Lepton from Valve to run Android games on Linux is now open source

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very based

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• rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This could be massive for Linux phones, if I understand it correctly

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  • psycotica0@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We already have Waydroid for “natively” launching Android apps on Linux phones, and it sounds like maybe this is based on that? Or at least it mentions getting something from that, but maybe it’s just techniques and no code?

    Either way, more openness is better, and I can’t imagine it’ll make things worse!

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    • cenotaph@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My hope is that it will be to waydroid as proton is to wine

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• Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thats sick as fuck!

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• halfapage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most likely not just any arbitrary APK

    https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/frame-public/lepton

    Lepton is intended to help game developers bring their VR Android games to the Steam Frame. Other usecases are possible, but were not the focus of development and may lack polish.

    From what I understand, if you try to launch a flat application, it attempts to launch it in VR mode which is screwy. It best, not a useable experience.

    But maybe some day. This certainly lays the groundwork to allow that functionality eventually.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s the idea, yes.

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