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Steam Frame (VR with Linux) (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I don’t have or want a PC, but I’m willing to buy a Steam Deck if necessary. That’s why this is very interesting.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    Steam deck is not powerful enough to run vr games at playable fps, I got like 20 fps in vrchat on steam deck in vr

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    VRChat is the worst example you could possibly provide for performance metrics in VR. Even people with PCs that cost $10,000 don't get 90fps in a busy room. The entire game is unoptimized user generated content...

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's a very strange opinion to read on programming.dev's Linux Lemmy community

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Long story short. I’ve worked in IT since 1998, my first computer was a PC-XT, and before that I had a thing that only Brazil had (HotBit from Sharp). I had to achieve an equilibrium between work and home. So, now I work on a MacBook Pro and I ssh to the servers I need (I’m a - mostly - Oracle DBA). At home I have an XBox Series X to play games.

    I don’t want a PC. I want things simple. I’ll probably buy the SteamDeck (or the GabeCube) and this VR.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    What is a PC for you, though? Steam Frame is a full on computer running Linux, as well as Steam Deck. Nothing prevents you from running basically anything on them. But the same could be said about your MacBook that you already own.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The MacBook is not “mine”, exactly, it’s from my boss. What I’m saying is that I don’t want to go through the hassle of assembling and maintaining a PC. That’s why I bought the XBox (and because of Halo, that’s why I didn’t buy the PS).

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    So, you just want a prebuild? Just as with consoles, you still need to do maintenance. Yes, you can neglect it for a couple of years, but then you start noticing that your thermal interface is not as good anymore or that your heat exchangers are now more dust than metal. And I find full-sized computers easier to maintain, as they are so easy to disassemble, contrary to consoles.

    Also, if you want VR and have the money for it, it's probably a good idea to buy a beefier machine. VR is a bit hungry for system resources (depending on the title, of course), standalone headsets don't provide nearly as good of an experiece as a proper PCVR.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I see, by PC you mean you don't want a traditional 'tower' PC, which is perfectly reasonable. I personally consider anything within the umbrella of "PC gaming" to be a PC, including laptops (even Macbooks).

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