Any notion of the Valve Prism being the next VR headset from the Steam Deck manufacturer is rooted only in an entirely virtual reality.
  • Gamma@beehaw.org
    26·
    9 months ago

    It’s because someone created the website for a fake product and the prism isn’t real. Bad clickbait title

    • ☆Luma☆@lemmy.ca
      6·
      9 months ago

      I feel like I was mugged for time. There wasn’t even a story in the article about the origins of the leak, instead we get a 2 paragraph synopsis before diving into how much the author wants a new VR headset. The entire article could have been a twitter post using this line in the article:

      Valve has confirmed that this is indeed fakery at large in a statement to PC Gamer.

      Now I’m here bleeding out to virtual wounds… I’m not gunna make it… ugggghhhhhh x.x

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    31·
    9 months ago

    At the price of some of these headsets I could afford an immersive multi monitor set up with multiple gpus in a high end gaming system.

    I would love to try one of these, but I just don’t know they’ll ever take off.

    • jqubed@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I will say for the price my Quest 2 has been very impressive. I don’t currently have a computer powerful enough where I can do PCVR with it, but even standalone is pretty stunning. I think they’re around $300, and sometimes less if you can shop at Costco.

    • Matte@feddit.it
      31·
      9 months ago

      it’s definitely not the same thing, at all. multi-monitor: nice, but you’re still sitting at your desk in your room.

      VR: (any, even a CV1) you’re existing in a simulated world that is NOT the one you’re now. you’re comparing apples and bananas.

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        Yeah they’re not even comparable. Multi monitor setups are great for sim rigs where your head will stay relatively static.

        But VR is a completely different ball game.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yeah they’re not even comparable. Multi monitor setups are great for sim rigs where your head will stay relatively static.

        I mean the last head set I put on was a virtuaboy in a Toys 'R Us in the 90’s. I’m definitely completly out of the loop, but also, I primarily play top down games, not things from a first person perspective. Maybe this colors my perspective too?

        • Matte@feddit.it
          1·
          9 months ago

          you’re not getting the full picture. you’re not… “playing”. you’re there and you’re living that experience first hand. you can’t possibly explain it with words. when you see the videos of those people freaking out because they’re walking a plank on top of a skyscraper, it’s not like you’re “playing” to be walking a plank… YOU ARE THERE AND THE PLANK IS UNDER YOUR FEET. to your brain, that’s as real as it can get.