https://peertube.corrections.dev.sbctc.edu/videos/watch/b5daf3f7-3ae8-43ea-ab05-543b91ba57f2 Valve's Steam Frame is finally here, and we're tearing it all the way down to see whether Valve brought the repair-friendly design of the Steam Deck to VR. Inside we find a surprisingly modular headset: a quick-release headstrap, replaceable battery, magnetic lens stacks, expandable microSD storage, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, some clever thermal engineering, and a whole lot of infrared hardware for tracking. We also take a closer look at Valve's foveated streaming system and CT scan one of the new Steam Frame controllers to see what's hiding inside. Not everything is perfect—the cooling fan is buried deep inside the headset and the battery still relies on adhesive—but compared with many VR headsets we've torn down, Valve has clearly put serviceability near the top of its priority list. Disclosure: iFixit partners with Valve to provide parts, tools, and repair guides for Valve hardware, including Steam Frame. Valve had no input on our editorial process and did not review this teardown before publication. Subscribe for more teardowns, repair investigations, and hardware deep dives. Chapters 0:00 Steam Frame Teardown 1:10 Headstrap, Storage & Modularity 2:15 Steam Frame Battery 3:14 Speakers & Replaceable Parts 3:53 Removing the Lens Stacks 4:54 Why Steam Frame Doesn't Use Micro-OLED 5:49 How Foveated Streaming Works 6:48 Inside the Steam Frame 8:30 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 & 16GB RAM 8:47 IR Tracking System 9:00 Steam Frame Controller Teardown 9:27 CT Scan & TMR Joysticks 10:32 Steam Frame Repairability Subscribe to our channel for all our latest teardown and repair videos! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ifixityourself Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifixit Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iFixit Sign up for our Newsletter https://www.ifixit.com/Newsletter Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:57:15 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.corrections.dev.sbctc.edu https://peertube.corrections.dev.sbctc.edu/lazy-static/avatars/ea93e3d2-0889-4368-80c3-064daab28453.png https://peertube.corrections.dev.sbctc.edu/videos/watch/b5daf3f7-3ae8-43ea-ab05-543b91ba57f2 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.corrections.dev.sbctc.edu/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.