{"id":202773,"date":"2025-09-05T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202773\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:37:15","slug":"valve-index-2-vr-headset-rumors-heat-up-as-steam-frame-name-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202773\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve Index 2 VR headset rumors heat up as Steam Frame name surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Valve has just trademarked the term Steam Frame<\/b>, with huge speculation now afoot that it could be the name for the company’s next-gen hardware device. Valve hasn’t commented publicly, but a dataminer has already uncovered a possible SteamVR link, with the trademark potentially pointing to a new standalone headset to rival the Meta Quest.\n<\/p>\n

It’s been over five years since Valve released a VR headset for Steam<\/a> gamers, which we tested at the time in\u00a0our Valve Index review<\/a>. While the company has undoubtedly been focused on making the Steam Deck<\/a> a success, it looks like it could now be looking back towards VR, with hardware that could well rival the models in our best VR headset<\/a> guide if this rumor turns out to be true.<\/p>\n

\"Steam<\/p>\n

First spotted<\/a> on Reddit, Valve has made two applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office for Steam Frame. The first, filed<\/a> on September 2, confirms a trademark registration that is “intended to cover the categories of computer hardware,” with hardware, networking, peripherals, and software all mentioned.<\/p>\n

\"Steam<\/p>\n

The second, filed<\/a> on the same date, confirms a trademark that is “intended to cover the categories of computer game consoles for recreational game playing.” Game consoles, along with game controllers, are also mentioned in the filing.<\/p>\n

\"SadlyItsBradley<\/p>\n

There’s nothing to suggest in the filings that Valve is working on anything VR-related. However, SadlyItsBradley, who has also commented on the recent Valve Fremont leak<\/a>, which suggested the company was working on a Steam OS game console, has already found links to “Frames” branding in the latest SteamVR beta, sharing his findings in this recent post<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n

As we reported this week, Meta’s VR dominance<\/a> on Steam for VR could be the perfect time for Valve to push back with a new VR headset. It’s been almost exactly two years since a Valve Index 2 leak<\/a> suggested that such a device, codenamed Deckard, was on the way. Meanwhile, more recent Steam Controller 2 rumors<\/a> also suggested that the company was working on new VR controllers, possibly as part of a complete VR package.<\/p>\n

While a trademark submission doesn’t necessarily guarantee that Valve intends to do anything with the name, the updated references in SteamVR make the possibility a whole lot stronger. We’ll have to wait and see what the company is cooking up, as Valve hasn’t announced anything publicly – at least, not yet.<\/p>\n

Until it does, make sure to check out our best handheld<\/a> guide, as well as our Steam Deck OLED review<\/a>, to see why Valve’s current handheld hardware is so popular among gamers.<\/p>\n

Excited for a Valve Index successor? Start up a conversation in our Discord server<\/a> with other readers and staff to let us know what you’re expecting to see from any new Valve device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valve has just trademarked the term Steam Frame, with huge speculation now afoot that it could be the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[78149,158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-202773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-pc-games-hardware","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-virtual-reality","14":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115152672919467453","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}