If it was $1000, not a standalone device, and not wireles, I’d buy it. $1500 for a wireless only headset with a garbage tier PC built in (for some reason?). That’s a hard no.
If it isn’t wireless, and if it isn’t functional standalone, then the only option would be a tethered headset.
That already exists, get yourself a Vive or even get yourself a Quest 3 and then use the USB tethering mode (Virtual Desktop just shipped this feature, though many of us suitor argue it’s inferior to a healthy WiFi 6 tether).
You, as a consumer, are well served by the existing slate of available products across the past decade…
I’m relieved to hear that you won’t be buying it, that means that when I can queue for a pre-order that’s one unit I’m closer to bringing home. This is a luxury item in a season of brutal Supply constraints, and I will be fortunate to be able to invest in my amusement, like this.
… For what it’s worth, ARM SOC’s are growing wildly powerful and I will benefit from being able to play local stuff even without tying back to my beefier PC for fullfat experiences.
I already do this when I play steam games , including 3D titles, on a handheld AYN Thor.
That already exists, get yourself a Vive or even get yourself a Quest 3 and then use the USB tethering mode (Virtual Desktop just shipped this feature, though many of us suitor argue it’s inferior to a healthy WiFi 6 tether).
Quest headsets are basically surveillance devices, I run my Quest 2 through a pihole to block any connection to Meta servers, and fully 90% of the DNS requests this thing attempts to make are telemetry I didn’t consent to. Don’t buy a Quest, they’re only cheap because of the massive quantities of highly invasive data they can mine from the microphones, cameras, web traffic through the device, eye-tracking data, etc.
If it was $1000, not a standalone device, and not wireles, I’d buy it. $1500 for a wireless only headset with a garbage tier PC built in (for some reason?). That’s a hard no.
You can stream games wirelessly from a gaming pc to it.
You’ll be able to use it wired. If not officially, ALVR has a wired mode and ALVR will definitely support the Steam Frame.
That already exists, get yourself a Vive or even get yourself a Quest 3 and then use the USB tethering mode (Virtual Desktop just shipped this feature, though many of us suitor argue it’s inferior to a healthy WiFi 6 tether).
You, as a consumer, are well served by the existing slate of available products across the past decade…
… For what it’s worth, ARM SOC’s are growing wildly powerful and I will benefit from being able to play local stuff even without tying back to my beefier PC for fullfat experiences.
I already do this when I play steam games , including 3D titles, on a handheld AYN Thor.
Quest headsets are basically surveillance devices, I run my Quest 2 through a pihole to block any connection to Meta servers, and fully 90% of the DNS requests this thing attempts to make are telemetry I didn’t consent to. Don’t buy a Quest, they’re only cheap because of the massive quantities of highly invasive data they can mine from the microphones, cameras, web traffic through the device, eye-tracking data, etc.