Steam Frame
Reddit take
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Pros
- I'm excited to have a wireless vr experience on steam!
- Im more excited for the steam frame. It's like thr Occulus Quest but better and not enshitified by Meta/Facebook.
- Indeed! I was waiting for VR tech to advance beyond needing cables, and be able to connect to Steam, so I might actually have to get this. Then I can finally play HL Alyx!
- What Valve showed off was a dedicated wireless dongle that you plug into your PC that is supposedly much lower latency and higher throughput. That combined with their foveated streaming looks like a promising approach for both fidelity a...
- Holy shit, THIS is what I was waiting for, wired and wireless PC VR without Facebook.
Cons
- After seeing the Steam Frame run a snapdragon 8 gen 3, and the announcement of Android support on Steam, this would make the most logical sense in not only better performance, but also efficiency.
- Not a good HMD for PCVR simmers, which has been hinted towards for months now.
- Looks good. Though LCD screens and FOV doesnt look like anything super impressive. Seems like a quest. But a quest will full access to steam and easy streaming. That looks good.
- It's a Steam Meta Quest more than it is an Index 2.
Sentiment
6 positive (60%) · 3 mixed (30%) · 1 negative (10%)
Trust + time weighted score: +50% · raw score 50%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
I'm excited to have a wireless vr experience on steam!
Im more excited for the steam frame. It's like thr Occulus Quest but better and not enshitified by Meta/Facebook.
After seeing the Steam Frame run a snapdragon 8 gen 3, and the announcement of Android support on Steam, this would make the most logical sense in not only better performance, but also efficiency.
Indeed! I was waiting for VR tech to advance beyond needing cables, and be able to connect to Steam, so I might actually have to get this. Then I can finally play HL Alyx!
What Valve showed off was a dedicated wireless dongle that you plug into your PC that is supposedly much lower latency and higher throughput. That combined with their foveated streaming looks like a promising approach for both fidelity and latency but we'll see when it actually is released.
Not a good HMD for PCVR simmers, which has been hinted towards for months now.
Holy shit, THIS is what I was waiting for, wired and wireless PC VR without Facebook.
Looks good. Though LCD screens and FOV doesnt look like anything super impressive. Seems like a quest. But a quest will full access to steam and easy streaming. That looks good.
It's a Steam Meta Quest more than it is an Index 2.
The Headset is a Quest 3 competitor. They just intend for you to Steam Link to your Steam Machine to play AAA games.
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