Valve Index 2 (codenamed Deckard) Standalone

[Ravenger]

it would make sence to have the option of a wired conenction/displayport.
theres a reason Virtual Desktop is popular.
whats not clear is if the wifi dongle is a special video wifi optimised connection or if its just for standard wifi.
it sounds a bit silly to me to not have wifi built in by default. give expected use case(s)

Dedicated Wifi dongle makes sense. Easier to support than random routers who all behave differently.

 

[melmac]

Usage is an interesting question.
Anyone know the stats for how many VR headsets that are in regular use are used for PCVR vs standalone?

Regular use standalone numbers will be far higher than regular use PCVR. According to Steam, there are less than 3 million PCVR headsets. And the majority of them are Quest headsets. Whereas there are over 20 million standalone VR headsets out there at least, probably double that. Take Gorilla Tag, on PCVR the highest number of players on Steam ever was 2700. On Standalone, there are over 1 million playing daily and 3 million playing monthly.

 

[LostCorpse]

thats a lot of broken TVs

 

[IT Troll]

Anyone know the stats for how many VR headsets that are in regular use are used for PCVR vs standalone?

I imagine standalone vastly outnumbers PCVR. But tethered PCVR is still the preferred option for flight/racing sims and those seeking ultimate image quality.

one rumour is that it's shipping with a wifi dongle, who knows if they'll keep the displayport

Wireless inevitably means transcoding and compression which degrades clarity. It would be surprising it Valve ditched DisplayPort. We don't need another Quest.