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Actually not terrible. Wow.
$1050 is not terrible for you? Ok...
Go look up the price of what the last ram kit, ssd, or SD card you bought costs right now, I guarantee you're going to be surprised. No one likes the price, but I was ready for it to be way worse.
That doesn't make this price not terrible. It just alligns with the terribleness we exepect nowadays.
It can do more than some $3500 headsets (run desktop class applications natively)
That's so extremely vague that I don't even know how to respond. What's desktop class for you? x86? What type of "apps" would you want to run on a vr headset?
Basically games that were only written to run on Windows. If someone likes the idea of playing, say, Ori and the Blind Forest, on a virtual movie theater screen, this is a way to do that, no porting from the original authors needed.
Afaik, the list of titles you can do that with is around 130. On top of that, the "great on frame" baseline is 30fps at 720p. If you also take into account the fact that the snapdragon 8 gen 3 is already 3 years old and how little the Steam Frame battery lasts, then the whole idea starts to sound a lot worse.
Is it cool you can do it? Sure. Would you actually want to do it and will you have a good time? Not sure, but doesn't sound like it.
your negativity wont stop us from running firefox and text editors on it. a wayland compositor placed in 3D space, anyone?
That's not a thing exclusive to the steam frame. But sure, have fun.
it still seems like a good experience for flights
Better bring a few battery packs. Battery on standalone lasts like 1.5hrs.
most commercial flights on 737s I've seen do have outlets at the seat
I think a lot of people were worried that it would be ~2k from the way they were talking.
So still terrible but slightly less so? Specially considering the accessories (except the charger) are required according to reviewers. So the "real" minimum price is like $1400. And on top of it all it has monochrome passthrough? I really don't see why people would buy this thing. I really wanted to get one but can't justify the price.
Why is everyone so concerned with passthrough these days? MR apps are the worst XR apps of them all
IYKYK...
All jokes aside, one reason is MR to watch a movie while being able to see outside. Another is when you kneed to step out of the room for just a moment or talk to someone that just came in or maybe even just grab the controllers while seeing what you're doing.
Do you really think cameras with color are that much of an ask in 2026 on a device that costs over $1k?
I just assumed they were more performant for their actual task of tracking. Everything else is secondary.
This is just an assumption, but, if true, give me the improved tracking over color passthrough any day.
Not that color passthrough wouldn't be nice. But I don't think it's a cost saving technique
They said they were going for a price under the Index 999€ price point.
Then the rampocalypse happened, and they said they weren't going to make it. I was expecting a 1200€ minimum.
So only being like 50€ over their target is not really bad.
Well, it is highly likely that at least some of the accessories were at one point just part of the base product. So I think they were off by quite a bit more than $50. Even so, being above an already pretty high target price IS bad imo.
So what was your, uh, upper limit on the budget there?
The accessories are only $50 total besides the charger. So no, the "real minimum price" isn't $1400. Quit fucking lying
Accessories kit - $60 Charger + cable - $30 Headstrap + headphones and battery - announced, no price yet. Please note that, for some reason, there is no 3.5mm jack. If you want to use an external battery and headphones, you'll have to buy some sort of splitter.
So yeah, far lower at $1149. It's still way too expensive.
Lastly, take a chill pill. Sounds like you need it.
The accessories kit is really the only "mandatory" thing on this list due to the hand straps for the controllers. The top strap for the headset seems to be personal taste with some people hating it and some people needing it.
Most people already have chargers and cables for this, even for 45W.
This has been a thing with smartphones and motherboards for years. This is too old to actually ve an argument anymore. If someone wants to use 3mm jack they most likely already have a splitter
That's not really even announced yet. It's an "fyi we're wanting to drop this in a few months" they told reviewers
Quite being pedantic just because you got called out for being wrong.
You need to use a double linebreak after a quote to separate your response btw.
Do you have any type of source for this? I know plenty of people that only have a 15/20w charger for their phone.
It's been a problem for years, yes. That doesn't make it less of a problem. Also, I've yet to see a single motherboard that doesn't have a 3.5mm jack. Lastly, why would you assume that they'd have a splitter? Now you're not only expected to have dongles but also splitters? For a device that costs over 1k? Honestly, you're playing yourself if you really think this isn't an issue.
That's irrelevant. If you want to use it standalone or for a long period of time, this "accessory" will be a requirement.
Having a different opinion is not something you can be right or wrong about. There's this wonderful thing called "points of view". You might want to look into it.
Here's (roughly) what you said: "Wah, Valve's scamming us! They're charging so much for acceasories that the minimum price is actually $1400!!!1!"
As you admitted (after I called you out), the $1400 claim is factually untrue. That is not a "difference of opinion"
It kinda depends on the price of the headstrap but yes, I made a mistake and admitted it. Is there something with that??1?
My point was something different and you missed it. You also made several false claims and 1 very dumb one but seem to be unable to admit it. But sure, by all means, use a lot of exclamation marks and feel as outraged as you want buddy.