Lepton is the name of the compatibility layer for running Android on Linux. Its development looks to be linked to the upcoming Steam Frame.

Valve has been a big proponent of Linux gaming, and now the company is investing in Android support on Linux. It’s already possible to run Android in a Linux container through Waydroid, but Valve has developed a new fork – and it has officially named it Lepton.

Last month, news broke that Valve would soon support Android games on Steam. This was thanks to a sighting in Steam app changelogs for Walkabout Mini Golf, which added an APK file. The VR title is currently available on the Meta Quest (which runs on a custom version of Android), and may run through the Lepton compatibility layer for Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame VR headset, which runs the company’s Linux-based operating system, SteamOS.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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    1 hour ago

    That’s a fun fantasy, but this is almost certainly a way to get Oculus games running on the Steam Frame.

    They’re 100% coming for Oculus’ lunch with this one.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      I don’t think even Meta is eating Oculus’s lunch… Making big losses on the Quest iirc.

      I didn’t really want a full PC on my face. I just wanted cheap streaming from my actual PC. Quest is actually really good for this, but it would have been nice to have something affordable that wasn’t from Meta.