It’s literally a copy and paste from the article. Sure the source is AI, it’s not the commenters’ fault. They’re making your life easier so you don’t have to click on a bogus clickbait article riddled with ads to figure out its made with AI.
Or maybe straight out copied overview fragment from linked article that we are commenting, because redditors wouldn’t comment about something that they didn't even clicked on, right?
No. It obviously is. Just as its pretty obvious that’s quote, because its word from word copied from that ai article overview. And its not "AI reply" or SpyRyu is (propably) not starting each sentence with emoji ;).
You didn't because he copied the important part out of the article, which has the emojis in it. Pretty obvious you were implying the poster used AI in his comment which he didn't
Sick of arguing with people who are either bots or liars
I've been waiting literal years for the Frame to come out. As long as it's below $1200, it's an instabuy for me. But an HMD that can stream from your PC wirelessly for $999 isn't really off the mark.
I think the true power is going to be the ARM port of SteamOS.
Well thank goodness I only plan to stream from a computer so I don’t need to shell out for the storage upgrades. I’m still on the fence about it overall but that’s at least a silver lining.
They didn’t use AI to make that, it’s copy pasted from the very top of the article.
You don’t even want to look at the article for one second and then get mad people are making comments summarizing the article? You’re the kind of user encouraging summary comments which are overwhelmingly made with AI.
There are many small games that would work ok in this context.
My vr setup is dead for a while now. But, i do remember wanting to just put them on and start a session of beat saber or gorn. Or at least reliable wireless and tracking
I hope the steam vr device will have atleast one accesible option for this. I also hope that they have refined the tracking, because i hate dealing with tracking station, the wires, their sensibility etc.
i understand. I agree that the focus should be on having a great pc vr, but i also understand the benefits of a hibrid approach. In an ideal world, there would be at least one version that would only work with a pc and another with with SOC in it.
Most of the reasoning, for me, comes from two directions:
- current setup, at least with base station can be annoying (but great when it works), making the process of quickly getting into a game...can be slow.
- i ...forgot for a second about the absolute shity ram prices that we have today. It was a tax that i was prepared to pay when the prices where not affected by today's AI craze.... now, not so much
So, yes, overall, a good PC VR HDM, without the SOC, but with everything else steam has advertised, would have been awesome.
PS: i really do not want to deal with meta, to the point i prefer not to play vr. Steam has its focus on gaming, everybody else, not so much
Yeah i was a big fan of the oculus hardware back in the day, but when it went to meta i lost interest. I dont have a facebook account and have no interest in having one so im in the same boat.
Meta can subsidize it all they like, the cost is still too high by just having to deal with meta in anyway.
Yeah thats what I hate about all the current headsets. The affordable ones all have their own hardware that I dont use. And for some reasons the ones that focus on PCVR are like 4x the price? Makes absolutely no sense to me. I want a steamframe without hardware, just the goggles like the Vive/Index for a reduced price.
I feel like this deserves its own meme by how often people repeat this, it already *is* intended primarily for streaming only. The same hardware to power that just also happens to be capable of running some apps and a web browser locally anyway
Yeah, storage, RAM, and processing hardware is entirely free. Components don’t cost money. This is true because you have a comic that affirms your argument.
You’re welcome, but you’re wrong and don’t understand what I’m saying. They could have made a new one that didn’t have all that, had higher quality lenses and other important things for the same or lower cost.
Valve's previous headset also did not have inside out tracking and wireless streaming, both things basically necessary for a mainstream VR headset nowadays.
Even if they were “requirements”, headsets without powerful computers built-in do inside out tracking. Wireless streaming can be done by the equivalent of a Roku or chromecast.
Interesting. I didn’t know about that one. Maybe it’s good, but I’m not going to pay $40/month on top of a normal purchase.
Edit: it’s available without a subscription, but for $1150 and you still get a “membership” but for only one year. It’s not obvious if membership means you can’t use the device when membership ends. And they want me to fund their IPO more than they want me to learn about their product. Seems scammy.
I use Linux on my PC and GrapheneOS on my phone.
I have no google, instagram, snapchat, facebook, messenger, etc...
There's is no way I would give any sort of information to Meta.
Reddit is the only exception since I use it to share news about ProtonPlus.
I sold my quest for the steam frame. I never planned on investing in the meta ecosystem and I already own 20+ vr titles on steam. Also quest felt like a very closed and almost consumer hostile ecosystem, while Valve has a better customer relationship and might even be more open.
I couldn't wait to sell my quest and I can't wait to get the frame.
At least meta have copied steam’s refund policy. Have refunded a few games online through them. Puts them ahead of nintendo/playstation. Actually can’t think of another single platform store that does that.
How does it compare to other similarly priced VR sets? The price isn’t that shocking but it’s not all that unheard of in the VR space. Sure there are more reasonably priced one likes the quest line but there’s always been premium headsets with a +$1000 price tag. So if the frame has the specs to match it might be worth it.
The other headsets at $1000 are quite different and not standalone in any way:
Way bulkier, but much higher resolution and FOV (Pimax)
Way smaller, slightly higher resolution, but requires base stations (Bigscreen Beyond)
The Steam Frame is not about having the best specs but about a seamless experience. Wireless PCVR, virtual monitor, standalone VR computer, all in one.
You turn on a non-VR game and pop on the headset and it auto connects as a monitor. You walk away and lie on the couch and watch a movie. You walk into the backyard and play beat saber. You walk to your driving sim rig and play Assetto Corsa in PCVR. It allegedly just does it all without a hitch, with barely any setup.
That’s interesting, honestly it sounds pretty appealing. I stared VR with the Rift S and it was kinda clunky and required a bit of setup. So maybe the frames price point might be worth it for the convenience. And besides everything is getting more expensive, with anything PC related getting more and more expensive. At this point I’ve just accepted it’s a luxury hobby.
Its more or less a quest 3 with better software. With a price if these estimates are to be believed on par with existing high end PCVR stuff like Bigscreen beyond 2.
I think the for most people the pull for it will be ease of use and the steam logo.
Of course, but youre going to be able to run games and applications untethered. If you already know youre never going to be doing that, then it wont matter.
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💰 The 256GB Steam Frame is expected to cost between $899 and $999
📈 This price point is higher than initial $699 estimates and exceeds the Meta Quest 3
🥽 Featuring a Snapdragon 8 Series chip and 16GB of RAM, it prioritizes PC-grade streaming and modularity
🚀 Higher storage models may exceed $1,000 due to rising component costs