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I fear that all of this is a race to produce incompatible consumption devices for proprietary paid content channels. I do not expect to see open content for th
by DonGateley 12y ago
I fear that all of this is a race to produce incompatible consumption devices for proprietary paid content channels. I do not expect to see open content for them via open channels and sincerely hope I'm wrong.
Steam is just one of the players that will give you access to their content exclusively via their channel on their device. It's all modeled on Apple. I was once very excited about VR but watching what is happening has cooled my interest considerably. It will probably be a long time before the shakeout that can make it interesting again.
- matthew-wegner 12y agoValve is going to give away their "Lighthouse" room-tracking technology: "So we're gonna just give that away. What we want is for that to be like USB. It's not some special secret sauce. It's like everybody in the PC community will benefit if there's this useful technology out there. So if you want to build it into your mice, or build it into your monitors, or your TVs, anybody can do it." http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/04/valve-vr-input/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/04/valve-vr-input/
- DonGateley 12y agoThat is indeed a good sign if not definitive. Given your creds you've made me much more optimistic.
- on_and_off 12y agoAt least Steam is available on all desktop OSes and once you buy a game for one platform, it is available for all of them. I share your concern on the absence of ownership and the DRMs though.