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May I ask what the recommendation is at the moment if I want a Linux AR headset that can take prescription lenses (or accommodate glasses)? I'd like to write my
by exe34 4mo ago
May I ask what the recommendation is at the moment if I want a Linux AR headset that can take prescription lenses (or accommodate glasses)? I'd like to write my own code but not have to beg somebody else to let me run it.
- nolist_policy 4mo agoMeta Quest, but treat it as a dumb headset with ALVR?
- exe34 4mo agoThanks!
- SequoiaHope 4mo agoSteam frame is out soon and should be the ultimate Linux friendly headset. It runs real Linux and Valve is big on “it’s your computer to use as you please”.
- asimovDev 4mo agobut you can't use it like the AVP right? the camera in Steam Frame is black and white only (or is grayscale the better term?)
- jolmg 4mo agoThere is an expansion port on the nose area that can be used to add color cameras if you really want that. Personally, I think not being tied to a particular OS in the control of the device manufacturer is much more important than whether the cameras are color or just grayscale.
- asimovDev 4mo agowell the whole point of AVP, at least to me and many others, is the AR functionality , being able to walk around your house and having virtual screens in every room. Stuff like that. You would want full colour for that I think
- jolmg 4mo agoThe LCDs are colored so the virtual screens would also be. Not sure walking around a grayscale world is all that bad.
- SequoiaHope 4mo agoAh you’re right I was keying off of “Linux friendly” and missed the AR part.
- SG- 4mo agoright after Half-Life 3 comes out soon.
- SequoiaHope 4mo agoSigns really do seem to suggest it will be announced soon. There’s records of multiple large shipments of Virtual Reality headsets arriving at Valve, and they say it’s coming out this summer.
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- SequoiaHope 4mo agoOh absolutely wait like two weeks and get on the list for a Steam Frame. It actually runs arch Linux and Steam says “it’s your computer, you can do what you want with it” unlike Meta and the Quest. I’m excited to do Kicad in mine.
- exe34 4mo agoThanks, that looks tempting! Shame about the monochrome camera, but maybe I can use an add-on camera to colour in the world.
- wolvoleo 4mo agoYou can do what you want with your quest too. It's android and you can sideload whatever you want. I was thinking of getting the steam frame but considering the component crisis it'll probably be well above €1000 and that's a non-starter for me. I'll just stick with my quest 3 which has about the same level of specs. But was only 450€ for me on prime day. If it were a significant bump in resolution over the quest (like the vision pro or the galaxy XR) I would have done it. But it's not.