According to recent import records, Valve seems to be gearing up for the imminent launch of Steam Frame. As spotted by XR analyst Brad Lynch, Valve has imported a large number “virtual reality devices” to its US-based warehouses, which can be none other than its long-awaited Steam Frame standalone VR headset. As per the public […]
  • krypto@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1 hour

    I just want this to push devs to crack the meta headsets wide open. Unlock the bootloader, let me flash SteamOS. I don’t want new hardware but I do want to be free of meta and the quest is the only thing keeping me there, even if it’s with a throw away account.

  • ChristerMLB@piefed.socialEnglish
    1 hour

    I so hope this will be available in Europe outside the EU

    I don’t expect it, though :L

  • volore@scribe.disroot.org
    5 hours

    this, this right here is the thing I’ve been dying for, I could give two shits about the gabecube but please god do not let them fuck this up/let this not be exorbitantly expensive. It’s a reasonably powerful linux machine I can strap to my face with cameras and an expansion port on it, I can think of many cool things I’d like to do with that, and many more things more intelligent people than I are going to come up with and make directions or kits for.

    • Asafum@lemmy.world
      2 hours

      I’ve been waiting years to get a VR set… I’ll never touch meta anything and I’ve been waiting for valve to release an update to the index… Finally they do and we have this fucking ai driven ram crisis to contend with… I just hope they don’t sell out instantly

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        4 hours

        With a snapdragon 8, and 16 gigs of ram it won’t be cheap. That’s for sure.

        But the Snapdragon is only a Gen 3. It shouldn’t cost more than a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra which comes with a Elite Gen 5 CPU but it probably will. The Steam Deck price hike is outrageous for 4 years old hardware.

        • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4 hours

          The CPU being a few years old will definitely help. But Valve has nowhere near the economies of scale that Samsung does. And 16 gigs of ram in this economy? Valve has said that they don’t intend to take a loss on their hardware.

          Plus I remember seeing some articles like this where even Samsung was worried about not being able to make money off their phones.

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
      4 hours

      This is also what I was waiting for but it’s going to be just below 1000$ I think.

      • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
        2 hours

        Their “priced below the Valve Index” comment had me ready for a $900 to $1,000 price initially, but after the Steam Deck price hikes, I’m worried it will be $1,200 or more. I’m really excited for it, but I will have to draw the line somewhere, price wise.

  • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
    4 hours

    I was about to say I don’t need this, I’ve already got the Index, but I just know they’re going to release another Half Life installation shortly afterwards that’ll be a slightly better experience on the Frame, in which case my fomo will likely pull the trigger for me.

    • ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world
      2 hours

      I already sold my index in anticipation of the frame. Removing the tether and being able to run games without a pc were all that it took to convince me.

      • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
        55 minutes

        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.