marighost 29 points 4 months ago

New VR gear to compete with Meta's bullshit Quest line. Has the added bonus of being developed with Linux in mind, so even if Valve enshittifies, I could install whatever OS I wanted on the Frame and it's still mine.

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charokol 3 points 4 months ago

So what’s the difference between this and the Index? Is the Frame its own independent unit? Does it require the lighthouses to orient itself?

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marighost 15 points 4 months ago

It's its own unit! From Valve's own website:

Steam Frame is a streaming-first, wireless VR headset + controllers that can handle your whole Steam library. Step into immersive VR, or lean back and enjoy your non-VR catalog. And it supports stand-alone play too.

It's got its own CPU, GPU, and RAM, and has SteamOS preinstalled (just like the Deck or upcoming Machine) that you can play standalone games on, but also stream from a PC for even beefier games.

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charokol 3 points 4 months ago

Nice. I never looked into it cause I just figured it was Index 2

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marighost 6 points 4 months ago

There's some pretty interesting tech and development behind it, too. Like the Proton-like translation layer which will allow x86-native games to be played on ARM (I think this is an accurate, if reductive, description of Valve's FEX). It's just a cool piece of hardware, sorry if I seem too excited 😅

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deegeese 10 points 4 months ago

Gaming VR from the only company I trust to not completely fuck it up.

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marcos 5 points 4 months ago

IMO, it's not "trust to not completely fuck it up"...

Instead, for any product at all, Valve is the only company I don't completely trust to completely fuck it up.

Still, I'm not hyped on VR.

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orb360 2 points 4 months ago

Its good for flight/space/racing sims and beat saber. Anything else is kinda meh

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