sorry, maybe i missed it. But how do you know the ecosystem is open?

from the link we don't know if the OS can be changed (might be locked like many Android phones) or if a connected machine is required to run their DRM/Steam. The drivers may also not be open source

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theknarf 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It said its running Steam OS, which is just Linux.

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contrarian1234 an hour ago | parent [-]

Android is also just Linux. But i cant install Debian on my phone

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wombarly 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

SteamOS at its base is just Arch with Steam and some additional software installed.

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contrarian1234 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

that doesn't in any way mean you can install an alternate OS. But i get your point that at least you can run Arch stuff. Isnt Arch ARM support unofficial? (its been ages since i tried) You dont hear of people running it on RPis for example

	▲	mavamaarten 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well. It doesn't say in any docs or specs, but for what it's worth, Valve's hardware has always been open like that. You're free to install windows on your steam deck, for example.

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mmis1000 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Even just have direct access to hardware apis is already a big win. On Oculus quest. The closest you can get is running with webxr. But webxr suffer from all those performance problem of web platforms. (And bug of meta softwares. The recent quest browser have bug that prevent you from disabling spatial audio, rendering it not usable for watch video at all)

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piperswe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's SteamOS and SteamVR - you can run arbitrary aarch64 Linux binaries that talk to SteamVR and they should just work

	▲	bullen 18 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yep, I'm back into VR with this move, specially if the price is closer to $500 than $1000. Unless the lenses/displays are bad, but I figure we would have heard by now?
	▲	contrarian1234 14 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		from a cursory look . it seems SteamVR is intended to be used with their DRM platform and isn't open source. Maybe its a bit less limiting vs Meta's offering? i wouldnt characterize this as an "open ecosystem" though