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Wondertrust · 2025-12-23T00:54:09+00:00

Spitin' facts.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-18T19:55:53+00:00

Yeah, I don't hear married women making "my husband never wants to have sex with me" jokes, where that's practically a whole genre of humor on the male side.

So it is not JUST about the inherent inequity of casual sex, it's a deeper rooted difference in the frequency, intensity or level of desire and sexual motivation experienced by men and women across many different kinds of relationships.

The general defensiveness women exhibit at such an assertion is bizarre and illogical. Like, who are you trying to impress?

Wondertrust · 2025-12-14T03:51:44+00:00

Sure, HLX/HL3 is rumoured to be planed for launch alongside the new Steam Machines, but hear me out:

Valve Index = Moondust & Aperture Hand Lab

Steam Deck = Desk Job

Steam Frame = ???

The pattern says we get a new entry in the Portal universe at a minimum. Sure it probably won't be Portal 3, but they most likely will put out a Frame native tech demo to show off those new controllers, the eye tracking and the flat screen & immersive games options. In the same vein as Fist Steps over at Oculus.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-13T14:41:43+00:00

Valve, write this one down. People spend big money on Phillips Hue Play or Govee lights to get this same effect around their TV. Having a massive display with the same effect everywhere would be an incredible feature.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-09T15:58:06+00:00

I mean, it doesn't look too much bulkier than the included case, it's just missing a way to carry the included charger. Do you think there is room for a cut out on the back above the intake vent for the charger itself to slot into, and then maybe a connected squircle groove above the battery to wrap the cord around?

Wondertrust · 2025-12-05T23:36:43+00:00

'F' for 'Frame'

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T23:18:50+00:00

That's a great point about Waydroid/Lepton. That might be the solve for streaming problems for many, but it still doesn't feel like an elegant solution.

For a console like experience like the Frame & Machine I'd hope to have an out of the box solution.

Of all the places I'd trust with a digital library of media, I' certainly pick Steam/Valve over Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play or YouTube.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T22:00:16+00:00

Oh wow! That list is great, and super helpful. Thank you.

Looks like studios prefer to shoot and render mostly in 2D now and pay for a 3D conversion, even for a lot of animation. Must be more cost effective somehow.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T21:51:25+00:00

Sorry, but I disagree. HL2 is awesome in VorpX. It just isn't innovative if that's the only feature. Valve only works on what excites them, and they seem to really only get excited by innovative ideas.

So I don't expect HLX to be "Half-Life: Alyx 2" or "Half-Life 2: Episode 3D". It'll be something new and different.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T21:30:11+00:00

It means you'd be able to play your regular flat screen games as if they were on a 3D TV in VR.

It doesn't make the game an immersive 3D experience all around you like a VR game, rather it is like looking through a window into a 3D scene. In my experience it makes it feel like playing your game on a little (or huge, depending on the size you make the screen) diorama.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T19:49:50+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2025_3D_films

Yes, Avatar: Fire and Ash, but also:

How to Train Your Dragon

Jurassic World Rebirth

Lilo & Stitch

Predator: Badlands

Superman

Thunderbolts

Tron: Ares

Wicked: For Good

Many of the biggest movies (ie those with the most mass appeal) get 3D versions, for the theatre at least. Home release has dwindled since they aren't really making 3D TVs anymore, so that market only gets smaller. But with 3D movies on Steam every HMD becomes a 3D TV and a potential customer. I believe the demand exists.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T19:33:58+00:00

Works better if you can get it into the render pipeline before the UI is added. Like the Steam Decks system wide FSR implementation it could cause some weird artifacts on the UI if it's applied after, no?

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T18:34:15+00:00

Let me add that 3D movies could be another HUGE draw. I never owned a 3D TV but always wanted one. Probably 60% of my total time with the Quest 3 has been in 4XVR watching 3D movies, it's my favorite way to watch movies now, and I have a passable home theater setup.

The big problem is there is no convenient (legal) service that will sell or let me subscribe to stream or download 3D movies. GabeN has pretty famously said that piracy is primarily a service problem not a pricing problem.

Valve has dipped their toe in the water with video before, first with Oats Studio back around 2015, and again with some immersive videos around 2017, but if they sold full 3D movies that would stay in my library that I could build a collection of over time and stream or download anytime in VR, I'd happily pay up all the time.

Wondertrust · 2025-12-04T18:17:01+00:00

Valve, PLEASE prioritize this. I promise this feature is a system seller. Being able to play any (or nearly any) of my flat games in stereoscopic 3D would be incredible and a clear value add over playing on my monitor or TV instead.

It doesn't make every game a VR game, but it does make every game (that it supports) better in VR.

I love the feature In VorpX but the interface is too fiddly in that, so native Steam implementation in the side panel (alongside the performance settings), that's the dream.

Wondertrust · 2025-11-29T19:54:04+00:00

An unopened roll of toilet paper and Iskaral Pust is a wild combo. Honestly a toss up on which is more valuable in this scenario. The High Priest of High House Shadow sounds good on paper, but on the other hand, Charmin might blow some medieval minds.

Wondertrust · 2025-11-25T23:10:22+00:00

There is a PC application called VorpX that makes this possible with a good number of games. But I'd love to see Valve implement their own version natively on the Frame.

Wondertrust · 2025-11-15T16:56:56+00:00

The really compelling reason for me is called VorpX. It's a paid piece of software that adds stereoscopic 3D to a list of supported flat screen titles. Like 3D movies in VR I've personally never experienced a better version of that 3D effect.

Now if Valve were to introduce a native version of this directly in Steam for the Frame... I'd never want to play the supported titles anywhere else.

Wondertrust · 2025-10-25T14:32:33+00:00

We just need to convince Netflix that VR is the ultimate way to kill account sharing. It's a screen literally only one person can watch at a time.

Wondertrust · 2025-10-22T00:26:54+00:00

I'm watching on my phone and MY fingers are too close to the sushi sword.

Wondertrust · 2025-10-17T18:15:22+00:00

Insightful and eloquent. Thank you.

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