u/IamSparticles

Which makes sense, but the sort of games I play in VR are not going to be supported on local play. I play a lot of flight/space/driving sims with additional controllers light flight sticks, yokes, and steering wheels.

Are you old enough to remember the retail shortages of gaming consoles when they released in the 90s? People were scalping them out of car trunks back then.

Why are you asking if your response to every example use case is "that's just a novelty"? All games are novelties in one sense or another. What are you looking for?

Information seems to be mixed, but it's looking like it at least works in some cases:

https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality_linux/comments/1welkhs/steam_frame_confirmed_by_linustechtips_to_not/

I think what's in question is whether the wifi dongle is widely supported. It might require some manual configuration at first.

A couple months ago, when I posted news about the FCC approval, people were whining that it was going to start at $2K. They didn't quite hit their initial target of "less than the Index" but I still call this a win.

I use VR primarily for seated simulation games. Flight sims, racing, space... VR brings a whole new level of immersion and situational awareness that makes these sort of sims better, and makes me better at playing them.

My intended use case is 100% streaming from my PC so the fixed/low storage doesn't even bother me.

I see. So you've preemptively decided it's *going to be* a mess.

A mess in what way?

I installed Cachy OS on my personal machine in February and haven't looked back. I only booted into Windows once about a week after I made the switch, and that was just to get some passwords from my password manager. There are a few games I can't play anymore, but I haven't missed them. One of these days I'm going to back up any important files and wipe the Windows drive completely.

With a Facebook account tied to a throw-away email. I don't use any of the apps other than Steam Link and Virtual Desktop (the only app I have ever purchased through the quest store). I actually found ways to delete/disable a lot of the apps that send back telemetry/user data. I would still prefer a non-meta headset, but they aren't getting much, if anything, out of me as a user.

I bought one used, so technically I didn't give them any money ;)

I mean, you can do that now with a Quest 3, but I'm hoping the Frame will be a less fiddly experience, since that is the intended use case. Meta have gone out of their way to make PC gaming less friendly on their devices.

If you're using 6GHz for an entire building you'd have to use multiple access points that use a lower frequency backhaul (like most mesh routers). 6GHz has a very difficult time with walls. If you aren't in the same room with the access point the signal strength drops drastically.

There are different frequency ranges for wifi. Standard wifi uses 2.4GHz, which does a pretty good job going through walls and obstacles. For higher throughput applications, a lot of people choose to use 5GHz, but it tends to get blocked easier, and the signal can drop as a result. The Frame dongle uses a dedicated 6GHz connection to avoid interference from other wifi devices. The higher frequency range means it will be even more prone to blockage. But as long as you're in the same room with the PC, it should be okay. Maybe an extension cable is warranted to get a clearer signal, though.

Most VR headsets have enough room for you to wear glasses while using them, but it can be a little uncomfortable. There are also lots of options out there for corrective lenses that fit headsets. I like the ones from Reloptix. I'm pretty sure Valve said in the initial announcements that the Frame would have a system for corrective lenses, so there shouldn't be any need for special mods to make them fit.

Everything is Crab. A roguelite evolution game where the challenge is to out survive the other creatures. Don't let the cute graphics fool you. It's a lot of fun and the challenge ramps up quite a bit as you proceed through the difficulty levels.

For sure. I've tried to use various Linux distros as a daily driver several times in the past. But when it came to gaming, I would always run into hardware compatibility issues. Eventually, I would give up since gaming is my most frequent use for my desktop PC. But this time has been incredibly trouble-free. I think the only significant issue I've run into is that I had to manually build the xone driver to get my wireless xbox controller dongle to work.

Oh, that's cool! I just switched from Windows to CachyOS a few weeks ago. It started out as an experiment to see how usable it would be, since I've always run into issues with nvidia drivers in the past. I kept Windows as a boot option, but I literally haven't booted it in 3 weeks now. Everything just works, and works really well!