Meta Oculus Rift vs Valve Steam Frame

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Oculus Rift compared with Steam Frame

	MetaOculus Rift	ValveSteam Frame
Overview
Released
Released	March 2016	September 2026
Display
Resolution per eye
Resolution per eye	1080 × 1200	2160 × 2160 (better)
Panel
Panel	OLED	LCD
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	90 Hz	144 Hz (better)
Field of view
Field of view	–	110° horizontal
Display details
Display details	Two OLED displays; 1080 × 1200 per eye at 90 Hz. Physical display specifications from Meta's Rift developer overview.	Two 2160 × 2160 LCD panels, one per eye; 72, 80, 90, 120 and 144 Hz (144 Hz experimental)
Lenses
Lenses	Hybrid Fresnel lenses (Tom's Hardware); no manufacturer horizontal field-of-view figure used	Custom pancake lenses with glass and non-glass elements; field of view up to 110° (Valve gives 110° horizontal and vertical to UploadVR); eyeglasses up to 140 mm wide
Lens spacing (IPD)
Lens spacing (IPD)	Physical lens and display spacing adjustment, 58–72 mm (Tom's Hardware); Meta confirms adjustable lens distance	60–70 mm target range, adjusted with a wheel on top of the headset
Tracking and input
Eye tracking
Eye tracking	No	Yes
Hand tracking
Hand tracking	No	No
Controllers in the box
Controllers in the box	Yes	Yes
Colour passthrough
Colour passthrough	No	No
Sensors
Sensors	Constellation external camera tracking of infrared LEDs on the headset; six degrees of freedom. Launch package has one sensor, with additional sensors needed for broader room-scale coverage (Tom's Hardware). No eye tracking or controller-free hand tracking.	Inside-out; 4 outward-facing monochrome cameras for headset and controller tracking with IR illuminators for low light; 2 interior cameras for eye tracking and foveated streaming; no controller-free hand tracking (UploadVR)
Controllers
Controllers	Original March 2016 package includes Xbox One controller and Oculus Remote; Touch motion controllers launched separately on 6 December 2016. Later retail bundles may differ.	Steam Frame Controllers with 6-DoF tracking, ABXY buttons (right), D-pad (left), full-size magnetic TMR thumbsticks with capacitive touch, analogue triggers, bumpers, dual-stage grip buttons, capacitive finger tracking and a haptic motor; one AA battery each, about 40 hours; 130 g each with battery
Passthrough
Passthrough	No built-in passthrough camera (Tom's Hardware)	Monochrome passthrough from the outward-facing cameras; front expansion port (dual MIPI camera interface or PCIe Gen 4 x1) takes accessories such as the Arcturus Vision colour camera
Performance
Works
Works	Needs a PC or console	Standalone or with a PC
Chip
Chip	–	Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Storage
Storage	–	256 GB, 1 TB
Chip details
Chip details	–	4 nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, ARM64; runs SteamOS 3 (Arch-based) with KDE Plasma desktop
Memory
Memory	–	16 GB unified LPDDR5X; 256 GB or 1 TB UFS storage; microSD card slot
Connections
Connections	Compatible PC required; HDMI 1.3 and USB connections, with external tracking sensors also connected over USB. Meta specifies a 4 m headset cable and a minimum of two USB 3.0 connections; additional tracking sensors can use USB 2.0.	Streams from a PC, Steam Deck or Steam Machine over Wi-Fi; headset has Wi-Fi 7 2 × 2 with dual radios (5 GHz Wi-Fi and 6 GHz VR streaming at once); Wi-Fi 6E (6 GHz) USB wireless adapter included; Bluetooth 5.4; no DisplayPort cable connection
Design
Battery
Battery	None (powered by a PC or console)	Built in
Weight (headset)
Weight (headset)	470 g	440 g (better)
Battery details
Battery details	–	21.6 Wh Li-ion battery at the back of the headstrap; charges over USB-C 2.0 at up to 45 W (15 V, 3 A); Valve doesn't give a battery life
Audio
Audio	Integrated microphone and removable on-ear headphones; no headset audio passthrough socket for replacement headphones (Tom's Hardware)	Dual speaker drivers per ear built into the headstrap; dual microphone array
Strap
Strap	Three-point adjustable strap with spring-loaded side arms; 470 g excluding the detachable cable, weighed by Tom's Hardware and reported as matching Oculus's specification. WIRED measured 495 g without stating whether its cable was excluded.	Modular headstrap (245 g) holding the speakers and battery; the 185 g core module detaches for other straps; core module and facial interface 175 × 95 × 110 mm
In the box
In the box	Launch package has headset with headphones and microphone, one sensor, Xbox One controller and Oculus Remote; PC and Touch controllers separate	Headset, two Steam Frame Controllers, Wi-Fi 6E wireless adapter, standard light blocker, face gasket and head cushion; Half-Life: Alyx licence. No power supply; Valve sells a 45 W one separately