Valve today finally announced the price of their new VR kit the Steam Frame with SteamOS Linux, and it's actually not as bad as I expected.
  • Steam Frame 256GB: 1,059 USD / 1,529 CAD / 1,049 EUR / 889 GBP / 1,609 AUD / 4,539 PLN
  • Steam Frame 1TB: 1,299 USD / 1,859 CAD / 1,279 EUR / 1,089 GBP / 1,969 AUD / 5,549 PLN
  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    Thin client vs full computer.
    Essentially it ahould have been an extreme edition chromecast that can decode the 6ghz datastream. Nothing more.
    But it can boot and run cyberpunk (in shit quality but whatever). That was not neccessary.

    • Natanael@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      20 hours ago

      The capacity is like half the Steam Deck, which is years old. It’s an older mobile chip. All the magic comes from foveated rendering.

      They could’ve saved maybe a hundred dollars from a cheaper chip, a little more with less storage and RAM. Then it wouldn’t be able to compete with the Meta Quest while being more expensive still. It would just have had slightly better tracking and controllers.