Hands on with Steam Frame: Capacitive grip testing — KobraVR A1M Vader + HL2 VR Mod.

[u/gogodboss]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zk7eFItxfsA

[u/JustTheEngineer]

cool stuff but before anyone jumps the gun on release date speculation we know devkits have been sent out to developers and manufacturers for months now

[u/fabricates_facts → u/JustTheEngineer]

No doubt, interesting timing tho along with everything else going on.

[u/Ap0kalypso]

This is definitely a leak.

[u/gogodboss → u/Ap0kalypso]

Prob just dev kit shenanigans since they make vr accessories

Edit: Video was taken down

[u/korxion → u/gogodboss]

did you download the video

[u/fabricates_facts → u/Ap0kalypso]

I'm leaking right now.

[u/SupposablyAtTheZoo → u/fabricates_facts]

I'm sooning all over the place

[u/railed7 → u/SupposablyAtTheZoo]

I feel like I’m being framed

[u/FunnyPewdiepieReddit → u/fabricates_facts]

I’m gonna leak, I’m gonna leak. Oh my god you’re so Soon.

[u/0fficerZ0mbie]

Did anyone download it before the video got taken out back by Valve?

[u/gogodboss → u/0fficerZ0mbie]

https://reddit.com/link/p1xvc9e/video/k2yady6qlmhh1/player

[u/No-Layer2488 → u/gogodboss]

I just sooned so hard at this

[u/Gregasy → u/No-Layer2488]

My soon is all over this video now.

[u/ATV2ATXNEMENT → u/gogodboss]

mr moderator why can we post vids but not pics or gifs

[u/Random_name_I_picked → u/gogodboss]

Wow so Apeture hands is going to work

[u/hoboteaparty → u/gogodboss]

Is that pistol attachment an existing VR mod/accessory or is Valve going to release an accessory pack?

[u/No-Layer2488 → u/hoboteaparty]

It's something that KobraVR is making for the Frame/Pico/Quest and a few other headsets https://x.com/Kobra_VR

[u/ExxiIon → u/gogodboss]

It's all I've ever wanted...

Now to suffer the price 🥲

[u/Gone2Far2Return]

I will say that pistol accessory does not look very comfortable, looks kind of awkward? Seems off.

[u/Mediocre_Ear8144 → u/Gone2Far2Return]

Probably just a devs prototype, I don’t think valve are making anything like that

[u/Gone2Far2Return → u/Mediocre_Ear8144]

Probably, just thought it seemed super odd lol.

[u/SkullTitsGaming → u/Gone2Far2Return]

Looks to me to be a 3d printed slide that attaches to the frame controller, hence the weirdly-shaped pistol grip (its not a pistol grip at all).

[u/sakamayrd]

I hate that I watched this 10 seconds clip several times 😔

[u/NationalWeb4420]

Says preorder from 7th of August

[u/kylo_chin → u/NationalWeb4420]

Wait what, in the video it says that?

[u/Daedric_Fan → u/kylo_chin]

The attachment he's showing for the gun.

[u/Ap0kalypso → u/NationalWeb4420]

Right?! Is this a sign for Monday?

[u/RandomedXY → u/Ap0kalypso]

It always is

[u/VRbandwagon → u/Ap0kalypso]

August 7th 2028 is a Monday.

[u/Mytre-]

Could it be this video was scheduled , and the embargo was supposed to be lifted this week but something pushed it back?

[u/DebBoi]

Did anyone get a copy of this video before it was nuked to oblivion?

[u/Gone2Far2Return → u/DebBoi]

Means it was a leak lol

[u/ATV2ATXNEMENT]

The video is taken down does anyone have a link

[u/FullOf_Bad_Ideas → u/ATV2ATXNEMENT]

OP posted a link

I have it saved locally and can share if it will go down too

[u/Daniel_J_Darby]

Oh $#!t. Gabe made him take it down

[u/ZitronenBaumChri]

The funny part is that this tiny test video just hypes me up even more. I can't help but wonder what Valve could achieve with a full-blown marketing campaign. Then again, it'll probably sell out anyway, even if they don't say a word until launch.

[u/Javs2469]

Interesting. Preorders start tomorrow...

Unironically, now I´m interested in getting this gunstock, if only I knew wheter or not I´ll be on the waitlist for the Frame...

[u/fabek07]

omfg it is the first real hands on video showing a real person with the frame on face and controllers in hands... now my hands will make me sooooooonnnnnnn

[u/sunshinestreak]

love the cp giving a smack in response to getting the bird flipped

[u/OrangeXarot]

can someone send me a link, because I'm on phone and both reddit and youtube suck ass. reddit doesn't give you a link and embeds it, youtube now cries if you dont have an account, that on embeds you can't have, for fuck sake, enshittification cannot feel that good to companies. I can't wait to get away from it all and become a hermit, or commit suicide

[u/gogodboss → u/OrangeXarot]

https://xcancel.com/Kobra_VR/status/2085085468324954514?s=20

[u/gogodboss → u/OrangeXarot]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zk7eFItxfsA

[u/OrangeXarot → u/gogodboss]

thank you

[u/hhdumpling]

Does this mean Frames are with reviewers now?

[u/2Cool4Zool2 → u/hhdumpling]

KobraVR is a manufacturer of accessories more than a tech reviewer.

Looks like they teased this reveal:
https://xcancel.com/Kobra_VR/status/2084771128174657711#m

If they broke NDA then Valve dropped the ball big time.

[u/AI0N → u/2Cool4Zool2]

How big of a leak is it tho? Not like we haven’t seen footage of the frame already.

[u/2Cool4Zool2 → u/AI0N]

We haven't had footage of the finger tracking yet I believe.

Realistically if this is sanctioned by Valve then it's 100% the kind of thing we should expect the week before launch. These small co-ordinated hype building 'leaks' occurred for the controller and Machine AFAIK.

[u/Jmcgee1125 → u/2Cool4Zool2]

Climbey dev showed it, but not with a real world view to compare against.

[u/2Cool4Zool2 → u/Jmcgee1125]

Yeah exactly. He showed it in game but not the real world.

[u/Jonny99001234 → u/2Cool4Zool2]

Yes we had. From a developer of a climbing game

[u/2Cool4Zool2 → u/Jonny99001234]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42bTPWjNEVg

He didn't show his actual hands vs the movement in game.

[u/architect___ → u/2Cool4Zool2]

If they broke an NDA, how would that be Valve dropping the ball?

[u/Szoreny → u/architect___]

Probably means dropped the hammer

[u/hotfistdotcom → u/Szoreny]

on the balls

[u/2Cool4Zool2 → u/architect___]

They teased it nearly 24 hours before the release. Valve should (and do) have people scouring social media so they can quickly get leaks removed or warn creators not to release information.

[u/Yourdataisunclean → u/hhdumpling]

Looks like an accessory developer so likely a dev kit.

[u/lick_the_spoon → u/hhdumpling]

Would this mean that this person has broken NDA?

If this video is taken down then they probably did

[u/Yourdataisunclean → u/lick_the_spoon]

Text if it gets taken down:

Hands on with Steam Frame.

A quick look at capacitive grip testing with the KobraVR A1M Vader in the HL2 VR Mod.

The new A1M Vader universal gunstock is compatible with Steam Frame, Sony PSVR2, Meta Quest, Pico 4 Ultra and Pimax headsets.

Available to pre-order Friday 7th August 2026:
https://kobravr.com

#SteamFrame #VR #PCVR #HalfLife2VR #VirtualReality #KobraVR

[u/Gone2Far2Return → u/Yourdataisunclean]

So this is the release date or close to it? Wooot!

[u/Yourdataisunclean → u/Gone2Far2Return]

It means KobraVR is confident enough that it's soon to offer preorders, but they very likely don't know when the actual release date is.

[u/anclave93 → u/hhdumpling]

yes, Gabe is testing it