VR requires Windows?
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Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 1 year agoGamepass PC, VR, and quite a few anti-cheat systems (so online games) are still windows only.
I made the switch because those make up a very small percentage of my (PC) gaming but they are very much things that aren’t available with a linux based device.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 1 year ago
SteamVR has no issues with Linux. But in the PC space, there are basically three major ecosystems for VR that basically interface between the HMD and SteamVR
- Facebook: I have no idea but I would be pretty shocked if this was linux friendly
- Windows MR: Actively not Linux friendly, but there are hobbyist shims that work to varying degrees
- Vive: No issues
So VR has no issues with Linux (because of SteamVR) but almost every single HMD does.
520@kbin.social 1 year ago
Gamepass and anticheat I'll give you, though the latter is improving greatly, but using a handheld for a PC VR headset seems... impractical. Not to mention a cluster fuck of a liability
Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Oculus (so Facebook) Quest works pretty well. And the very strong rumor is that the Deckard is (effectively) an HMD with a cable going to a steam deck with a big phat battery. And people have been using WMRs and even indexes with laptops for years.
I don’t think it is a super common use case, but it is very much a concern for the overall “why linux and not windows?”
520@kbin.social 1 year ago
The Quest works because it is a standalone device. You don't have to plug anything into the unit, you don't have to have wires everywhere, and you don't have a significant risk smashing the unit to the floor because you literally can't see where the cables are, what they're snagging on, etc.
Meanwhile, conventional VR setups get around this by the PC being heavier than a handheld, as well as possibly by being situated under the desks.
Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Its almost like you actively ignored where I pointed out Deckard which is strongly beleived to be a “fanny pack” VR
So I’ll just repeat myself.
The latest Valve product we are all eager for any hot goss on is Deckard. Very poorly kept secret (almost like Valve are advertising and testing the waters) but it is believed to be an HMD similar to the Facebook Quest but with the compute components either in a box on the back or in more of a hip mounted (fanny pack) configuration, depending on the leak. The former being the safe bet but the latter building more towards a Steam ecosystem and, honestly, being a better design choice in general.
Because for VR? The only cable you really need is one (thunderbolt 3 or better) USB C cable. Power, data, and video all fit on that.
And laptops have basically been the foundation of “backpack VR” for years now.
But the idea behind all of this (okay, backpack vr was more about any way to be portable for a large play space) is that compute is hot and heavy. So if you are putting everything in the HMD, you are increasing weight and heat generation on people’s heads. Whereas offloading that to a backpack or even just the equivalent of a steam deck (which can easily handle quest level VR) with a big ass battery duct taped to it, greatly relieves neck strain AND allows for much bigger batteries without weight or heat worries.