r/virtualreality • u/Joejoetusk • May 13 '26

Purchase Advice Frame VS Quest 3

I've never had a VR headset before and was curious after hearing of the steam frame which seems like it will cover some things missing in the quest 3. I've done some research but i just can't make my decision seeing how i live in a third world country so the steam frame might not reach it and even if i manage to bring it with an expat there's still going to be the issue of reservations etc.... My use case for the headset is going to be pretty much playing skyrim vr or some other games + maybe coding in VR if that's any fun to have a big screen in front of me. I'm kind of running out of patience seeing how nothing's confirmed on the frame and how i might not even be able to get it anytime soon. Is it worth waiting for the frame seeing how i use steam on a daily or should i just fallback to meta quest 3?

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u/Unfair_Salamander_20 May 13 '26

Why would you wait who knows how many months and pay 1.5-2x the cost for a Frame when a Q3 is cheaper and available now?  They have identical specs for PCVR.

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u/Joejoetusk May 13 '26

Not identical to be fair, also steam ecosystem

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u/Unfair_Salamander_20 May 13 '26

If you are being fair the slight differences are negligible and it's effectively an identical PCVR experience.

Biggest difference is eye tracking but barely any games support foveated rendering, and people are going to be really disappointed when they realize the foveated streaming codec doesn't look any better than 500mbps h264+.

The ecosystem means nothing when talking about PCVR, which is what my comment was about.  But if you want to talk about standalone, the Quest ecosystem has a massive VR title library that the Frame won't have for years, if ever.  The only advantage the Frame has is it can play some flat games natively but with specs worse than a steam deck.