• @n3m37h
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    423 days ago

    So they want to be the Microcrap of the VR world?

    Nah I’m good, let me know when we get a Linux of the VR world

    • @FellowEnt
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      423 days ago

      Steam VR not good enough for ya?

      • @n3m37h
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        223 days ago

        Its probably great but when you need to set up a specific room, it makes it inaccessible for most people

        • @[email protected]
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          218 days ago

          ??? You don’t need a specific room. Quest doesn’t need any beacons or wires.

          I don’t like Facebook, never had a Facebook account and refused to buy their VR until they removed the Facebook account requirement 2 years ago.

          But the hardware is excellent for the price. Facebook is selling the hardware at a loss and making it up in software sales. So you are hurting Facebook by buying their hardware and using it with Steam.

          • @n3m37h
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            118 days ago

            Sorry, was referring to Valve Index. Did not realize you can use SteamVR on on the Quest

    • @[email protected]
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      223 days ago

      That would be Valve‘s Deckard, I suppose. Would be nice if that would materialize at some point soon.

      But even a „windows equivalent“ HorizonOS would be an improvement in the standalone headset space if that meant I could choose between HMD vendors and carry over all my software.

    • ඞmir
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      223 days ago

      Meta Horizon OS is running on Linux under the hood lol

      • @n3m37h
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        123 days ago

        That is not what I was referring to. Meta loves to invade our privacy like Microcrap

        Sadly SteamVR needs a large open space to work effectively which makes it inaccessible to the vast majority.

        • @[email protected]
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          118 days ago

          SteamVR is a software store. It has nothing to do with whether the hardware needs beacons in the room or wires.

          You can play SteamVR racing sims at your desk. If it’s a standing game, you push a button and then draw virtual borders on the floor wherever you are to define the play space.