First time coming across these- they look interesting.. But, I've been ignoring VR headsets for the last few years. Which would be better, a decent VR headsets or something like this for steamdeck on the couch? :)
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For steamdeck on the couch something like the xreal or rokid would be better. Some people have been able to make VR work with steamdeck with bad performance but they only tried VR games so don't know how it would be with regular games.
I bought a pair when they were still going by NReal name and they worked well with steam deck and my laptop. Battery life would last longer with only the glasses on. I didn't like always having to wear contacts so picked up a pair of Rokid's glasses too. Those have built in diopters and have been working well.
This is lighter in weight, cooler, and cheaper than full VR... It works well with Steamdeck from what I can see in videos. VR to me just not seem mainstream or standardised enough yet to make that investment.
Still waiting for multi-monitor Linux support but it's looking more promising
Maybe a special desktop environment like simulavr or xrdesktop might work.
If multi-monitor is supported via USB-C output, it should work? I'll also need to dig more into Linux reviews on this.
Seems there was some progress at https://www.reddit.com/r/nreal/comments/12z772e/nreal_linux_multiple_screens_poc/ but don't see any updates since 8 months back. NREAL was the previous name for XREAL I think.