Steambox is real

[Opa Opa]

So the pre-built PC market essentially.

[Ack]

Have they figured out who their market is for the Steam box?

Unicorns.

[Krejlooc]

So the pre-built PC market essentially.

Any gaming class pre-built PC is a steam machine so long as it runs steam in any capacity, yes.

Also, any custom-built PC running steam is a steam machine. Anything running steam, within an acceptable range of specs, is a steam machine.

Do you have a gaming PC? You have a steam machine.

[Krejlooc]

So I'm in the streaming beta along with the music beta. I have a custom-built windows-based steam server running an nvidia titan, 16 gb DDR3, and an i7-4770 dedicated to a VR chamber in a spare room (that I've dubbed the holodeck) that acts as a sort of central media source for my entire place. In my living room, I have my tiny 8" x 8" intel-made steam machine also with an i7-4770 connected to the back of my TV via a VESA bracket running SteamOS. The entire system is really slick. For games that have linux ports, I'll install a local copy of the game on my HTPC steam machine, and for windows games I just stream them to my living room using a wired connection. My Steam server also contains 2 2.5 tb HDDs that store all my video content, which I push using XMBC. My Steam Server also contains my mp3 collection, which I can access in-game using the music beta.

My "holodeck" is pretty empty right now, just with the steam server and a ceiling-mounted oculus rift connection (so the wire hangs down and doesn't twist me up when standing). By summer, it'll be filled out with a Virtuix Omni and a Sixense STEM to fill out the room. On one of the walls in the room is a LCD 16:9 TV mounted to the wall with a keyboard rack also mounted to the wall that I'll be able to use as a menu and lean out to type on from within the VR chamber.

As a local next-gen ecosystem encompassing my entire place, Steam is really, really fucking cool. And I already have a PS4, Xbone, and WiiU. None of them "take over" my house quite like this.

[noiseredux]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/10/alien ... s-holiday/

interesting.

[noiseredux]

OMG





http://kotaku.com/meet-steamboy-the-por ... 1590987020

[Jmustang1968]

OMG





http://kotaku.com/meet-steamboy-the-por ... 1590987020

Yeah this has some potential. I just wish those were analog sticks and not those weird pads (I know it kinda mimics the steam controller)

[noiseredux]

If the Steamboy actually happens it would probably become my go to portable system.

[RCBH928]

how can PC games work in portable form? Could MMORPGs , RTS, and FPS work on a tablet?

[Hazerd]

Have they figured out who their market is for the Steam box?

Unicorns.

Damn Unicorns cant even install Steam on Windows, need a damn box just for Steam!