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im confused, its specs are amazing and on paper is more powerful than the meta quest 3, but its mainly being advertised as a streaming headset that goes from your vr spec pc (that is becoming more and more expensive these days for people).

so can it play games natively on the headset or not? i want to get it for my birthday as i see it as a worthy sucessor to my quest 2 that is amazing, but its controllers are drifiting to an unrepairable degree.

imagine no mans sky on it :0

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[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Yes. The Steam Frame will come with the following technologies:

  • SteamOS, just like the Steam Deck, so you can play Windows and Linux games on-device with Linux (both pancake on a virtual screen and lower requirement VR games will be supported)
  • FEX to run x86_64 games on-device (small performance hit, but access to the vast majority of the Proton-compatible Steam library in return)
  • native ARM games are confirmed to be side-loadable (VR or not)
  • a wireless streaming dongle to natively stream PCVR, with foveated streaming to increase quality and reduce bandwidth requirements.

I'm super hyped and will most probably (pre)order it day one to replace my shitty CV1. I'm also hoping for a Steam Deck effect by pushing developers to optimize and use foveated rendering as it drastically reduces hardware requirements for high quality graphics.

[–] helimopp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

you have an oculus rift in the big 26? wow you 100% need the frame

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I know. I swore my next headset would be Linux-compatible so I can reclaim the space of the windows partition I made exclusively for VR, but unfortunately, until the Frame, only old-ass headsets barely improving from my CV1 were available.

[–] helimopp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

part of me wants to get the first ever oculus headset just for fun. i love old tech

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