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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    Sean Hollister
    Steam Frame AMA time.

    I’m hopping in now to answer your questions, and I’ve got a Steam Frame on my desk to spot-check answers, too!

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    See what it’s like to use the Steam Frame.

    Did you think the Steam Frame was a VR headset? As I explain in my review, it does a lot more. Here, step into the lenses with me and I’ll show you. (Also on YouTube, if you’d rather!)

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    The Steam Frame’s modular attachments are already intriguing.

    Wish Valve’s headset let you see your surroundings in full color instead of monochrome? In my hand is the $150 Arcturus Vision Camera, which can solve that (see images below). Need more battery and better audio? Pop the compute core into Valve’s upcoming ā€œEnthusiast Kitā€ to add twin stackable magnetic batteries, premium off-ear drivers, and more.

    <em>The Arcturus Vision Camera accessory.</em>
    <em>Plugged in.</em>
    <em>A 1080p screen capture of what I see with the stock monochrome cameras.</em>
    <em>Now with the Arcturus Vision Camera</em>. <em>The screenshot doesn’t do justice to the higher resolution you get, though</em>.
    <em>You can remove the Steam Frame’s compute / optics core after undoing three latches.</em>
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    The Arcturus Vision Camera accessory.
    Photo: Kelsey McClellan / The Verge
    The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware nerds like me

    5

    Verge Score

    Valve’s new headset is another joyous piece of early access hardware.

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Did… he forget that Final Fantasy VII originally came on three discs?

    FFVII Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi has revealed to IGN his ā€œonly choiceā€ was to ship the new game on a single disc that forces you to download the rest of the game, because the team ā€œdidn’t want to make any compromisesā€ in fidelity.

    But the original game shipped on three discs. FF8 shipped on four! So did FF9.

    Here, I whipped out a copy to show you. Forgot about the awesome booklet art!
    Here, I whipped out a copy to show you. Forgot about the awesome booklet art!
    Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Etsy is worried it’ll get caught up in the FCC’s gadget bans.

    Remember when it was cheap and easy for me to buy DJI’s banned camera? The FCC is currently taking comments on a plan to ban online marketplaces from listing gadgets like that. Platforms would need to validate each device’s FCC status before they list it for sale. Etsy wants its ā€œmicro-entrepreneursā€ to be exempt.

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    While you wait for Apple… enter to win free gadgets?

    I give away gadgets we can’t keep every Wednesday — just in the US, mind — and today marks TITW Giveaway #11. These are items I actually called in for my Today I’m Toying With videos! No new video this week, though, because I’ve been burning the midnight oil working on something special...