The Steam Frame probably has to be an ARM processor, because you don’t want to have to wonder about space and price constraints with an x86-64, and whether an eyeball makes a good heat sink.
And it probably doesn’t matter much, but that’s one less thing to worry about when porting from the Oculus Quest.
But unlike Proton’s Faustian bargain (the catalog all works! …why port at all?), in VR, the user tends to convert low framerate into vomit, so a real native port could be _crucial_.
That’s not to imply FEX won’t be amazing at its job…I’m sure it will be. But it can’t break the laws of physics, y’know?
@mcc @icculus the Android bit might be what i'm the most confused about
they did mention “sideloading” APKs but they really didn't say anything about it and afaik an Android compatibility layer for SteamOS would be in itself pretty big news
also, am i missing something, or wouldn't existing Android VR games target Meta-specific APIs for the most part?
