[HN Gopher] Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power ...
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       Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a
       USB port
        
       Author : sbarre
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2025-01-25 22:15 UTC (44 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (crastinator-pro.github.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (crastinator-pro.github.io)
        
       | TheCleric wrote:
       | I am so confused why you'd trade the OLED screen for the XReal
       | glasses which seem like an extra complication for no upside.
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | "This project was not approved or endorsed in any way by Valve
         | and is generally a very bad idea. "
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         | why are you confused when from the first words on the page, it
         | is acknowledged this is nothing more than "hold my beer"
         | project.
         | 
         | the confusion is how you would pose a question as if this were
         | a serious project
        
         | skavi wrote:
         | from the faq at the end:
         | 
         | > Why remove the screen? It wouldn't have made the build
         | larger!
         | 
         | > Keeping the screen would have significantly complicated the
         | build, as you'd need something to keep in in place. More
         | importantly - the brick was built to be tossed in a bag as-is.
         | No case, no screen protector, just throw it in a backpack or
         | suitcase and don't worry about it!
        
       | atum47 wrote:
       | Side question: are those glasses any good? I almost got myself a
       | pair
        
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