**assuming streaming. Satisfactory, my current obsession, runs okay in the Frame but it’s definitely pushing it.
I’ve never had any kind of VR so this is all new to me, but having my game window in a comfortable place with other windows or desktops floating around me is the peak futuristic experience to me.
To reference one of my favorite books, Snow Crash, this is a place I could imagine meeting the Librarian and playing with a model of earth.
I could genuinely imagine working in this thing with the right peripherals.
Edit: flat, not 2D.
I’d be interested to hear if you’re still doing this a year from now. I’m a huge VR nerd, to the extent that when I first got VR in like 2019 I didn’t have even the slightest inclination to play anything non-VR anymore and I gave away my consoles. I didn’t go back to any flat-screen gaming for over a year. The meta quest has actually had multiple ways to do pretty solid remote desktop for years now, and I also have a dongle that lets me connect any HDMI source and play on a massive virtual screen. I’ve used these things a couple of times, but I always prefer just using a normal screen or TV. I have a headstrap that makes my VR headset very comfy and I have no problem playing for hours at a time, but for flat screen gaming, I don’t want to have to wear something on my head. I’ve seen many people expressing excitement for using the steam frame this way, but I have to assume it’s mostly people new to VR and they probably won’t stick with it, but maybe I’m wrong.
I’m a big VR nerd as well, but I always saw it as a medium adjacent to flat gaming, not a substitute or upgrade, so I’ve pretty much always bounced between the two since the Vive. I am excited for the Frame’s potential as a portable desktop, but I don’t hold any illusions of that being something I’ll regularly use beyond traveling and hotel stays, lazy days in bed, etc. I imagine most people will land in that area once the newness wears off.
Then again, I’m privileged to have lots of tech and no family members competing for it. I could see someone in different circumstances making the Frame their main gaming device for both flat and VR games, even though that feels as weird to me as the idea of people using the Steam Deck as their main AAA game device, which also definitely happens.
Yeah I’d say that’s about where I’d put myself these days. I probably still play a bit more VR than traditional flat games, but I’d agree that now I see it more as different way of doing basically the same thing instead of that first year where I was convinced I’d never go back. The opportunity to give away some pretty sweet gifts was also a big part of why I gave away the consoles. I didn’t think I’d miss them, but I eventually came back around and repurchased some older ones for myself. Nothing from current gen though.
I guess the fact that I was never much into using VR for virtual displays just surprised me a bit because of how otherwise obsessed with the medium I am. I’ve done it several times, and while it works well and I don’t really have anything bad to say about it, I just never went back after trying any particular game once or twice. I’m sure I’d feel differently if I traveled a lot or had to compromise with other people on who gets to use what screen. The thing that’s got me the most excited these days is all the VR mods of classic games that keep coming out. One of my favorite things to do in VR is to finally be able to experience a game I already love from that new perspective.
I’m hyper aware that I’m just a few days into it and totally new to VR, so I’m actually interested as well in how long I feel this way.
I’ll provide updates.