Valve considered making a new VR game for the Steam Frame, before tackling the "ludicrous" task of getting Half-Life: Alyx running standalone

Valve considered developing a new VR game for the Steam Frame headset but decided to focus on running Half-Life: Alyx in standalone mode. According to engineers, porting Alyx helped find and fix many bugs and performance issues useful for the entire platform.

• Valve discussed a new VR game for Steam Frame but chose porting Alyx
• Standalone Alyx initially seemed 'ludicrous' due to performance
• Foveated rendering, eye tracking, and 16 GB RAM were key
• Fixes for Alyx apply to most games on Steam Frame