Is the rumored deckard going to support steam deck. I don't know much about PC and VR I'm hoping the deckard could offload some or alot of the workload but that would mean wired. But I wouldn't mind wired personally.
Alot of VR games are not graphically demanding at all. Simple textures and low polygons is the norm in most Vr games (aside from modded games), so even trying to play them in high res should be feasible but not impossible for the 'Deck. Of course, most VR are not designed to run on Linux to begin with or supposed to be even compatible for that matter so the fact that he even managed to get them running is amazing.
@@Spencerwalker21 Deckard patent shows it having DP connection and having internal hardware. Will be the first of its kind to be a real standalone and tethered VR system, with wifi6e (6ghz) which should get much closer to the latecny offered with 60ghz wigig/2, also there is some rumor of it having a wigig2 kit instead of DP or with DP.
i'm sure valve is already working on index portable, wireless headset that can run the games from a box or something that has the hardware it needs to run the games. right now i'm seeing valve giving them selves such a huge headstart by being in on where the market is at.
Portability has always been popular. The PSP is iconic. The Switch has been a massive success. A handheld with good support and decent marketing will do very well imo. People love being able to use a device anywhere at any time.
What about vrdesktop? I’m pretty sure they have a Linux app so maybe it would be a better experience? Would be cool to see you try that in a future video
I believe there's another program that lets you connect Oculus wired to steam deck I think it was called USB C mode meta quest beta or something like that@@RushReality
You did wireless straight to your steam deck... of course, it's gonna work badly! The same thing happens if you connect the quest straight to your PC wirelessly.
I'll be trying this out tomorrow, with the windows dual boot on my steam deck. I think this combined with some sort of well ventilated fanny pack would work great.
@@Spencerwalker21 well my steam deck just came in today and I'm immediately getting rid of Steam OS and putting windows on it. Too many games I play including some emulators don't run on Linux
Did anyone try to get a solution working where we just stick with a smaller 2D screen at original resolution? All I want is to be able to play on a virtual screen to get it a bit larger than the built in screen, and also get some privacy. I have the nreal on order as well as the pico 4. I'd love to use the pico 4 for this instead of keeping the nreal air though...
Out of curiosity - have you tried having the Steam Deck network cabled directly to your router? Might require the additional Stean Deck Dock - but I know even with regular PC VR gaming the airlink works about 10 times better if the host pc is plugged directly into the router. Haven't heard if anyones tried this for VR yet with the Deck.
Thought of the same thing, the wireless experience he explained is what happens to me when my internet is suffering or my Ethernet accidentally unplugged and I’m using Wi-Fi on my PC.
@@atticusdillow8457 I'm with you, I've played VR games on such potatoe pcs before. I'm confident the steamdeck is gonna hold up just fine when it comes to low to medium settings
Based on what you said were the top searches I'm not sure the conclusion that it's because people want to understand if the Steam Deck can run VR is the right one (although it could be one of them); As I understand there has been data mining/ patents indicating that Valve may release a standalone VR headset using the Steam Deck as springboard - I was actually expecting they may make an announcement during the Steam VR Fest but that was a bit of a damp squib....maybe they may announce something before the end of the year, who knows!
Yeah ive seen the reports from people like SadlyitsBradley talking about the Deckard data mining stuff. All very interesting. Surely something more will leak soon. It looks like early 2023 could potentially see a market saturated with Deckard, Project Cambria, PSVR 2 and Pimax 12K. It could be interesting times.
I quit the video at 2:31, mainly because you didn't consider that it is possible to install Windows on a Steam Deck, now I get you might want to just keep things stock and Linux-based, because that's what the Steam Deck is by default. But, if you were to install Windows, and the Oculus App on the installation of Windows, I believe SteamVR, and other VR-based apps and games would work quite well. I get Windows also doesn't give the same performance as SteamOS, it can be worse mainly because of what Windows packs in by default on Home, Pro, or even Enterprise editions. I hope you revisit this idea with a Windows installation, may it be Windows 10, or Windows 11, see if the Oculus app detects your GPU as supported, see if it recognizes it the link cable from the Quest directly to the Steam Deck, and other things. If not, then consider Valve Index or other alternatives, as I don't think Facebook/Meta intends to bring Oculus support to Linux anytime soon.
Seeing that windows doesn't support variable ram dedication on apus you'll need to increase the vram in the bios to 4g, you'll have 4gb vram and 12gb ram.
Great video mate. Just got tweaking my quest 1 with the Steam Deck through vr Desktop and it really works fine. Testing the air link,yeah.. not that far yet. Steam vr.. also still trying to figure it out. 😅
🤔....if there were some way to somehow trick the steam deck into thinking it were docked to a monitor because I think the handheld capable of doing up to 4K when it's docked to a monitor
How would using windows OS work? Im not the sort of person who cares much about framerate and quality so i would love to use this for apps that dont run on quest 2 (scp labrat or some other easy to run game).
See, I feel like a vive or index should be much easier to give this a go with. No need for the oculus software. Just run steamVR and go. Probably not that easy though
@@RushReality i found someone who told me how to do it. Just have to run steamvr with Proton Experimental. I think it's a compatability option in Steam. I'll be trying it out soon
It makes sense, as it's difficult to run newer games at 60FPS 800p. For VR you ideally want 90fps+ and at a much higher resolution.
Is the rumored deckard going to support steam deck. I don't know much about PC and VR I'm hoping the deckard could offload some or alot of the workload but that would mean wired. But I wouldn't mind wired personally.
Alot of VR games are not graphically demanding at all. Simple textures and low polygons is the norm in most Vr games (aside from modded games), so even trying to play them in high res should be feasible but not impossible for the 'Deck. Of course, most VR are not designed to run on Linux to begin with or supposed to be even compatible for that matter so the fact that he even managed to get them running is amazing.
@@Spencerwalker21 Deckard patent shows it having DP connection and having internal hardware. Will be the first of its kind to be a real standalone and tethered VR system, with wifi6e (6ghz) which should get much closer to the latecny offered with 60ghz wigig/2, also there is some rumor of it having a wigig2 kit instead of DP or with DP.
well to tbh 72 fps is actually alright and 90 is ideal
i'm sure valve is already working on index portable, wireless headset that can run the games from a box or something that has the hardware it needs to run the games.
right now i'm seeing valve giving them selves such a huge headstart by being in on where the market is at.
Would be interesting to see this revisited now that we have FSR.
I might make I video if I buy one
I just had a thought, since the D-Link VR air bridge is now available, maybe you can test it with the steam deck to see if it works better
I want to try this on the PSVR2 next month or so
Whats your thoughtws on the steam deck? Is portability the future of gaming and will we soon be pairing our headsets with portable devices?
Portability has always been popular. The PSP is iconic. The Switch has been a massive success. A handheld with good support and decent marketing will do very well imo. People love being able to use a device anywhere at any time.
What about vrdesktop? I’m pretty sure they have a Linux app so maybe it would be a better experience? Would be cool to see you try that in a future video
I’m afraid Virtual desktop was tried by others to no success, a no go at this point but no doubt a patch could be made that would enable it.
I believe there's another program that lets you connect Oculus wired to steam deck I think it was called USB C mode meta quest beta or something like that@@RushReality
You did wireless straight to your steam deck... of course, it's gonna work badly! The same thing happens if you connect the quest straight to your PC wirelessly.
You can install windows on the deck btw
You can play on quest one with 40 to 60 FPS while using virtual desktop with the steam deck.
But I think it only works on quest one I’m not sure about quest two
With SteamOS or is windows required?
I installed windows on mine then used Open VR FSR and frame generation on Virtual desktop. There is was able to run 68-72 FPS
Has this changed with Steam Link for Meta Quest?
Doesn’t support
So what's the problem to care it in backpack connected by wire to reduce input lag? It's not heavy laptop as it was before
I'll be trying this out tomorrow, with the windows dual boot on my steam deck. I think this combined with some sort of well ventilated fanny pack would work great.
Could you play flat games on the Steam Deck via a VR Headset?
Why don't you just install Windows on the steam deck to make this process a lot easier
Windows sucks generally in my experience seems like Windows on deck would be even more trash.
@@Spencerwalker21 well my steam deck just came in today and I'm immediately getting rid of Steam OS and putting windows on it. Too many games I play including some emulators don't run on Linux
@@WigWoo1 let me know how it works. I heard emu deck works well on steam os.
@@WigWoo1 only game I'm really pissed that doesn't work is Microsoft flight simulator.
Did anyone try to get a solution working where we just stick with a smaller 2D screen at original resolution? All I want is to be able to play on a virtual screen to get it a bit larger than the built in screen, and also get some privacy. I have the nreal on order as well as the pico 4. I'd love to use the pico 4 for this instead of keeping the nreal air though...
Out of curiosity - have you tried having the Steam Deck network cabled directly to your router? Might require the additional Stean Deck Dock - but I know even with regular PC VR gaming the airlink works about 10 times better if the host pc is plugged directly into the router. Haven't heard if anyones tried this for VR yet with the Deck.
Thought of the same thing, the wireless experience he explained is what happens to me when my internet is suffering or my Ethernet accidentally unplugged and I’m using Wi-Fi on my PC.
Amazing and congratulations !!!!!! Did you try the DWA Airbridge through the steam deck?
I played vr on a gtx 670 for a bit so I think it will hold up better than that lol
also try h3vr on turbo potato in 1080p that's what I used on my 670 and it was passable
@@atticusdillow8457 I'm with you, I've played VR games on such potatoe pcs before. I'm confident the steamdeck is gonna hold up just fine when it comes to low to medium settings
What about ALVR over a cable? It's known to work on Linux-based systems, so maybe give that a try? Also there's a visual glitch at 4:21 or so.
Based on what you said were the top searches I'm not sure the conclusion that it's because people want to understand if the Steam Deck can run VR is the right one (although it could be one of them); As I understand there has been data mining/ patents indicating that Valve may release a standalone VR headset using the Steam Deck as springboard - I was actually expecting they may make an announcement during the Steam VR Fest but that was a bit of a damp squib....maybe they may announce something before the end of the year, who knows!
Yeah ive seen the reports from people like SadlyitsBradley talking about the Deckard data mining stuff. All very interesting. Surely something more will leak soon.
It looks like early 2023 could potentially see a market saturated with Deckard, Project Cambria, PSVR 2 and Pimax 12K. It could be interesting times.
What lap tops could work for quality VR gaming for a cheaper package?
Google can help u there
wireless pcvr via virtual desktop with the quest 2 will be a far better untethered pc vr experience
Thanks for answering my question..
I quit the video at 2:31, mainly because you didn't consider that it is possible to install Windows on a Steam Deck, now I get you might want to just keep things stock and Linux-based, because that's what the Steam Deck is by default. But, if you were to install Windows, and the Oculus App on the installation of Windows, I believe SteamVR, and other VR-based apps and games would work quite well. I get Windows also doesn't give the same performance as SteamOS, it can be worse mainly because of what Windows packs in by default on Home, Pro, or even Enterprise editions. I hope you revisit this idea with a Windows installation, may it be Windows 10, or Windows 11, see if the Oculus app detects your GPU as supported, see if it recognizes it the link cable from the Quest directly to the Steam Deck, and other things. If not, then consider Valve Index or other alternatives, as I don't think Facebook/Meta intends to bring Oculus support to Linux anytime soon.
tried it on windows, it would not detect the link cable whatsoever (official one with a usb A to C adapter)
Excellent video, thanks!!
This is not a review
Title:vr users review
Seeing that windows doesn't support variable ram dedication on apus you'll need to increase the vram in the bios to 4g, you'll have 4gb vram and 12gb ram.
. You have any idea how easy it is to mod a 3DS?
Great video mate. Just got tweaking my quest 1 with the Steam Deck through vr Desktop and it really works fine. Testing the air link,yeah.. not that far yet. Steam vr.. also still trying to figure it out. 😅
bud that was exactly the comment I needed to read. Cheers
@@peternicholson8029 you're very welcome bud 🫶🏼👊🏼!!
🤔....if there were some way to somehow trick the steam deck into thinking it were docked to a monitor because I think the handheld capable of doing up to 4K when it's docked to a monitor
Hmm I don't believe so
How would using windows OS work? Im not the sort of person who cares much about framerate and quality so i would love to use this for apps that dont run on quest 2 (scp labrat or some other easy to run game).
What’s was the code ?
See, I feel like a vive or index should be much easier to give this a go with. No need for the oculus software. Just run steamVR and go. Probably not that easy though
There’s a lot of logic In that. May just be worth a go.
@@RushReality i found someone who told me how to do it. Just have to run steamvr with Proton Experimental. I think it's a compatability option in Steam. I'll be trying it out soon
Cas and Chary seems She ran it seamlessly
Tales of arise 🔥
Absolutely loved it, lost days on the steam deck to playing it, it’s the perfect style of game for handheld.
@@RushReality Its the most visually impressive of the Tales series, one of my personal favorites. Hope that it played well on the steam deck for you 😁
Great video
This guy sounds like the bear grylls of tech
Haha first time I’ve heard that!
can someone make among us VR work? or find out how
Wait so have you tried it?
@@High5Authentic if i asked … what do u think
@@cholito788 lol, well you can't make a game work.
It's on oculus
VR runs like crap on it. There i just saved yall 6 minutes
CAN I PRETTY PLEASE 🥺🥺 WITH CHERRIES HAVE YOUR STEAMDECK PLEASE 🥺🥺🥺 I EVEN LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED PLEASEEEE!
haha Im afraid i cant give up the deck but thanks for the support
Wow!! Wtf!?
@@RushReality classic greedy TH-camr
I installed windows on mine then used Open VR FSR and frame generation on Virtual desktop. There is was able to run 68-72 FPS