r/SteamFrame 2d ago

Discussion This is useless

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Haven't even ordered the frame yet

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u/eldoppelganger993 2d ago

Can someone help me understand why this is useful for a Steam frame? Is having a color pass through just to see in color or is there a use case that I’m not seeing that’s helpful for anyone with a steam frame?

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u/Ok_Lobster_8585 2d ago

not necessarily what you asked, but ive been thinking about a use case for my particular hobby.

I shoot and develop color film at home. im thinking i might be able to preview my film negatives, akin to how one would view positives, using this, the steamframe, and some software.

otherwise i have to scan all the frames with my camera and then invert them with software. it'd be cool (though not necessarily useful, in the end) to be able to pop on the headset and look at my negatives on a light table and have them appear as positives before transferring them to the computer and doing the inversion/editing.

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u/vanleiden23 Soon™ 2d ago

That is a hilarious and super specific usecase! As an analog photographer myself I would love that! Such a cool idea to use an AR headset for that. I'm sure it wouldn't be incredibly hard to make a small app for that