cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/56884744

AI infrastructure will provides Meta with a “strategic advantage,” Zuckerberg said. He once said almost the exact same thing about the metaverse.

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    4 months ago

    I’m hoping the new steam frame will allow me to finally ditch my quest 2 and meta account

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        4 months ago

        I’m ok with paying more. I’ll never use a headset where I have to be tethered to a machine so anything like valve index is a no. I had some success with steam vr and quest 2 over wireless a few years ago, but it was never stable. I just want to put on my headset and start exercising without doing tech support.

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      4 months ago

      A used index will probably cost a 3rd of the price of the Steam Frame ATM, just saying. All you have to do is buy a replacement face gasket (which valve sells for like 10 USD, or you can use a more padded aftermarket one).

      No need to wait if you’re trying to get a non-meta headset at meta headset prices (since the steam frame bundle will probably have to be at least 700 USD)

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        4 months ago

        The index is also not as good as the quest 2. Although if a valve index full kit were selling for 233.3 dollars (1/3 of 700) that is honestly worth it solely for the basestations to use with full body tracking. Basestations tend to sell for 300 usd a pair.

        I’m not seeing any index full kits selling for that cheap though, at a minimum 550 for the full kit.

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          4 months ago

          The index controllers come with integrated finger tracking, the headset displays are higher resolution with better FOV and maximum refresh rates.

          Also they’re not meta, which counts for a lot.

          The only way I see a Q2 being superior to the index is wireless functionality (which I’ve heard is a situational blessing and curse), and standalone play, which is useless once you need a dedicated PC for any steamVR software (as the games are ran on the PC).