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i was gonna get a quest 3 for christmas but then the steam frame got announced and i was like HELL NAH and thew my quest 3 ideas out of the window. if everything falls into place il have my steam frame just intime for my birthday :D

gone will the days where i will be kicked from vrc lobbies for being a "Questie". gone will be the days of my game crashing mid snuggle session, gone the days of having a lowkey mid game selection (apart from like metro awakening as if i was gonna get the quest 3 i would have 100% gotten that game)

cant wait to get ittttt (also i cant wait to play half life alyx on it)

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[–] helimopp@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"Why not just launch VR Chat via SteamLink to your Quest?"

oh if it where only that simple my sweet summer child :(. my laptop cant... run anything lol

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Well the Steam Frame is mostly going to be a streaming headset from a gaming PC with the possibility of running things local, so you're going to need a gaming PC to run things like HL: Alyx.

[–] helimopp@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

they advertise the fact that it can run half life alyx natively tho

plus i dont have a job so theres no way i wanna upgrade my laptop i got in covid