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Just as an update to our previous article talking about Valve's new VR headset the Valve Index, I contacted Valve to get some bits cleared up.

As we saw from the accidental store pages going live for Valve's new VR kit, there was a "SteamOS + Linux" system requirements section. After speaking to Valve's PR person Doug Lombardi, they simply said "Yes on Linux support." which is pretty exciting to know we will see same-day Linux support!

Additionally, Lombardi told me they will be targetting May 1st for pre-orders and a full announcement, along with the "Knuckles" controllers which are now just being called "Valve Index Controllers".

The one thing that isn't final is the shipping date, the leaked store page mentioned June 15th but Lombardi said to me they're still "finalizing the targeted day in June to begin shipping units to customers".

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Ardje Apr 9, 2019
Quoting: kuhpunkt
Quoting: ArdjeI don't know where it is build. Doesn't really matter. The Steam Controller as well as the Steam Link were shipped from the Netherlands when ordered from the Netherlands.
So there is not extra tax.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgnWqoP4MM

Amazing!

<rant>The experience with USA based assembly is pretty bad. Look for instance at openpandora. Or more near experience, once you sign the contract, the nice guys go away, and you get backstabbed by the real company.
Chinese and Korean companies are so much more reliable in that respect. No niceness facade, if you pay it is ok. They will also say how much, and they will help you.</rant>

So this is yet another surprise: Valve really invests into it's mother country's economy. Respect!
jens Apr 9, 2019
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Quoting: slaapliedjeInteresting, anyone try it in VR? With a Vive Pro?

That is my question too ;)

Quoting: slaapliedjeWould be nice to get a 'Platinum' rating. I think some people misunderstand the ProtonDB (and hence WineHQ) ratings. Platinum means you can install it and have no issues, and not have to do ANY work around.

Yeah, people tend to rate their enthusiasm instead of the actual game compatibility.
slaapliedje Apr 9, 2019
Ha, well maybe I'll have to try to put forth some effort in getting Elite: Dangerous working under Linux, then to see if I can get it working under the Vive Pro.

Been a while since I logged in, it's the type of game that takes you away from reality enough that by the time you're ready to stop playing, it's been many hours later and you realize you haven't eaten that day...
slaapliedje Apr 9, 2019
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: slaapliedjeI think some people misunderstand the ProtonDB (and hence WineHQ) ratings. Platinum means you can install it and have no issues, and not have to do ANY work around.

"Platinum:Runs perfectly out of the box
Gold:Runs perfectly after tweaks
"

Exactly. I've seen a lot of people list Platinum, then go on to say 'add command parameters here' or 'Get this patch from github' etc. That should instantly lower it to Gold.

It's also fun for ProtonDB to have a ton of reports, but all of them give anything from broken to Platinum, but at least they also show Distribution. I think some simply fail because there are some libraries some distributions install by default where as others do not, so it's a simple fix of installing a library. Does that break the Platinum because some distributions might need this? It'd be nice if launching something via Proton would warn you that you're missing a library for sure. Wine usually does if you run it via command line.
Eike Apr 10, 2019
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Quoting: slaapliedjeExactly. I've seen a lot of people list Platinum, then go on to say 'add command parameters here' or 'Get this patch from github' etc. That should instantly lower it to Gold.

I totally missread your post and thought I had to correct this. :-D
slaapliedje Apr 10, 2019
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: slaapliedjeExactly. I've seen a lot of people list Platinum, then go on to say 'add command parameters here' or 'Get this patch from github' etc. That should instantly lower it to Gold.

I totally missread your post and thought I had to correct this. :-D
Ha, no worries. Yeah we were saying the same thing :)
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