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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by asynchronous on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:42AM (#36862994)
What is your budget and desired ecosystem? The Valve Index is (imo) the highest quality VR headset right now in terms of fidelity and comfort and tracking, but is also one of the most expensive and hardest to set up. The Quest 2 on the other hand is exceedingly affordable, is portable, and can be run standalone, all of which are very very cool. But then you take the Meta plunge.
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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by Loughla on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @11:55AM (#36864238)
Budget is anywhere from $0-$700 (or so), and I would like to avoid anything with facebook.
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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by mrguyorama on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:56PM (#36868421)
These two requirements are basically incompatible. Buy a used vive on ebay and start there maybe.
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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by asynchronous on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:28PM (#36871143)
Yeah that’s a really weird price range. I’d say go up and buy an Index if possible, or go down and buy a Quest with a fake facebook account. The pimax is an option but it’s above that range.
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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by Loughla on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:48AM (#36876130)
I picked an arbitrary number.

Let's say up to $1500. How about that?

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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by mrguyorama on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @02:16PM (#36882357)
Getting closer. Get really thrifty with a computer build (Buy a used 3600 processor for cheap and an old GPU, like a 5700xt or equivalent), buy a brand new Index, and enjoy.
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