{"id":9923,"date":"2026-06-13T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9923"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:00:56","slug":"valve-just-imported-13-tons-of-vr-headsets-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9923","title":{"rendered":"Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Sean Hollister<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 13, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Verge\u2019s Jay Peters wearing Valve\u2019s Steam Frame VR headset, from the side.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo by Everything Time Studio \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0057.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SadlyItsBradley\/status\/2065231419043955098?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes<\/a>, it was almost certainly carrying the first mass production shipments of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/816118\/valve-steam-frame-vr-headset-streaming-arm-steamos-hands-on\">the Steam Frame<\/a>, Valve&#8217;s new gaming headset. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Import records show that Valve&#8217;s distribution partner Ceva offloaded nearly 32 metric tons of &#8220;Virtual Reality Devices&#8221; on Valve&#8217;s behalf &#8211; or roughly 13 tons of actual product, after you subtract the roughly 3,700 kilogram weight of five 40-foot shipping containers. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/image-2.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;A pause in Steam Machine and Steam Deck shipments, a flurry of VR instead.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: ImportYeti\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: ImportYeti\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">That&#8217;s the same math we used to estimate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/923461\/valve-steam-machine-frame-deck-import-records-may-2026\">that Valve imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days<\/a> last month &#8211; and sin \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/949517\/valve-vr-headset-import-records-steam-frame-steam-machine-game-console\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/949517\/valve-vr-headset-import-records-steam-frame-steam-machine-game-console\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Hollister &bull; June 13, 2026 On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes, it was almost certainly carrying the first mass production shipments of the Steam Frame, Valve&#8217;s new gaming headset. Import records show that Valve&#8217;s distribution partner<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9923\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}