Frame Control sends anonymous usage statistics: that it was installed and opened, its version,
your operating system, which tabs you use, and whether installs on the Frame worked. Never file names, paths,
addresses or anything you've typed, and it isn't linked to you. You can also share whether Android apps
worked and the details of errors, which helps fix problems faster.
Can't reach the Frame
Retrying every few seconds. Everything fills in when it answers.
Press Capture to grab what the Frame is showing, or Live to keep it updating.
Live
The headset is showing a blank frame. It's probably asleep or not being worn. Put it on and capture again.
Right now
Waiting for the Frame…
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Casting shows everything the wearer sees, including anything private.
Screenshots
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Screenshots you take in the headset with Steam's screenshot shortcut. Click one to open it in the viewer; Save copies it to ~/Pictures/SteamFrame.
Family and comfort
Session timer and reminders
Checking session…
A one-minute warning, then Steam Home. Games stay running: save and pause first. Keep this app open and connected for notifications.
How sessions and alerts work
This is a reminder, not a parental lock. The timer continues on the Frame if you disconnect; a headset restart cancels it. Cancel before changing settings. Set break/check-in to 0 to turn them off.
Battery, heat and check-in alerts appear on connected companions during a session. Headset warnings and break reminders continue without a companion. iOS may suspend phone notifications in the background. Breaks and check-ins count SteamVR activity, not confirmed wear time.
Keyboard and trackpad
Use this computer's keyboard and mouse in apps on the Frame, such as Chromium or the
desktop's Linux apps.
Types and points in apps on the Frame, such as Chromium or the desktop's Linux apps; Steam's own VR menus
don't take it. It works through KDE Connect, which comes with Frame Control: the first time, it copies Valve's build
for the Frame (3.6 MB, 18 MB unpacked) into your home folder there and pairs with it. No internet needed, and nothing
else to install. Licences
VR performance
Frame timing, the HUD, playspace and optional softwareWaiting for the Frame
Compositor FPS measures SteamVR output, not game FPS. Application FPS is unavailable when no app supplies timing. GPU time is render time, not GPU utilisation. Battery and temperature are in the battery menu at the top.
The HUD is ours and uses the Frame’s built-in tools. Place its panel with SteamVR’s Float in World or controller docking controls. It updates every two seconds until closed.
Playspace and seated comfort
Tracking-origin controls are not available yet: reversible changes still need an idle-headset test. Use SteamVR’s recenter and room setup for now. A seated origin only affects apps that use seated tracking; it cannot force a game into seated mode.
For motion comfort, choose snap-turn, teleport movement and a movement vignette in each game’s settings. SteamVR has no verified universal snap-turn or locomotion-vignette switch.
Optional VR software
None of Frame Control’s features needs these apps. Compatibility reports and account ownership are separate. Paid apps can only be installed here when already owned.
Load this optional list to check the Frame account.
Installed
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Sideloaded titles
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Your own Linux or Windows builds, added to the Steam library as Devkit Games. Drop a game's
.zip, folder or .exe anywhere in this window.
Get games
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Install downloads a game you own straight to the Frame and accepts Steam's default options;
EULAs and license prompts still need answering in the headset. To buy, open the store page in your browser
(signed in to Steam) or in the headset, then Refresh and install. Ratings are Valve's Steam Frame
compatibility categories.
A little more possibility
Find your next favorite.
Great games and useful apps. All in one place, all free to explore.
On the Frame
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Each app runs in its own Lepton instance and keeps its data. It's in the Steam
library under its own name and opens in its own panel. Test launches it and records
whether it stays up; Report records how it worked for you.
Android display
Lepton
Open an Android app in the headset, then Refresh, to change its
resolution, UI scale and text size here.
Resolution
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UI scale
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Text size
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Resolution
UI scale
Text size
Changes apply at once, and the app may redraw or restart its screen. They may not survive the app
relaunching (not yet verified). Sharp gives Android more pixels in the same panel, which should make text crisper.
Recent reports
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Reports change the verdicts in the catalogue. Any APK can be
reported, including ones not on F-Droid.
Find apps
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Verdicts come from checks of each APK against what Lepton supports (Android 11,
64-bit ARM, no clipboard or Play Services) and from reports made on a Frame. See docs/apks.md.
In the headset
Show your computer, films and photos, and panels
Mac in the headset
Windows
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Each window or screen becomes its own panel in the headset. Place it with the SteamVR dashboard
(Float in World, Move, Size). Point and click with the laser, scroll with the thumbstick, and type on the Mac's keyboard.
Media player
Preview
Watch your own films and stereo photos on a big screen in the headset.
Choose a file to begin.
H.264/H.265 video; SBS/OU PNG or JPEG photos. Screens follow your head.
Small .splat files show a stationary stereo preview (up to 20,000 Gaussians).
Native HEIC/MPO photos, large splat scenes, seeking and subtitles aren't supported yet.
Stop works from here; playback also ends after four hours.
Panel switcher
Refresh to see open panels.
Choose a panel to show it in SteamVR. The headset switcher stays available from Steam's dashboard.
Saved spatial layouts are not available yet.
Send and manage
Files, clipboard, Linux apps, remote access and power
Send to Frame
Drop files here, or click to chooseTap to choose files
Files land in ~/Downloads. .apk files install as their own Android app;
a game's .zip, folder or .exe becomes a title in the Steam library.
You can also drop files anywhere in this window.
Clipboard
Clipboard needs the desktop panel open in the headset.
Linux apps
Flatpak
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Remote & power
Sleep, Restart and Shut down open a terminal window for the Developer Mode password.
Sleep, Restart and Shut down ask for the Developer Mode password. SSH, SFTP, Steam Link and remote desktop open in the app that handles them.
Frame Control talks to one headset at a time. Each can be reached at several addresses;
it tries them all at once and uses the best one that answers on the network you're on.
This computer's network
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Networks are told apart by their router (its IP and hardware address), so this works on wired
networks and when your computer won't share the Wi-Fi name.
Pick a headset.
Drop to send to the FrameFiles go to ~/Downloads; .apk files install as Android apps;
a game's .zip, folder or .exe becomes a Steam library title.