I’m looking forward to the Frame. I have no interest in giving any money to Meta and Valve has been great with Linux support. I’ve seen people complain about the specs, but if it’s a reasonable price it looks pretty good to me!
I’m afraid of the price… this looks much more capable and powerful than the Index, which was quite expensive, I suspect it might end up in a similar price range, if not higher. But let’s hope.
Interestingly, it seems to be using a snapdragon ARM-based unit. Which means it requires another layer of emulation/translation for running Steam games standalone. It’s said it uses FEX (https://fex-emu.com/), probably combined/integrated with Proton.
For a long time, there were $1200 rumors.
Now we have the “less than index”, which I believe spawned the “under $1000” rumors.
but since index has a huge range, depending on the accessories you buy with it “less than index”, can mean anything from <$600 to <$1100.
But in reality this has to compete with Quest 3, and preferably also with Quest 4 when that releases.
So I think it really should be on the lower side. <$600 would be good, <$500 would be great, <$700 would be okay
Also curious about the Frame. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my HTC Vive Pro 2 but it was $$$$$. The inside out camera based tracking is the way to go as long as they did it well. Also hoping they have some upper-tier audio hardware so you can use your own wired headphones.
I’m looking forward to the Frame. I have no interest in giving any money to Meta and Valve has been great with Linux support. I’ve seen people complain about the specs, but if it’s a reasonable price it looks pretty good to me!
I’m afraid of the price… this looks much more capable and powerful than the Index, which was quite expensive, I suspect it might end up in a similar price range, if not higher. But let’s hope.
Interestingly, it seems to be using a snapdragon ARM-based unit. Which means it requires another layer of emulation/translation for running Steam games standalone. It’s said it uses FEX (https://fex-emu.com/), probably combined/integrated with Proton.
I’m extremely curious about the price.
For a long time, there were $1200 rumors.
Now we have the “less than index”, which I believe spawned the “under $1000” rumors.
but since index has a huge range, depending on the accessories you buy with it “less than index”, can mean anything from <$600 to <$1100.
But in reality this has to compete with Quest 3, and preferably also with Quest 4 when that releases.
So I think it really should be on the lower side. <$600 would be good, <$500 would be great, <$700 would be okay
Steve went to their HQ and had talks with their engineers.
https://youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ
They’re using snapdragon 8 gen 3 and emulation
I am suspecting the price to knock me back a little and I also suspect I will still consider it far longer than my wallet will be happy about
Also curious about the Frame. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my HTC Vive Pro 2 but it was $$$$$. The inside out camera based tracking is the way to go as long as they did it well. Also hoping they have some upper-tier audio hardware so you can use your own wired headphones.