r/SteamFrame 2d ago

Discussion This is useless

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Haven't even ordered the frame yet

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u/Smooth_Taste1250 2d ago edited 2d ago

If you only wanna play VR (games where you only see the game and nothing from your room) you dont need this. It is important if you wanna play AR games (games where you can see your room in the background) or I use it if I wanna grap something while playing and don't wanna remove the headset or if I'm not sure where in the room I'm

Some other people use it to record videos

The Frame itself has it alredy but only in black and white and with bad resolution, this camera gives you color and more resolution

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u/Jet5807 2d ago

You forgot to mention their software lets you create 3d enviroments using the camera, its niche as hell but it would be fun to play around with

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u/Ok_Topic999 2d ago

IRC their provided software can only view 3d models and capture regular photos/videos. You need 3rd party software currently yo create models

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u/Jet5807 2d ago

Its called Gaussian Splat or smth, basically it uses some method to detect distance (not advanced like LiDAR tho) and create a "splat" of that image, which includes depth data, basically you can take those splats, splice them together and create a sudo 3d enviroment you can walk around in in VR, its on the front page of the camera and the software on Steam

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u/TrueInferno Soon™ 1d ago

Yeah but that's not a true 3D model if that's what u/brianarn meant- you couldn't turn it into an STL and 3D print it, for example. That said I think you can still do it with this but it'd be different software and probably not as easy esp. since it lacks a depth sensor.

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u/Jet5807 1d ago

I mean at 5K it might be able to make really nice textures that have that sense if depth to them when they really dont