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Half-Life Alyx standalone vs the PC VR version, side by side on Steam Frame. I still can't quite believe this is running on the headset with no PC. Valve made a native ARM port with foveated rendering and depth reprojection, and your saves sync between both versions through Steam... show more

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Ghwst4 days ago

Model detail and lighting seem slightly lower on standalone, but wow - it's really close.

Cas and Chary XR4 days ago

I know it's crazy! I would say there are some environments (like the beginning of the game) where you can see more clearly that it's a standalone headset, but I loaded this part up and was so impressed.

QuestWithMatt4 days ago

Looks really good for a mobile chip !

The Cranky Critic4 days ago

that's awesome but why didn't they just make a new game for their new headset ?

XYO4 days ago

Hard to say what it would be like with more assets in the frame, but I can only really tell the difference side-by-side. Incredible work from Steam.

Kayatt4 days ago

I wish all their improvements could be share with all games. Looks like this was a work done in drivers and emulation, more than actual porting to arm

Marcus4 days ago

Honestly, I have to read everyone and bag it out. You gotta admit it’s quite impressive. It’s running a game that was made for PCVR. Originally, yes, you can tell it’s a bit low quality, but it’s quite impressive still.

Simulate-19844 days ago

But the headset dpes not really do anything new from others .. 😕

Marco_G174 days ago

Why did valve not announce this???

Potatoman4 days ago

Video is 3 minutes because the steam frame ran out of battery

Lidoor L. Joseph4 days ago

in a word that’s how I feel about tethered displayed glasses, right… I bought I brought this clip on that turned into my Meta Ray-Ban since the sunglasses then I started thinking it’ll be decent if I can turn every Meta AI glasses into Meta Ray-Ban displays with a simple clip on. Check out Television by Lidoor Joseph on

who cares4 days ago

What framerate?

Freezorg教授4 days ago

It's an impressive technical achievement for sure but qs someone who already has a VR game library on Steam and has no intentions of playing VR games outside my house I just don't see what the point of it is

The Virtual Resistance4 days ago

How long does the battery last tho? 💀

Martín4 days ago

The shadows are rendered one meter from the character 🤦🏻‍♂️

G_Boy4 days ago

This looks great. They did an amazing job with this port

Roderick Chan4 days ago

maybe in the VR it's less noticeable since it's foveated rendering?

Lincoln Klay4 days ago

Looks pretty good for stand-alone

Jimbo4 days ago

So on your opinion, is it better quality when streamed via from PC?

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