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)
Hey, you do realize that the steam frame isn’t going to have enough horsepower to run full pcvr vrchat on it’s own right? You’ll still be about to run the Android version, but that’s just the quest version still.
Now if you plan to stream from your full gaming PC it’ll be great, but realize that the frame itself is a little less powerful than a steamdeck which can barely handle full PC VRChat in desktop mode.
Don’t get me wrong, day one purchase for me too.
ok so do you want me to get the steam frame or not
I just want you to understand what it can and can’t do, if you buy it expecting to get a full pcvr experience out of it without streaming from a PC then you are going to be disappointed.
Are you sure? It’s 3 times more powerful than the quest 3, and the quest 3 can do some cool stuff
The Valve reps said in some interview that the cannot even promise HL Alyx running natively on the Frame and that’s their homegrown flagship VR title. You’d think Valve would design hardware tailored to do that.
ok so by your bloody metric, i just wasted a christmas (parents didn’t get my anything so that i could get a bigger present next year on my birthday) so i can get a glorified vr version of a PlayStation portal. is this correct?
by your bloody metric
It’s not my metric, I merely repeated what I remembered from one of the interviews and my astonishment from hearing what I heard.
If you “wasted christmas”, that’s your metric, not mine.
well thanks i guess
Same. Just sold my Index in anticipation
Not picking it up myself, but definitely hope that you enjoy it.
NGL, the whole FEX-compatibility thing that’ll let you also play non-VR games on it with a normal controller is kind of neat, though I have no idea of how it will perform vs Steam Deck / Steam Machine / other starter PC.
If I were in a situation where I didn’t have normal displays everywhere, I’d consider it as a traditional AR solution.
cant waittttt
I am also hyped for the Frame. I’ve got an Index that’s a few years old now. I’m a little sad my FBT won’t natively run, but I’m sure something will come up; not too worried.
I’ve never had a VR headset, and this is the first one I am considering as it feels like we are finally out of “First Gen” VR and we have moved into the product space of VR that is not clunky and burdonsome.
With that said - convince me to get one.
I have a killer PC for playing at my desk, and a Steamdeck for playing on my couch. What will I actually gain? I don’t really have the space in my apartment for things that require moving around, and I don’t really care for VRchat type social experiences. Is there anything about the platform that I will actually use, or will it become an expensive dust collector hanging on the side of my desk? I have a hard time coming up with something that will actually add value. The only thing I really want to play is Half Life Alyx because I love the series and it’s the only thing I haven’t played.
if you dont get one i will come for you in your sleep
Depends on your interests. There is definitely more limited game selections. But there are quite a few good ones. I’ve been playing valve Index for a few years now.
I thoroughly enjoy it.
Uh…what was that about a snuggle session? LOL.
Also, people kick out others for being on Quest? Why not just launch VR Chat via SteamLink to your Quest? You can launch all SteamVR games via SteamLink to the Quest headset. I have a Quest 2 and use it for pretty much only streaming from my PC over WiFi from my Linux PC.
“Why not just launch VR Chat via SteamLink to your Quest?”
oh if it where only that simple my sweet summer child :(. my laptop cant… run anything lol
Well the Steam Frame is mostly going to be a streaming headset from a gaming PC with the possibility of running things local, so you’re going to need a gaming PC to run things like HL: Alyx.
they advertise the fact that it can run half life alyx natively tho
plus i dont have a job so theres no way i wanna upgrade my laptop i got in covid
they advertise the fact that it can run half life alyx natively tho
Where? I watched an interview where the guys only said that they hope to make it happen and it would stream off a PC otherwise and that they were looking into a Aperture Desk Job sized game.
