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In addition to Valve contributing to the open-source Radeon Vulkan driver for enhancing the Linux gaming experience and their AMD-powered Steam Deck, the upcoming Steam Frame VR headset is making use of Mesa's open-source "Turnip" Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics.

Linux consulting firm Igalia who has long seen funded work from Valve wrote a blog post today to outline their recent efforts given last week's Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller announcement. Igalia highlighted the work they have been doing for the Steam Frame around FEX for x86/x86_64 emulation on ARM for the Qualcomm Snapdragon powered VR device. Plus the work done to Turnip for serving as the Vulkan driver on the Steam Frame

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[–] bunnyBoy@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

VR is an awesome experience if you're into it. When I first tried out my Vive it was mind blowing. Truly something that you can't really get any other way. I'm absolutely getting a Frame on release

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, I was blown away by beat saber. I almost bought a meta quest, but I hated the required Facebook integration. I won't do it. This will be a million times better

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

A Facebook account isn't needed anymore (even for developer mode) but it makes perfect sense to buy a much more open, flexible, and trustworthy device.