Valve's Steam Frame is excellent - but at over £1,000 is VR still too expensive?
Valve has released the 'Steam Frame' virtual reality headset, which offers high-end performance but carries a premium price tag of over £1,000. While the hardware is praised for its comfort and technical design, critics argue the high cost may hinder mass-market adoption of VR technology.
Why it matters
The pricing strategy of high-end VR hardware remains a central debate in the tech industry regarding the accessibility and future growth of the virtual reality market.
Figure caption, Watch: BBC’s Tom Gerken gets his hands on Valve's Steam Frame
Valve's new virtual reality headset, the Steam Frame, has officially been released - but it comes at a high price.
The hardware is excellent - a light device which feels comfortable to wear and is packed with clever technology - so long as you're willing to pay a whopping £1,089 for a headset with 1TB of storage.
The variant with 256GB of storage, meanwhile, costs £889.
Both are capable of streaming from a PC as well as playing games on-device, with varying degrees of success.
But it carries a price tag which will make a lot of people roll their eyes, and doesn't do much to dispel criticism that increasingly-costly VR headsets are pricing people out of the hobby.
But before we get into that hefty price tag, is the Steam Frame actually any good?
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