[Meta] This community has been renamed to Steam Hardware to include the newly annouced Steam Machine and Steam Frame

as long as people remember to use flairs.

Lemmy doesn't have flairs.

Oh I could flair I guess.

There's not even close to enough content being posted that it'll get too disorganized

It may just be my first foray into VR. Stoked. :D

Based on previews it really looks like they solved wireless PC VR. I still have an ancient original HTC Vive that I use veeeeryyy rarely. I've been tempted to jump on the Big Screen Beyond 2, but I'm gonna wait to see how reviews for the Frame shake out

me too, i have a meta 2 rn and its a pain in my ass every time i wanna play a steam game or install and app that isnt in the app store. i believe the frame will fix this

Linux VR headset this sound gorgeous

Only the display name.

Pip pip cheerio and so forth, do send the children into the crushing machines for their next shift my dear fellow, for I shall be too busy doing laudunum and working on my pamphlet about the evils of masturbstion.

I would argue that having a display name that indicates something different than the true name could lead to confusion for people like me who always disable showing display names (for both users and communities). Though, I am not sure how common it is for people to use this setting like me.

With all that said, in the end, this is probably the best solution for the community. I can't be too disappointed.

What's that symbol between "releasing" and "hardware"?

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I suspect that if anything is going to become big enough to warrant its own community it would probably be steamOS rather than any of the hardware, after all in a few months the hardware will be out and there won't be as much to talk about.

But the OS is going to be getting updates I would assume, so there's always going to be new topics

Here's an idea.

Just rename it to " Steam"

Proton was a big difference too. It seem to be really opening doors for more Linux stuff. You should dig into the config this thing can do much and the did the same for arm Linux. They reduced the work by conbining the part. I wonder if big company would pay a service to get steam-os with hardware customizations to ship with their handheld

Unfortunately it depends on the app and where you view it. The app I use (Thunder) shows Steam Hardware at the top of the community and in the community list, but shows "steamdeck" in small texts under posts still.

Looks like Voyager does not support it, and the developer is not eager to add the functionality. This is their most recent comment on the issue, commented an entire year ago:

My official stance on display_name is negative, specifically due to impersonation and UX concerns (you can see my full thoughts here: https://vger.social/comment/4447844)

While I won't support showing display_name by default, I would consider showing a future flair by default.

I would also support adding a setting to show display_name if it was off by default.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/546

No, all it would do is fracture the existing community, with some leaving for the new and some staying here unaware. Until there is an official migration tool in Lemmy itself this is the only way to retain the community that was built

I just checked and the name is what comes up when searching, not the c/ designation. So it probably won't cause much of an issue.

*Gabecube

It may be enough to sell my almost unused ps5

I was just thinking the same thing. I don’t think I’ve turned it on in a year.

Yeah I pray it has a decent experience for modern games and isnt just an indie game box.

I think it's fine. The Steam Deck is Steam Hardware so I don't see what the confusion would be.

Sure, that's perfectly acceptable for this community