Somewhat useless infos about the Steam Frame that I didn't see anyone cover

Submitted ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Krafting@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

Hey guys,

I received my Frame a few days ago and I had some time to play with it and I wanted to tell you about a few things that I found while playing with it, in hope that some of you find this useful :)

Camera passthrough can be colored. By that I mean the monochrome camera passthough can have a color filter applied, it has a bluish purplish filter by default, but you can make it green, red, orange or whatever color!
SteamVR Home is nowhere to be found. There is an option in the Advanced Options in VR Settings, but it doesn’t do anything. I really wish Valve would port it, and let us install SteamVR Home on our Frame (Might be outdated, but I still like it).
When you are in darkness, and the Frame turn its camera into the UV/IR mode, it has a cool effect on the controller, the shell looks like it’s transparent and you can see the inside of your controllers (I wanted to take a screenshot but the quality is so bad I gave up ahah)

I’m sure I’ll have more things to say later, I just want to find the weird and niche features of this thing that no one talks about. Feel free to share yours if you have any! :)

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CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
I’m curious, can you access your PC via the Steam Frame, or just stream games specifically? Like, say I wanna mod a game, can I deal with the modding client and such on my PC via the in-VR menu like on my Index, or do I need to go to my PC for that and use the passthrough? Similarly, can you use it with your PC while in a voice call, or do you need to install the voice call application on the frame itself?

Or in other words, is it only possible to use as an entirely separate device that can exclusively stream games via Steam’s streaming feature, or can you couple it with your PC more directly, like a wired HMD?

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Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
the different colors is going to be important to me even if its just a small feature. Thanks for sharing

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deacon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I just got mine yesterday, right before going on a trip, so I’m trying to get some time in at the hotel, but I can’t wait to really sit down and get into it.

I can already tell this could be my favorite way to play/stream 2D games, just from a comfort perspective.

I’m happy to answer questions or test things out on people’s behalf though so let me know. Be aware that this is my first VR system overall, so I’m not sure how much to be impressed by the frame itself.

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python@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Nice, I just completed the order for mine this morning! How long did yours take to ship? The page says 6-10 days, is that accurate?

Oh, and how well does the tracking work in the dark? As in, is there any noticeable difference between playing in a bright vs a dark room or are the IR cameras so good that you don’t even notice? :o

I also read a random youtube comment that claimed that you can do a mix of streaming and standalone on the frame - as in, you can stream a 2D game while also having a native browser window open at the same time. Is that true? Not that it’s some super big use case, but it’s neat that Valve would think to allow it haha

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- Krafting@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  For shipping, I bought on the 18 and fot the headset on the 23, a bit longer, also I got the notification that the package was sent for delivery on the day of the delivery, was a bit weird but okay!
  
  I didn’t notice any difference between dark and bright room tracking, which is impressive.However, I did not try in a total dark environnement, qs there are always some LED, outside lamp ppst that makes a bit a light
  
  And yes you can launch a game on the frame, use desktop mode to launch apps, then you can pin said apps in your currently running game. I did not test streaming while playing but I saw a lot of people trying it and it worked! The only issue with all that would be battery life, if you want to do that make sure you’re plugged in or else you won’t be playing long…
  
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- cynar@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I got the shipping notification (tracking code generated). 2nd day afterwards, I got an update, out for delivery. The 6-10 days seems to be a pessimistic estimate.
  
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  - Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    i ordered it on the 18 and probably get it on the 28, hopefully. The two packages somehow took different routes, even through different countries, and they want to have both before putting it to the pickup shop.
    I guess some locations are just far from the distribution centers.
    Like mine... but thats a me problem :3
    
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