{"id":381250,"date":"2025-11-15T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381250\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:19:11","slug":"steam-frame-should-run-half-life-alyx-standalone-says-valve-but-no-promises-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381250\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Frame should run Half-Life Alyx standalone, says Valve, but no promises yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/earnings-disclaimer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/vr\/steam-frame-release-date-specs-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam Frame<\/a> is the name of Valve\u2019s latest VR headset. It\u2019s the follow-up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/news\/with-steam-frame-on-the-way-valve-has-discontinued-its-index-vr-headset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valve Index<\/a> from back in 2019, but it\u2019s definitely not a sequel. Unlike the Index, which requires a wired connection to your gaming PC, the Frame is designed as a \u201cstreaming-first\u201d headset, which connects to your PC wirelessly. You can also use it as a standalone device, thanks to the Snapdragon chip on board.<\/p>\n<p>As a standalone device, Valve hopes that the Steam Frame can offer a \u201cgood\u201d experience without any help from external hardware. The VR headset is fitted with an ARM64-based Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, 16GB of RAM, and runs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/news\/valves-new-steam-machine-is-the-perfect-excuse-to-stop-gaming-on-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamOS<\/a>; we already know that it is compatible with the Linux-based operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Steam Frame might run Half-Life Alyx without a gaming PC<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/valve-steam-frame-hands-on-impressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UploadVR<\/a>, Valve representatives \u201cthink they can get Half-Life: Alyx running performant in standalone, but they\u2019re not promising it yet, and it\u2019s clear there\u2019s still a lot for them to do\u201d. This sentiment was echoed when the same idea was discussed with Digital Foundry. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHalf-Life: Alyx is a great experience when streamed from a PC to Steam Frame, and we are looking into making it a good standalone experience as well,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valve representative, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalfoundry.net\/news\/2025\/11\/valve-looking-into-a-steam-frame-half-life-alyx-standalone-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Digital Foundry<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Half-Life: Alyx still feels like it could be the best VR game on the market. Its high level of polish (that we\u2019ve come to expect from Valve, especially anything to do with Half-Life) is pretty much unmatched in the VR space. Some games may get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/news\/game-changer-vr-mod-for-ready-or-not-launches-today-free-of-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VR adaptation or mod<\/a>, but many big game devs are less inclined to take a bet on a fully fleshed-out VR title, given its relatively niche fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, Steam Frame isn\u2019t the only new hardware Valve announced this week. It also launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/console\/steam-machine-release-date-specs-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam Machine<\/a>, which will pair well with the new headset, as well as a revised version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/console\/steam-controller-release-date-specs-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam Controller<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PC Guide is reader-supported. 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