Steam Hardware
A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.
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Im really excited for the steam frame. Never had a vr headset personally but have tried it out a few times before with friends and the steam frame is the perfect mix between running linux, being from a company that i trust(more than others) and having the ability to obtain games.... lets say from "less trusted sources". But if some steam games run on it ill actually be buying some that tickle my fancy.
SteamVR/OpenXR has been a standard for a long time, so pretty much all headsets can work on the platform (and by extension, there are plenty of vr games that run both on Steam and off of steam using the standard, such as the Vivecraft Minecraft Java edition mod :D). As a happy Valve Index owner for several years I am definitely looking forward to upgrading to the Steam Frame and selling my old headset, although I'm not sure when that'll make sense for me personally (since the index still works and plays games well).
Oh yeah some recommendations for good VR games:
I just got into VR and I recently tried Ace Combat 7 in VR... Incredible experience once you have the right setup.
As for motion controlled VR games, I tried Asgard's Wrath and was pretty disappointed. Synth Riders is always a good time, and Kayak VR is gorgeous, but I'm struggling to find a game that has gameplay more compelling than "shoot here" and "swing your swords wildly."
Into the Radius and Half Life Alyx would be what you are looking for, along with games like Pavlov VR/Contractors (since you have human opponents).
Also, use PCVR. Avoid Meta's ecosystem (almost all of their games are shallow AF)
I am on PCVR, Asgard's Wrath just happens to be one of Meta's few PCVR games with depth. I just found it to be a slog.
I'm definitely going to play Alyx soon, but I'm too sucked into VR sim racing at the moment. Le Mans Ultimate and Dirt Rally 2.0 keep me on the edge of my seat at all times.
I was interested in Contractors and the CoD Zombies maps that people recreated in them, but I haven't gotten around to buying it yet.
Judging by the reviews Pavlov seem to have sorta died because of removed community mod support?
Pavlov is fine on PCVR, there are plenty of games, lots of community content, and everyone reading this should definitely come play with us right now, today, this weekend, come on down.
That's a shame. Pavlov is one of the few games that supports dynamic foveated rendering (DFR) on AMD graphics through Quad Views. I was hoping to test the performance gains after getting big uplifts from DFR in Kayak VR but I don't really want to buy an online-focused game that's falling off.
It's sorta dead - the TL;DR is that Sony cut a deal with the developer during the PSVR2 launch to create a crossplay port with the PC and PS5 players, and an unfortunate consequence of this was that mods had to abide by Sony's content policies, which nuked steam workshop support from orbit.
It's slowly been gaining more community content ever since (especially since the communities are split in terms of mod policies now and most PC servers are community hosted), but we haven't reached the former glory yet. The core gamemodes and fundamentals are as solid as ever though.
Contractors on the other hand, never had this situation happen, but it is crossplay with Meta Quest users (so graphics aren't the best and you have more squeakers).
I highly doubt it's going to be an upgrade to the Index, or at least I hope it isn't. That device is the ultimate premium gaming option, if you can afford it and have the space. I'm assuming this device is going to be targeting a more affordable price. The Index did well for the price, but it didn't sell crazy numbers because it was $1k on top of needing a $2-3k PC. If they actually want to finally push VR, it needs to be much cheaper.
Ah thanks. I also meant how its a good standalone console in my comment. I tried out beatsaber once for example and i liked it a lot(which is not surprising as i like rythm games) and an apk of that should run on the steam frame and if they release an arm version of it on steam thats even better. Alsl thx for the recommendations ill definitely try them out.
This has been a big reason that I like the Steam Deck that nobody talks about. Which is probably a good thing! It's also led me to get legit games on Steam I otherwise wouldn't have.
My CV1 died a few weeks ago. I fancy the Steam Frame, but I'll wait for release before deciding. I hate Meta, but do I hate them for several times the price of a Quest...