Arcturus Vision Camera Lifts Steam Frame Passthrough for $150, Adds 6MP Spatial Video
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Updated · roadtovr.com · Sep 28
Arcturus Vision Camera Lifts Steam Frame Passthrough for $150, Adds 6MP Spatial Video
3 articles · Updated · roadtovr.com · Sep 28
Summary
$150 Arcturus Vision Camera plugs into Steam Frame’s hidden expansion port and immediately replaces the headset’s default passthrough with a sharper full-color view.
10-gram module fixes a key weakness in Frame, whose built-in passthrough is monotone and too blurry to read a phone screen; the add-on brings it roughly in line with Quest 3, though still behind Vision Pro.
6MP at 60 FPS—or 1.5MP at 120 FPS—plus 10-bit HDR lets the camera capture spatial video through Arcturus’ free app, with playback that preserves depth and synchronized head movement.
Windows and Mac Sync apps already move and convert recordings for other headsets, while gaussian-splat capture remains a niche feature because it still needs command-line tools, Linux and an NVIDIA GPU.