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Steam Frame

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flegg

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No discussion about this yet?? Coming out soon!
Could be Quest killer? Basically looks like a Quest but with Steam access and better streaming. Sounds like gg to me? I'll be buying one ASAP.
 
flegg said:
No discussion about this yet?? Coming out soon!
Could be Quest killer? Basically looks like a Quest but with Steam access and better streaming. Sounds like gg to me? I'll be buying one ASAP.
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It's not really a Quest killer, it's aimed at a completely different market and will be a much higher price.

The Quest headsets are primarily standalone headsets that can connect to a PC. they are aimed at those people without a PC and more for the mainstream end of the VR market.

The Steam Frame is a PCVR headset with standalone capabilities. It's aimed at the VR enthusiast who already has a PC and a Steam account.

Will you be getting one no matter the price?
 
flegg said:
No discussion about this yet?? Coming out soon!
Could be Quest killer? Basically looks like a Quest but with Steam access and better streaming. Sounds like gg to me? I'll be buying one ASAP.
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Same. I've not been sold on VR after having, and eventually selling, many headsets over the years, and technically this one looks to be the easiest from a convenience standpoint to use with PC, without the quest 3 jank, and acceptable enough visuals. I outright refuse to give up a DP or deal with swapping DP just for VR(still no killer apps/games), so this one intrigues me.
 
4saken said:
Same. I've not been sold on VR after having, and eventually selling, many headsets over the years, and technically this one looks to be the easiest from a convenience standpoint to use with PC, without the quest 3 jank, and acceptable enough visuals. I outright refuse to give up a DP or deal with swapping DP just for VR(still no killer apps/games), so this one intrigues me.
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The Steam Frame has no Display port. It's wireless only and roughly the same resolution as the Quest 3. Actually first impressions at the press release were talking about visual SDE. It will have pancake lenses, so that's a plus, but if you have any decent PCVR headset already, the Steam Frame will probably be a step back in both resolution and picture quality. To put it another way, some people prefer the Quest Pro and the PSVR 2 over the higher resolution of the Quest 3 for PCVR because of the OLED/MiniLED screens. If you outright refuse to give up DP and prefer the deeper blacks of OLED screens, then the Steam Frame is a non runner for you. And if it's priced at $1000 or more, then surely you would be better off saving a bit more and getting the BSB 2.0 or the Pimax Dream Air.
 
I really wish they would have used OLED displays, But I'll be buying one anyway. Cordless game play and some stand alone use hopefully make up for it.
 
Accursed said:
I really wish they would have used OLED displays, But I'll be buying one anyway. Cordless game play and some stand alone use hopefully make up for it.
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Full on wireless is an actual game changer for VR. OLED is just nice.

I hope they come out with an OLED model later though. Maybe they will a year or two later like what they did with Steam Deck OLED.

The main problem right now is OLEDs aren't bright enough to make sacrifices like higher persistence or an extremely dim overall screen. But the tech keeps improving, samsung just showed a micro oled prototype that does 40k nits. That's almost 10X brighter than what is the app vision pro.
 
reaper12 said:
The Steam Frame has no Display port. It's wireless only and roughly the same resolution as the Quest 3. Actually first impressions at the press release were talking about visual SDE. It will have pancake lenses, so that's a plus, but if you have any decent PCVR headset already, the Steam Frame will probably be a step back in both resolution and picture quality. To put it another way, some people prefer the Quest Pro and the PSVR 2 over the higher resolution of the Quest 3 for PCVR because of the OLED/MiniLED screens. If you outright refuse to give up DP and prefer the deeper blacks of OLED screens, then the Steam Frame is a non runner for you. And if it's priced at $1000 or more, then surely you would be better off saving a bit more and getting the BSB 2.0 or the Pimax Dream Air.
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Correct...i use all of my DP ports on my GPU, specifically why I want wireless VR....so guess misunderstanding there? Also stated it wouldnt be up to par, but for PC and wireless, it checks the boxes i care about. $$ figure, we will just have to see. I'm not in a must have mind-set, but unless it is just unreasonable, I will likely pick one up.
 
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