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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Controller with 5ghz wifi? Hmm.

[–] tea@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, wouldn't need that unless it was something more, I suppose. Either a super fancy controller or something else.

[–] cron@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fancy controller with embedded screen and CPU?

[–] Garper@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Don't be crazy.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Standalone VR!

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Integrated Steam Link?

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The steam controller 1 already has wifi, its not the only controller that does this, the nvidia shield controller also does. The standard these and a very few other controllers use is called wifi direct, and basically uses an adhoc network to connect. This is seamless for the user.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Sure. Isn't that 2.4ghz though?

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 points 2 years ago

That's would be really neat for those of us with lots of wireless interference in the 2.4 GHz band. I can't even really use Bluetooth controllers for that reason.

[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Valve could be trying their own version of stadia / Luna. Doubtful though. Probably a vr device.