• Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    81·
    18 小时前

    There are a lot of specs missing from what the streets were hoping for from the holy grail of VR headsets, but I’m starting to believe that they are not going for that. It seems they want to win in the mid-range market competing directly with Meta. Honestly, “Quest 3 without Meta” is already very compelling. I guess it’s not all down to how competitively they decide to price it. “Cheaper than Index” is already good news for my wallet at least.

    • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
      8·
      11 小时前

      ”Quest 3 without Meta” is what I’ve been dreaming about. I feel like Steam Frame could be my entry to the VR space, if the price is decent.

    • Cooper8@feddit.onlineEnglish
      3·
      8 小时前

      I don’t see it in the hardware design, but from a software perspective the groundwork is there for modularity. Offloading the core compute to the PC frees up onboard processing to run peripherals like full color front cameras (onboard are black and white / IR) and more advance proximity detection, hell hook up lidar and go nuts with full body tracking.

      That said, all of that would depend on decent I/O. 2x USB4 ports would go a long way.

    • melfie@lemy.lolEnglish
      55·
      17 小时前

      I believe the cost of Meta devices is also subsidized by surveillance capitalism, so if this costs more, doesn’t spy on you, and lets you do whatever you want with your own hardware, then it’s worth voting with your wallet. If Valve somehow is able to price this similarly to a Quest 3 while having better specs and without exploiting their customers like Meta does, then all hail the great and mighty Gabe.

      • e461h@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        20·
        14 小时前

        Personal privacy is always worth the cost. The ‘subsidies’ can go away anytime, so better to not be locked into an expensive spyware platform to begin with.

    • Randelung@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      17 小时前

      I just recently upgraded from my OG Vive because I didn’t want an inside out tracking or wireless, but… let’s see what the price is and if the thing is actually as good in real world conditions as Linus makes it look. I might just try those pancake lenses (because the Vive Pro 2 lenses are bad).

      And yeah, I will never give Meta money. Not directly, and indirectly as little as I can.