WHERE STEAM FRAME??? (Credits go to a friend)

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    IDK what you mean by Steam “frame”?
    But admittedly I use Steam for 90% of my games.

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        4 days ago

        Thanks I never heard of that before. But on the other hand VR has near zero interest for me.
        I have heard Steam frame before, but I thought it was some sort of joke on the frames you can have standing around to show still images. Which I find pretty stupid too.

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          3 days ago

          Tbf its a pretty recent thing, was only announced in November, and I’ve really only seen coverage of it in places that regularly talk about VR. As someone interested in VR though I am quite excited for it.

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            3 days ago

            I too was excited by VR.

            In the early 90’s.
            Then nothing happened.
            But THEN nothing continued to happen.
            After a few decades of that I lost interest.

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              3 days ago

              Understandable tbh, though since the 90s there had been actual progress, if slow. I think it will probably remain a fairly niche thing and not for everyone, but it does provide a unique experience in my opinion.

              I have an oculus quest 2 (technically meta now but fuck that) that I still use occasionally, and even though it’s a bit old now it’s still decent. And actual modern headsets are much better, and the steam frame should be about on par or a little better than the quest 3, but not made by meta, running Linux, and with steam library integration. There are better spec ones out there, but it gets expensive quick.

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                3 days ago

                Oculus going to Meta was a major bummer. I might pick up the frame up if the price is right and it works well.

                From the Steam Frame page:

                No setup required. Four high-resolution, monochrome cameras provide controller and headset tracking. Infrared LEDs on the outside make tracking great even in dark environments.

                That’s brilliant. 👍

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      4 days ago

      Valve announced 3 new pieces of hardware late last year. A new Steam controller, a new Steam Machine, and the Steam Frame. The Machine is a tiny console-style computer designed to go on a TV stand and played like a console (no price or concrete release date, yet), but the post is going on about the Frame, a new VR headset. It does have some native game-playing capabilities, but it’s been designed more as a streaming headset.