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Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame (lemmy.world)
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Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026

Also listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

Valve has already sent support for the new Steam Controller upstream: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL

Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame for release in 2026. There is an image of a Steam Controller, which looks like a hybrid between the original Steam Controller and the layout and trackpads of the Steam Deck.
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Also given how common it seems to be anecdotally to get sick from it, no one wants to jump in just to have to jump back out.

you can build a resistance to it. It takes time, and it was the case for me

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Maybe so, but you probably need to enjoy your first exposure to want to drop money on an entire setup for it.

    It's already crazy enough to drop that money just hoping you like it, but if you drop it hoping it stops making you nauseous, that's a much bigger ask.

    I'm still hoping I won't have that problem. I do get car sick on meandering drives, but not even close to as bad as I did 10-15 years ago, but the worse the drive gets, the more I have to stay staring out the car windows.

    I assume the VR effect would be similar, given it's a similar symptom, but backwards. (In VR you don't feel motion, but you see it, whereas in a car, you feel it, but either don't see it from not looking, or if you have wide visibility it looks like you're not moving as much compared to the background)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    As someone who used to get sick in cars and boats, I got it, so you might as well

    If the technology interests you, then sick or not, you’ll probably like it. Won’t play every day, but it’ll be a nice experience.

    Start with games with not a lot of motion (beat saber for example), then move to more intensive games. You’ll get sick after 15mins, then 20mins, then 25… until you last for a couple hours, and at this point you’ve built your resistance.

    Just stop playing when you feel sick and try again an hour later when you feel better or a few days later

    But yea, VR isn’t straightforward or an obvious purchase. It requires time and will, and money, obviously

    It’s clearly a luxury and you need to have too much money or be really motivated to purchase it

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Personally that's what I'd like to do anyway. I'm saying that to discuss the growth of the technology among the masses.

    Assuming it doesn't make me violently ill, i like tech and gaming enough to keep it around otherwise. But the potential for the issue and the committal involved off the bat are difficulties for any new, different-enough tech.

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