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Conclusion below, but full read is highly recommended:

#The Frame

The Steam Frame is not for everyone; I’d argue VR isn’t generally. But despite taking far longer than it should have to materialize and costing more than I’d like, the Steam Frame is one of the most exciting pieces of hardware I’ve seen in the space in years, one that gave me that same feeling of optimism that the Index did so years ago. The Frame builds on the work done by its competitors in the years since the Index and solves so many friction points I’d had to actually engaging with VR as a medium at all. It is a device that is doing massive amounts of hard work to unify several different use cases into a single open platform, and, despite its individual parts being less novel, that unity is game changing. It is hardware whose importance may ultimately eclipse its remit, one with potentially massive consequences for PC gaming, but on its own terms it hits the sweet spot that I've yearned for so much from a successor. I only pray we do not have to wait another seven years for more.

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I loved my Lenovo Explorer WMR headset. When everyone else struggled to get much beyond 1080, this was 2880x1440 in 90hz. It also had the dots for tracking on the controllers, with 2 cameras mounted so you didn't need room sensors. Beyond its time.

My 2x GTX670 SC 4GB in SLI ate every VR experience I threw a it!! I miss Pavlov VR, Assetto Corsa 2, and the freebie Steam game with mini stick figure people where you're an archer shooting other stick people protecting your castle!! 🥹

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

In case you still have it laying around, a former Microsoft engineer released a free driver to Steam that makes these usable again, despite Windows having dropped support. It'll get installed automatically the moment you connect it to your computer.

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Can you tell me more, is this just for the Lenovo explorer, or other wmr headsets?

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

All of them. Here's the driver:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3824490/Oasis_Driver_for_Windows_Mixed_Reality/

Really the only downside is that Intel GPUs don't work. I modified the driver of my laptop's underpowered iGPU back in the day to get my Lenovo Explorer to work on it (just barely).

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

I do have it, it's boxed up. Thanks!!

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 11 hours ago

Happy to help!

[–] its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 3 points 12 hours ago

Hell yes! Nice to see a happy internet moment in the wild. Hope it works for you and game on friend.