I’m really excited with all this ARM compatibility stuff. Hopefully we will be able to install steam OS on Android devices at some point.
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ive always wanted to try VR games but the ps5 vr headset was too locked down to the ps5. Never even wanted the oculus cause of meta's bullshit. Will definitely be getting this.
100% instant buy, as long as it's under a certain price point. Even if it isn't... I've been holding off on VR for so long, this is gonna be the thing that does it.
VR is an awesome experience if you're into it. When I first tried out my Vive it was mind blowing. Truly something that you can't really get any other way. I'm absolutely getting a Frame on release
Honestly, I was blown away by beat saber. I almost bought a meta quest, but I hated the required Facebook integration. I won't do it. This will be a million times better
A Facebook account isn't needed anymore (even for developer mode) but it makes perfect sense to buy a much more open, flexible, and trustworthy device.
I've got a Meta Quest 3. It's a great bit of hardware but the Meta ecosystem makes me actively not want to use it, eventhough a portion of my games are streamed via Steam VR.
So if the Steam Frame is comparable spec wise, I'll happily sell my Quest 3 to fund this purchase.
For me, it was the biggest announcement from that and probably the reason i might invest in the Steam Frame.
That way I support Valve (or more like “i agree with that so here is my money) going the way of ARM support for Linux, the same way I bought the Steam Deck to “support” Proton translation layers.
i built a new desktop AND preordered a bigscreen beyond 2e this year. i’ve never been so simultaneously excited and upset lmao
Interesting, I thought Vulcan was deprecated for ROCM
Vulkan is to DirectX12 as ROCm is to CUDA.
They're for different things.
The deprecated thing was AMDGPU-Pro, a closed source implementation of Vulkan - the Vulkan driver they use is RADv
I am also wondering if they will use Zink for desktop OpenGL titles, as otherwise there is probably only OpenGL ES support on that hardware.
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