u/chronicledmonocle

There are SteamOS builds for several arm64-based handhelds already and they can play many x86-64 games through FEX. Look at Armada OS, which is basically Bazzite for arm64.

Half Life: Alyx, Beat Saber, Superhot, Budget Cuts, Space Pirate Trainer, Waltz of the Wizard etc. are all great VR games. If you like horror games, the FNAF series, The Forest, etc. also has some great VR games.

There are other tangentially fun things to do with VR, too. I watch movies in BigScreen with friends and family sitting on a virtual couch together. VRChat is fun to just meet and chat with people. This headset also plays 2D games, which I'm intrigued by, both on headset and streaming. I can stream Steam games on my Quest headset, too, but it's lower resolution on the Quest 2.

Steam Frame community is already posting soon(tm) everywhere. Lol.

I like it. Very soothing and the animation is a fun play on virtual reality.

I wouldn't say they're spreading misinformation. The article they linked DOES try to make the claim that Valve said they were selling it at a loss. However, they provided little evidence to back it up.

Nothing in Gaben's quotes says loss. The author is making assumptions based on the "aggressive" and "painful" comments.

They also outright said the Steam Machine isn't sold at a loss.

Where are you reading that?

Valve has said multiple times they don't sell their hardware at a loss. Razor thin margins, but not a loss.

Ah so they still haven't fixed the issue where it reverts from XInput mode every time. Glad at least it works now, though.

Gyro doesn't work on Linux for that controller unless you're using Bluetooth. You need the proprietary software.

I mean.... The original LCD model released half a decade ago. The OLED was after, but barely provided any improvement beyond the screen.

Also no gyro controls, back buttons...... Several other things you miss out on

Good point. Is the gyro working on Linux? Last I heard it didn't work with the 2.4ghz dongle and only with Bluetooth.

If you don't care about the back buttons, the Ultimate 2C is $29 and has Hall Effect joysticks.

This is common on Linux even with scroll wheels and trackpads. "Natural" or "Inverted" scrolling is weirdly the default on KDE, GNOME, etc. I turn that shit off.

I think of it as you're "dragging" the page in the direction you're scrolling as if you were putting your finger on it and moving it that way. I don't like the inversion of that.

Yeah it's getting ridiculous.

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.

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.


Year of the Linux desktop!