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Quoting: slaapliedjeCurious why you say a VR headset wouldn't be good for you? I know a guy who only has one eye, so it'd be pretty useless to him, for sure.

[...] I also found out some years ago that modern cinema 3D [...] worked for me.

In that case, I really do recommend you give VR glasses a try if you have the opportunity! VR glasses display the 3D image in exactly the same way as modern 3D movies (two cameras at a fixed stereoscopic offset).

I get the stressors part and in that case Alyx would probably need a "no hostiles" mod or similar to be comfortable, but most of the game is really just marvelling at "being there". More generally, there are plenty of relaxing VR experiences to be had as well (nature walks / VR tourism, psychedelic worlds, guided yoga/tai chi, etc.), so you might actually find yourself liking the hardware, should you try it :)

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Quoting: hardpenguinIt is pretty hilarious that the community provided this functionality instead of the game developers. 🤭

Not really? To me, this is like a fan-edit of a film; the "director's cut" is already out there as the original Alyx VR, and I'd find it odd if the creator of a piece of media in another form would feel the need to work on a version that doesn't reflect how they feel it's meant to be experienced.

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Quoting: BalkanSpyNow that is some beautiful and relaxing trailer.
And wait......is that the Netflix logo at the end of the trailer? I had no idea you could play games via Netflix.

Don't get too excited, it's only for mobile games. Netflix has also been removing PC versions of games in order to herd people to their mobile service, so I'm not too thrilled about the whole situation.

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Quoting: MarlockAny mention of what brand of wifi module and if they learned their lesson on choosing modules for linux?[...]

It's right on the title of the first picture: Quectel FC66E-B [External Link].

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumI've debated recently about getting one of their index VR headsets lately. More from a technological point of view, to see what all the fuss is about. Since no doubt once I've played with the technical bits, it'll end up in a box in a cupboard for the rest of its life, so I'm waiting for a good steam sale on them. :smile:.

*Glances uncomfortably at the HOTAS and Index setup put aside in the corner of the room*
I must admit, after getting a Quest, I really can't be bothered to clear the space in front of my PC in order to play VR. The tracking on the Quest is terrible by comparison, mind you, but at least I'm not in danger of punching my Amiga by accident.
I'm hoping Deckard will allow me to go play in a different room at last.

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Quoting: 14Companies are for-profit, ya know? Go to church if you want more of a family feel. Companies are not your family.

I'm afraid I have bad news [External Link] for you....

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Oh yay! Bandcamp is free again! That's excellent news! :woot:

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Oooh, Input Leap support! Software KVM support is the only thing holding me back from using Wayland, so this is great news! It doesn't look quite ready yet, but it's very nice to see that it's being worked on in an official capacity.

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It's amazing work and I'm particularly looking forward to the work on application-level suspension [External Link]. It could take the concept of Sessions/Activities to a whole new level where you could store the app-state of your entire "Work" activity when you switch to your "Playtime" activity for some gaming after work and then jump immediately back into exactly where you left off the next day.

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it has so far been gathering some rather glowing user reviews althoughand wonderfully, it's only a couple of hours long.

There, fixed it for you! :grin:
Jokes aside, whenever I see a game that's more than 8 hours long, I can feel my work schedule - as well as my backlog - starring daggers at me.

This one looks particularly neat; nice visuals, music is more than just a Silent Hill-alike and the guarantee of no jump-scares (or "startlers", since there's nothing "scary" about them) is very enticing.

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