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Steam Hardware

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Frame I'm interested in. Controller I'm going to buy 100%

Controller is going to be a buy from most of us on here I bet.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I have an Oculus CV1 that I have no idea how to use without Windows. So I'm definitely interested in the frame as well. However I suspect it's going to be fairly expensive.

My Valve controller still works fine, although the new one would certainly be a nice upgrade (I don't use controllers much).

[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I want them all, but I don’t know which order to get them in. I have a PS5+VR2, a Quest 3, and a Steam Deck, so I’m thinking Steam Machine first, since it has a controller, I can stop buying newer games from PlayStation, and I might be able to use my PSVR2 with a PC adapter. Then get a Frame later on after we get an idea of how “spatial computing” develops on Linux, and maybe a pass-through getup becomes available for it.

But holy hell would I be happy to rid myself of Meta as soon as humanly possible.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Steam Machine... Eh.

I have a gaming laptop a few years old that I installed Bazzite on and hooked into my TV. It works as my living room gaming PC already and feels like a Steam Machine already :)

Wakes up from my Xbox controller, sleeps and resumes games perfectly, etc.

[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 5 points 2 days ago

I do not have a gaming laptop though, and if Steam Deck has taught me anything, it’s that a Machine from Steam will have unnaturally long relevance and pretty cool support from Linux enthusiasts.