Comment on Meta’s Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a ‘VR winter’
Klear@quokk.au 22 hours agoI’m concerned that Valve doesn’t really seem to be in it for VR, more of a “sit on your ass and play flat games on a virtual screen” thing. Maybe that’s the best way to get VR headsets in an average gamer’s home?
I could see barely-VR ports like NMS more common going forward, with fewer games made for VR specifically.
Also worth noting that meta funded a lot of studios even beyond their first party stuff. IIRC that includes games like Behemoth or Metro Awakening. That money drying up will definitely mean less VR games in total.
Dojan@pawb.social 21 hours ago
Perhaps they’re just marketing it with what’s available. The scope of VR games are pretty limited at the moment, and because VR headsets aren’t exactly ubiquitous, I can see why the work that’s being done is mostly done by enthusiasts. I personally have only really spent a decent amount with two games, Resonite and Dungeons of Eternity. One is a creative platform, honestly more of a game engine than a game, and the other’s an actual game.
I don’t really care about what Facebook did for the market, because ultimately they’re an evil company and I’d rather not have anything else to do with them. I get a gross feeling every time I put on my headset because I know that they’re sending as much data as they can back to their servers. I’d be more surprised if you could prove that they don’t have a complete 3D scan of my flat, including images, than if you told me they did.
Valve at least goes with FOSS, and builds on top of that. I won’t need to seek Facebook’s approval to install software on a device I paid for. That’s the very minimum I should expect as a consumer. Facebook doesn’t meet that expectation by a long shot.
Alcyonaria@piefed.world 9 hours ago
Theres programs to run to strip out all their shit and use it as a pcvr device or with onmemory apps
Dojan@pawb.social 1 hour ago
Oh, like a ROM?
Klear@quokk.au 21 hours ago
Just saying I don’t have much hope for Valve to save VR gaming. They don’t have the resources, and they might not even have the intention, though the later is just speculation on my part and I really hope I’m wrong.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Pretty sure they have the resources, they’re valued at $10B
Klear@quokk.au 10 hours ago
That’s not their budget, that’s how much money they’re worth on the stock market, in theory. The actual money Valve has to spend on VR (which pretty much means throw away, mind you) is a lot less.
At any rate they already said they’re not developing any accompanying title for the Frame.
As an aside, meta is spending way more then valve’s entire net worth on their reality labs every year.