I’m not excusing burning down innocent people’s property

I’m not excusing burning down innocent people’s property, but Teslas are not cheap.

I doubt anyone who’d lose one would have their life destroyed.

It’s probably best to not feed the troll.

Well, let’s wait and see until the actual release.

The first part of the remake was not exactly a great port (not on the release day anyway).

It really doesn’t. Since a few years it’s basically plug and play.

Bigscreen Beyond

Yeah, it does look pretty nice, but no Linux support, especially at this price, makes it a no-go for me. :(

edit: well, shit, apparently it doesn’t do any proprietary bullshit and uses generic protocols, and reportedly works fine on Linux.
Might have to consider it after all…

It’s great, especially the controllers - there’s nothing else like it.
And, well, it’s the only headset making any claims about Linux compatibility, which is also a big thing for me.

But your concern is the exact reason I’m not sure I can recommend it.

Of course, Valve works on Valve Time, so the chances Deckard will release next month are basically the same as it releasing anytime in the next decade.

When it originally launched, I feared it would go the same way as Valve’s previous inventions in the VR

What the hell is she talking about?

Index still gets regular updates and it still doesn’t really have any competition at its price point (Quest with its ridiculous account requirements doesn’t count).

Just because Index was not a massive success due to its significantly higher cost doesn’t mean it’s a failure, and it’s far from abandoned.

Also, why do these replacement screens always insist on increasing the resolution?

The low res is one of the main reasons the Deck holds up as well as it does.

It’s rumored to be for new standalone VR.

But, well, future is a long time, especially on Valve Time. ;)

Well, let me rephrase it: it’s a completely different discussion if you want to run Windows games on ARM without ridiculous performance losses due to translation from x86.

Until we get Proton running with near-native speeds on ARM like on x86 perf/watt isn’t really that important.

It’s a completely different discussion if you throw ARM into the mix.

Just… do it? It’s just a normal Linux underneath.

No vibration at all? That’s a really strange choice…