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New VR gear to compete with Meta's bullshit Quest line. Has the added bonus of being developed with Linux in mind, so even if Valve enshittifies, I could install whatever OS I wanted on the Frame and it's still mine.
So what’s the difference between this and the Index? Is the Frame its own independent unit? Does it require the lighthouses to orient itself?
It's its own unit! From Valve's own website:
It's got its own CPU, GPU, and RAM, and has SteamOS preinstalled (just like the Deck or upcoming Machine) that you can play standalone games on, but also stream from a PC for even beefier games.
Nice. I never looked into it cause I just figured it was Index 2
There's some pretty interesting tech and development behind it, too. Like the Proton-like translation layer which will allow x86-native games to be played on ARM (I think this is an accurate, if reductive, description of Valve's FEX). It's just a cool piece of hardware, sorry if I seem too excited 😅