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Does anybody have an idea what this could be?
I'm going to go against the grain and say it's their VR hardware they've been sitting on for years now.
Steam Frame, and then calling glasses "frames" is common.
Either case it seems like a bad name, but I'd reckon it's their VR/AR device.
Edit: also to add they've been working a lot on Proton for ARM as of late, as well as proton in general which they initially set out Proton as being a universal translation layer, not just x86-64.
My guess is a pre-built PC or AR device. Latter is more unlikely since it would substantially overlap with their Index market.
EDIT: A PC makes more sense given the strides they've made with Proton recently.
Another idea is a platform for in-place movement while using the index? Seems a little more out there given VR has fallen off the map a little recently.
It would be sick if it were VR glasses that could be stand alone, but also be able to tether to a PC for more horse power when needed. This way we wouldn't be limited to shitty graphics often associated with today's VR titles.
Consolized gaming PC running SteamOS, perhaps? With how outrageous component prices are these days it would make sense.
new anticheat measure where they frame you for an appropriate crime that will put you in prison for the time period of the effective ban.
I'm guessing this would be Valve Fremont? At least, the name would make sense for what we know about Fremont. From what we can tell, it's a Steam Machine-like PC, designed for a console-like experience. Runs a Hawk Point APU with its iGPU stripped out, paired with an RX 7600 GPU, iirc
As others have said, we have two upcoming steam hardware devices: VR headset and a new Steam Machine. This is probably one of the two.
My personal guess is it's the new Steam Machine.
in a comment that was removed from the post, this data was in a decompilaion of steamvr binaries. which implies potentially vr related
i dont know source though. take with grain of salt
https://i.imgur.com/z9Bq2hb.png
Streaming hardware? Presumably like Geforce Now, only the publishers can't say no.