It's so cool that also with each update a new expedition is coming. Is this new one already live (haven't logged in yet)?
Maybe a good idea to test the new WiVRn update to play NMS in VR :)

Really, this game has managed to bring me back again and again, and if it's only for the new expeditions and their rewards.

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Since I saw on my son's Quest 3S that Steam Link VR was working, I decided to get a Quest 3, as back then I wasn't sure when Valve would release the Steam Frame and wireless VR is pretty cool. Yet Steam VR wired or wireless... the open source variants can give a much better experience. Same with Steam Link VR. So I tried WiVRn and it's awesome. As I had already some experience with Monando and building with Envision, the step to get WiVRn through that wasn't much of an issue.

Yet again, with Envision you get the hottest and latest Version (except you specify the git commit), imho it works best as you don't have to fiddle around much with Steam launch options which are needed when running WiVRn as standalone.

If you use envision, also select XRizer instead of OpenComposite (or have a 2nd profile with it in Envision), as with XRizer you can play After the Fall (the Left 4 Dead VR kinda game from Vertigo Games).

Another hint if you are on Ubuntu: to build XRizer you need a newer version of Rust and Vulkan. Rust can be updated via rustup, Vulkan can be updated via packages from https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#linux [External Link]. When installing the Vulkan SDK I had to get rid of package manually though... glslang or so? (you'll see when installing 😆)

In combination with WayVR (previously name wlx-overlay-s) and WayVR dashboard this give a great experience in VR. Since one of the last updates WayVR dashboard is even working with starting applications in VR on nVidia for me, so you can have some kind of spacial computing with all the applications up and showing theirs windows in VR. You can group then, create a profile and let the apps autostart. Really cool!

Another benefit of using wireless VR: async reprojection. As mentioned in a previous comment, nVidia has issues with asnyc reprojection after driver 550 (and still happening with up to 590). This is not an issue when using WiVRn as async reprojection happens in the HMD.

And seeing this already all working so well... I'm thrilled to see what happens when Steam Frame becomes availabe for everybody.

Btw: You can run WayVR in Steam VR too, haven't tested it recently, before I had to disable its autostart as it caused games to render black in the HMD. Maybe it's fixed by now.

VR is so cool! And we got quite some nice games in the last two years, some I got:
- Bulletstorm VR (they fixed the performance)
- Arizona Sunshine Remake
- Metro: Awakening
- Alien: Rogue Incursion VR (yes, it has now a non VR version too)
- Arken Age
- iAi (a VR coop game)
- Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate (more than just a remake)
- Of Lies And Rain (has some Half Life: Alyx vibes)

And the classics like Beat Saber, Synth Riders, Pistol Whip etc. of course!

If VR gets easier to be used wireless with this WiVRn update, so more (Linux) users get into VR, that's awesome! A Quest 3S is a really good entry point, I'm using my Meta account (which I just created for this) just to download the WiVRn app... 😅

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Quoting: Tares

Quoting: ChrisznixI was always too old for discord, it was too confusing for me. I missed the magic of early IRC channels or BBS/Forum stuff.

My thoughts exactly. I wish IRC would come back.

IRC was never gone... it's now libera.chat after the freenode takeover.

Also:
https://xkcd.com/1782/ [External Link]

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Why can’t we just call it a Linux distro?

I think that’s the beauty of a “Gaming distro”

Kk, not a distro, a Gaming distro it is! 😆 *scnr*

Thanks for this interview!

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Is known how they are putting these games on the store? I'm wondering how it will be labeled, as just "VR" won't be enough anymore. Right now we have (mostly) Windows games that just run on Linux and Steam Deck (if not too demanding, but techically they run). On Linux PC (i.e. x86, amd64 etc.). When VR games are compiled for arm though, will they run on PC too?
Will they create a seperate store/category for arm steam frame VR games?
Will PC VR gamers running HTC Vive, Valve Index etc. be able to play these games too or will they miss out? Is this was Lepton is aiming for, but only for Linux users? Don't get me wrong, the more Linux the better, yet VR is a niche, and if Windows VR gamers would not be able to play those games too, it's a loss.

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But, a bigger vendor like Lenovo seemed a bit more trustworthy if I ever encountered hardware problems.

I thought the same... yet, I got disappointed by Lenovo.
As you know now, the detachable controllers have spring loaded copper pins. On my left controller, one of them fell out. I was able to plug it in and it worked again, for months no issues. Then it happened again, and I thought, hey I still have like more than half a year warranty, so why not get it fixed by Lenovo.
Nope, they claim I caused this and refused to replace or fix it for free. No matter what I told them, they stance is, this is a user caused error.
I could send it in for min. 35€ to have it checked, than I can decide if I want to get it repaired for at least 40€.
A new controller is about 70€.

Thanks Lenovo 😡

I bought a replacement controller when it was on sale, yet I'm disappointed by this service. I was one of the first to buy one, even from their store directly. Now I'm hesitant to detach the controller...

Yet, with the controllers attached and bazzite on it, it works really well, and I do enjoy using it from time to time.
I'm even thinking about getting an egpu for it. But from my experiences with bazzite on the ROG Ally where I have an egpu with their proprietary connector, I still had to use Windows to enable it and I wasn't able to get VR running on bazzite. That's why I have Cachy OS on the ROG Ally.

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To be well prepared for my retirement in 20 years, I did buy some games in 2025... yet playing is a completely differen topic 😆

According to my Steam Replay 2025 report, my game of the year is again Fall Guys. Followed by Elite Dangerous, Beat Saber and Helldivers 2.

So no game from 2025, while Helldivers 2 is the most recent one.
I had a look at Metal Eden and Of Lies and Rain (VR), not much playtime yet, but as these are the ones from this year, I guess one of those would be my game of the year 2025.

Dang, I totally should play more 😁

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Oi, the HoN Reborn fix is interesting. I was running into issues when we wanted to play HoN last week. Unfortunately they turned off the previous version "Project Kongor" which was the original HoN (unfortunately without the native Linux version), which they kept online until HoN Reborn went live.

I couldn't get Reborn up and running with Proton experimental, but 9.0 worked for installing and starting. Yet, joining a match didn't work.

HoN was really great back then, and even Project Kongor had the same feeling. Reborn... not so much. Too bad they force players to switch to Reborn, I wished they would let it mature a bit more before turning off Projekt Kongor.

Let's hope Reborn will become a worthy successor eventually.

edit: hmm... I can see what the umu-heroesofnewerthreborn fix does, yet... how to apply it automatically via GE-Proton? 😅

edit#2: oh... just add GAMEID=umu-heroesofnewerthreborn as written 😇

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but from previous comments on GamingOnLinux, you could see a good experience with it

:whistle::woot::wub:

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THREE POINT TWO PERCENT?! What the heck!
- "We will be more than 1%"
- "We will hit 2%"
- "We are now more than 3%"!

Proton, Steam Deck, PC gaming handhelds showing Linux distros working better on them than Windows, the end of Windows 10, Recall, Co-Pilot, etc... all aspects to our benefits. Wow... more than 3 percent.

Okay, next goal: Windows drops below 90% :woot:

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