> Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer?
I'm so happy to read this
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#622Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow this looks great. Foveated streaming, great resolution, wireless, 144hz, looks much more comfortable... As much as I want this, I feel like it'll end up being a really cool thing that just sits on the shelf. Edit: foveated streaming , not rendering
It looks good until I reached one bit: > Passthrough - Monochrome passthrough via outward facing cameras This is an outright bone-headed move that I can't believe Valve is making. Only having monochrome cameras means augmented reality is basically a non-starter. AR has a lot of potential. I literally bought a Meta Quest 3 just for PianoVision [0] when I already had a Valve Index. I would love to see some sort of AR-b…
Sad fact is that nobody outside tiny niche-cases in engineering really gives a shit about XR. The current round of meta-branded glasses don't have features worth the price.
When it's light & small enough to be a pair of glasses and more than just the expensive but limited gimmick that the form is currently, then it'll be world-changing. It's close, but it's not there yet.
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#623"Yes, Steam Machine is optimized for gaming, but it's still your PC. Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer?"
It might be PR speak ... but for me it is working.
you can already do whatever you want to the steam deck. it's just linux with a readonly base that gets atomically updated. but you can rip it out and do whatever. it's your hardware.
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#624Steam is starting to become the 'Apple Computer Inc.' everyone wants.
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#625Pretty much the only reason I boot to Windows anymore is to play games with my kids and family. The direction of this thing is dangerously close to being all I'd care about from a desktop computer. If Valve pivoted into making a well-supported laptop with good hardware that ran Linux and played games...
I recently got a tiny and mighty GPD win mini. I booted windows once to shrink the data partition and installed Bazzite Linux. Painless install, never even considered booting in win again, and so far all games I tried worked flawlessly. I know there are issues with anti-cheat, but I usually don't even like those games..
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#626They're gonna sell millions
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#627After years of Cloud gaming with GeForce Now, this might just be what I‘ve been waiting for!
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#628> Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer? I'm so happy to read this
That stood out to me too but my reaction was “whatever, just another promise that won’t age well”.
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#629> Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer? I'm so happy to read this
That stood out to me too but my reaction was “whatever, just another promise that won’t age well”.
This holds true for the Steam Deck, so I can't imagine why they would promise it and not follow through.
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#630Very weird USB-C port placement choices... - 2 USB3-A on the front - 2 USB2-A on the back - 1 USB-C on the back If you want to plug an external USB hard drive or SSD at full speed, you'll need to plug it at the front? Or use up the only USB-C port... I suspect most joysticks sold today come with a USB-C to USB-C cable, so if you want to charge your controller you either need to plug on the back, use an adapter, or ge…
Real question, what would >1 gigabit Ethernet or Thunderbolt do for you in a low/mid-range gaming PC?
With thunderbolt you could connect an egpu. This machine won't age terribly well with it's limited GPU capabilities.