Valve has ported Half-Life: Alyx to ARM, and it’s free with Steam Frame
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- But buyers of the $1,059 gadget will get one flagship VR game anyhow, and it's great .
- That's no mean feat: This was a game that required a VR-ready Windows desktop or laptop with a midrange graphic … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Today, Valve is launching its first headset since 2019 - the new Steam Frame - while dodging our questions about whether it'll ever make another VR game to go with it. But buyers of the $1,059 gadget will get one flagship VR game anyhow, and it's great.
Every Steam Frame comes with a copy of 2020's Half-Life: Alyx, one of the best VR games yet made and a good game, period, and you won't even need a desktop PC - because Valve has ported the entire game to ARM64 so it can run natively on the Frame's Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 3 chip.
That's no mean feat: This was a game that required a VR-ready Windows desktop or laptop with a midrange graphic …
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- Valve has ported Half-Life: Alyx to ARM, and it’s free with Steam FrameYou are here
- Valve’s Steam Frame costs $1,059The Verge
- Steam Frame: The Ars Technica review - Ars TechnicaGoogle News
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