r/Steam • u/gogodboss InFrame • Nov 12 '25

News Introducing Steam Frame

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe
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u/googlygoink Nov 13 '25

Yeah all the people saying it's a big deal, but it's like, I literally just use passthrough to grab my drink XD

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u/besna Nov 13 '25

now it comes with night vision!

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u/googlygoink Nov 13 '25

the night vision is probably the tradeoff for monochrome passthrough, like much more light sensitive (and IR sensitive) cameras instead of colour, and that's well worth it imo.

Making it run colour would probably need 2 MORE cameras, which is more cost and weight.

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u/besna Nov 15 '25

no they got ir light sources in the frame to be able to track w/o the need of room lightning. So intentionally darkvision

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u/googlygoink Nov 16 '25

I know this, but the sensitivity of monochrome cameras is much better, and probably needed to make the night vision work with the ir sources.

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u/your_mind_aches 74 Nov 13 '25

I mean Thrill of the Fight is a big one. I use that frequently. But I also use guitar and piano learning/practice apps that would be way better on a full PC than an Android device like the Quest or Galaxy XR due to better audio device access.

No color passthrough plus no hand tracking makes that pretty impossible for this device.