I'm excited to be excited about VR hardware again. I was a DK2 owner and peaced out when Facebook ate it and Palmer outed himself as an alt-right edgelord.

I know Valve isn't perfect, but they tend to make good, consumer-friendly choices when it counts. Even if I prefer GOG for games, if it's anything like the Steam Deck, I expect it to be the first modern open VR platform.

Ya, given that it's gonna run steamos, I imagine it's basically just gonna be a linux box for your face. So fingers crossed.

I own a Vive and index, and the specs on the frame are really impressive. It’s almost half the weight of the index while going wireless and hiding a computer and battery.

I wish the software ecosystem were more vibrant, but that’s impressive none the less.

The more I read on it, the more I learn that it's heavily focused towards streaming. I'll be curious to see just how performant the all-in-one aspect is. It doesn't seem to be an afterthought, but definitely not highest priority. Being that it's an ARM processor, I wonder if there's a possibility of apk emulation. That would open it up to basically being a universal headset.

Some quick googling put me on to Waydroid so it's doable under linux, just a matter of compatiblity with HorizonOS and whatever pico and the others are running.

edit: yeah, it looks like that's exactly what's happening.

Valve is welcoming Android games into Steam

The Steam Frame is the start — but it could be tip of the iceberg.