https://gofile.io/d/AihAcflX — Mirror of the video, which has since been made private.
12:50 - “This is important to point out right now. Steam Machine streaming, not supported yet. They are working on that, but for now you’re going to be using a Windows PC.”
Disappointing
$60 for the ergonomic kit, which is a couple of pieces of fabric, is rough. Doesn’t bode well for the price of the HMD.
I suspect Linux/Machine streaming will be there at launch and might be a reason they’ve been so late with the launch. We’ve seen quite a few Linux fixes in recent SteamVR releases.
They might sell it near cost, since the only practical way to use it is through Steam. I understand why they didn’t do that with the Steam Machine, because that’s very easy to use without Steam.
Zero chance.
I mean, near cost still wouldn’t be a good price, but there’s not a lot of advantage to sell it at a high price for them. Much less reason for anyone to buy into their VR ecosystem rather than Meta’s.
Your lips to Gabe’s billionaire ears.
The only practical way right now is through steam. Open source community will change that in a hurry
They did with the Steam Deck too. I don’t think Valve is worried about super-technical people. It’s if it’s easy enough for the everyday user to use it without Steam. The Machine is super easy to use without Steam, and it’s useful as a computer. A cluster of Frames wouldn’t be very useful.
At least that’s my take on it.
Reasonable yea
I’d hope so. Excluding Steam Machine from streaming would be a hilariously bad look.