Valve announces Steam Frame, Steam Machine, Steam Controller

[Sossij]

Honestly for one Halloween season, I remember watching stuff on Hulu in a virtual room they set up that was very atmospheric and fun. But obviously you are there for the full 3D/VR experience most of the time.

 

[Aurel Guthrie]

What’s the advantage of playing a non-VR game with a VR headset?

I imagine part of it might be immersion. There would be no visual noise past the screen to distract you. To me that's very appealing, though its obviously not a selling point, but it's still a whole VR headset more powerful than the index. To me the option comes across as a very nice bonus.

Also convenience and comfort, I suppose. You could sit on your living room couch away from your computer setup and start playing. For that purpose there's likely not much advantage over using a Steam Deck unless you don't want to play on a tiny screen (I'm personally not much of a fan of handheld gaming)

 

[jolt]

As much as I distrust Windows as an OS, I think I'd trust Steam as an OS even less.