazi lwe-virtual reality olusezingeni eliphezulu ngaphandle kokudela ukufinyelela ezihlokweni zendabuko.
Nakuba i-Valve ingakaqinisekisi usuku noma intengo yokukhishwa, ukuvela kolwazi nokuvuza kubonisa ukuthi i-headset iseduze kakhulu kunalokho okubonakala. Inkampani ngokwayo ibilokhu iveza kancane kancane zonke izingcezu zephazili: isilawuli sesivele sithengiswa, ikhonsoli yasekhaya isivele itholakala, futhi manje sekuyithuba le-headset. Abadlali begeyimu asebelinde iminyaka eminingi ukuvuselelwa komugqa we-Valve Index bangaqiniseka ukuthi le nkathi entsha isizoqala.



