Steam Frame

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880 points Philpax | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.48s | source

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Insanity ◴[12 Nov 25 19:11 UTC] No.45904681[source]▶

This is going to be an instant buy for me, and my first VR device ever. I've used the previous Steam VR headset over at a friends' place many times, but never bit the bullet to get one myself.

The fact that this can run standalone, doesn't have a bunch of wires dangling from it, and is pretty much a fully working Linux box makes this am almost on-brainer for me.

I do _hope_ the price is reasonable though, if it ends up being like Apple VR I might not buy into it immediately, but I'm hoping for a reasonable $1000 max price.

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1. daemonologist ◴[12 Nov 25 21:10 UTC] No.45906742[source]▶

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Word is they're aiming for less than the full Index kit (which was $1000), so good news there. I suspect it'll be fairly high up in that range though given the hardware.

See "cheaper than index": https://www.uploadvr.com/valve-steam-frame-official-announce...

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2. rbits ◴[12 Nov 25 23:18 UTC] No.45908293[source]▶

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Thanks for the article link. Nice quote from the article:

> Unlike the Index controllers, Steam Frame Controllers don't have built-in hand grip straps. But Valve says it will sell them as an optional accessory for people who want them, a similar strategy to Meta.

I was disappointed seeing no hand grip straps. I've never used a Valve Index but they seemed very useful. Very glad that they will still be available.

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