I have a Roborock that supposedly has Matter support (over WiFi not Thread, but still) and integrates into my Home assistant fairly well.

I wonder if it would break without Internet.

It’ll be fine for most games you’d want to run on lower power stuff like the Frame/Deck.

Actually there’s already a project that gets (some) Quest exclusives working on other Android based VR sets like those made by Pico, so it’s further along than I thought.

https://github.com/ovrport/app

Really? That’s kinda neat. Probably pretty customized image to handle the VR stuff.

Yes basically. It’s just more open source.

Well, there’s more technical differences too. Waydroid should be lighter because it’s not a full VM like BlueStacks. It uses your already running Kernel. (Because Android is also Linux based)

Pony up for something expensive like a Bambu or embrace the tinker

'tis the way of things

I mean Waydroid is a thing you can install Android apps with. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Waydroid

But that’s basically a full VM that can do some tricks to make it look like a window. I imagine Valve must have some other translation layer.

Should be able to unlock it if you get it retail. Mainline Linux I very much doubt it.

No I’m saying that I’m pretty sure side-loading is just a side effect of them making it compatible exactly so that it’s very easy for devs to port Quest games.

Well they’re saying you’ll be able to install Android APK files on the Frame, which pretty much confirms this is exactly what they’re going for. Meta headsets run Android and the games are APKs.

No, but it seems like a logical step is all. Allow devs to distribute ARM binaries of their game. Release Steam for ARM.

If they do the work anyhow no sense in wasting it.

Yes, but they’re making a build specifically for this set. They own all the source code. Presumably that means they made this version native for ARM.

Considering the big rise in ARM PCs it’s completely logical that they start supporting it more too, allowing devs to make and distribute ARM builds.

For Linux, you find out if there is a package. If not you go to a website and see if there is an app image or zip file. You then need to know where to place the downloaded file, how to get it running (making it executable), knowing how to chmod and chown (it is better to have to do it like in Linux, but it is an extra step), and how to add it to your desktop (there is no right+click and add to desktop/create shortcut option in Arch based distros like there is on Windows). If there is a service component you may need to go into command line and systemctl to enable it.

I don’t think I’ve ever followed that workflow to be honest. Except for when doing something niche and way above and beyond something a casual user would do.

Open the software center, search what you want. Click install. Done. I use the terminal to the same effect but that’s by preference. Installing packages as you described is not at all recommended… They won’t update with the system.

The “add to desktop” thing really depends on your Desktop Environment too. GNOME not really, KDE and most others yeah.

I don’t think the learning curve is any harder than someone who’s learning Windows for the first time.

It’s just different. Honestly in some ways simpler IMO. But if you were a life long Mac user and touched Windows for the first time today you’d probably have a rougher time I think.

Bypassing the battery?

They’ve been gearing up for the 1.0 release for a while. Big changes have been happening they just haven’t released yet.

Polls are an open issue that the devs have said they’d love a PR for.

Ehhh that one I could do without

I also admire them. I wouldn’t recommend it though, there’s some big servers that block lemmynsfw so you will miss a chunk of the fediverse.

Yeah I mean push through as in they don’t keep trying

I think it’s just an accessibility thing. VR is expensive, and it takes people pushing through some disorientation/nausea to really enjoy it. Many will simply feel sick the first few times they try it, decide it’s not for them and leave it.