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[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thin client vs full computer.
Essentially it ahould have been an extreme edition chromecast that can decode the 6ghz datastream. Nothing more.
But it can boot and run cyberpunk (in shit quality but whatever). That was not neccessary.

[โ€“] Natanael@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago

The capacity is like half the Steam Deck, which is years old. It's an older mobile chip. All the magic comes from foveated rendering.

They could've saved maybe a hundred dollars from a cheaper chip, a little more with less storage and RAM. Then it wouldn't be able to compete with the Meta Quest while being more expensive still. It would just have had slightly better tracking and controllers.