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i cant wait to get a steam frame (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by helimopp@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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i was gonna get a quest 3 for christmas but then the steam frame got announced and i was like HELL NAH and thew my quest 3 ideas out of the window. if everything falls into place il have my steam frame just intime for my birthday :D

gone will the days where i will be kicked from vrc lobbies for being a "Questie". gone will be the days of my game crashing mid snuggle session, gone the days of having a lowkey mid game selection (apart from like metro awakening as if i was gonna get the quest 3 i would have 100% gotten that game)

cant wait to get ittttt (also i cant wait to play half life alyx on it)

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[–] pory@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, but that's Facebook. What i said was "either deal with Facebook or pay $900+". Neither option is worth it to me for the novelty that VR provides. A Quest 3 at $500 or $300 with a completely open source operating system would already be on my shelf, but it's Facebookware.

VR also isn't worth "tradeoffs" like installing a proprietary streaming tool to kludge the Facebook thing into pretending to be a "standard VR" display. What Valve's offering is something I can completely trust to:

A: not require any hoops to jump through to use with VR-capable software on my computer

B: work with any of that VR-capable PC software instead of requiring one locked down storefront (and the storefront it'll be most compatible with is Steam)

C: work with any Android APK software on device, for the lower intensity VR toys like Beat Saber

D: be compatible with a variety of controllers and peripherals

E: not be connected to Facebook in any way

F: maintain an open source OS so that a community can fully maintain the software even if the original manufacturer abandons support for the device

For those promises, I'd buy in at up to ~$700. No other headset on the market currently fulfills this list for less than $1000.

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