They’ve been working on standalone VR for a while now, like the Quest, so it wouldn’t have to be called Index 2, since it’s not just an improved version of what they made before. A colloquial term for glasses is “frames”.
Comment on New Valve trademark for 'Steam Frame', looks like we're getting new hardware
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
There’s no way it’s VR. They already have the Index name for the VR line. It’d be called the Index 2 without a doubt. Maybe AR glasses, but frame does not imply glasses. Sure, glasses have a frame, but so do so many other things. Have you ever heard of a main frame? Those aren’t a type of glasses.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 week ago
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
The vast majority of people today have no idea whata mainframe is or think it is an old and outdated concept (or where Dot and Enzo live). Similarly, the Index branding is pretty much aligned with “VR is insanely expensive” so it wouldn’t make sense to reuse that.
What we do know is that Valve have a console form factor device in development and a new VR device in development. There are arguments for Frame being either of those. My hopium being that it is the unified ecosystem where, through the power of streaming (I am all for Steam Link either using moonlight or making better moonlight), you can have your VR/TV/Handheld gaming get supercharged by your desktop or whatever but, time will tell.
Although, truth be told, I mostly just want a Steam Controller 2.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Main frame was just an example of a type of frame that aren’t glasses. There are many other types of frames that have nothing to do with glasses. A frame is just the structure of something. The people using that name to say it must be glasses are hyper-focusing on one usage of the word.
This I can agree with.