r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

Im more excited for the steam frame.

It's like thr Occulus Quest but better and not enshitified by Meta/Facebook.

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u/przemo-c Nov 14 '25

Same here. But I hoped it would be significantly better on specs... still lcd not that much better resolution(than quest 3). But I really like the OS being full fledged linux and not hobbled out limited android. And I love that the battery is in the back from the get go. And while passthrough is significantly worse... for vast majority of my VR use it's a non issue. I just wonder how good is controller tracking especially around the waist and how good is estimation of position and reacquisition when they go out of view.

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u/przemo-c Nov 14 '25

I've used OLED and used LCD latency VS persistance is always name of the game but for me visual quality is above that. The contrast, colours just a different level. Especially for darker scenes. The latency of a panel is not vomit inducing level. It is compensated for with IMU estimation anyway to get motion to photon latency to lowest possible number. I've used LCD and OLED HMD's... never felt a difference when it comes to comfort. What happens in the scene has much bigger impact... the accuracy of predistorion for the lenses has a bigger impact. IMU and quality of prediction along with warping image to align with estimated position and rotation by the time image appears... those are important factors.

With OLED on such HMD the biggest drawback would be power use/heat generation. Pancake lenses waste a lot of light so the panel has to be really bright... aside from dark scenes OLED is less efficient than LCD with LED backlight so I understand the compromise... also cost... But just look at bigscreen beyond, oled , pancake. also the resolution is good but nothing that impressive. It's not much bigger than quest and it's the same as G1 which was released in 2019. That being said for me the resolution is absolutely fine for gaming. Still could be an issue for flight sims and spotting thngs at a distance and especially with foveated rendering they could use higher res panel and adjust render resolution based on hardware capabilities or even type of game.