Post by cr4kk3n on Nov 13, 2013 2:26:53 GMT -5
So as you may know, Valve has been working on bringing you PC gaming to the living room for awhile. First to note is the Big Picture mode, allowing you to have a smooth experience using a controller and steam. Now we have something else to throw on the table that will bring not only PC gaming a notch up, but also the linux kernel.
What exactly am I talking about? Well I am talking about none other than SteamOS. It is currently in development by Valve and will be the primary OS for their new "gaming console" the Steam Machines. Not to get ahead of myself, I'll cover the Steam Machine at a later date. Not only is the operating system open source but it is also built toward gaming. Valve claims that it has "achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing" with SteamOS as well. You will be able to stream games from your Windows or Mac machine to a device running SteamOS like Steam on a regular desktop, keeping the same family sharing and restrictions as it does on the Desktop of that machine.
NVIDIA has also announced that they will be working with Valve to develop a library called GameWorks that will incorporate multiple NVIDIA-proprietary engines such as PhysX, OptiX and VisualFX. This gives Microsofts Windows with a lot of competition.
Steam OS will be available for download sometime in 2014 most likely around the same time the Steam Machine will be available. This thread will be updated as I find out more information on the SteamOS.
What exactly am I talking about? Well I am talking about none other than SteamOS. It is currently in development by Valve and will be the primary OS for their new "gaming console" the Steam Machines. Not to get ahead of myself, I'll cover the Steam Machine at a later date. Not only is the operating system open source but it is also built toward gaming. Valve claims that it has "achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing" with SteamOS as well. You will be able to stream games from your Windows or Mac machine to a device running SteamOS like Steam on a regular desktop, keeping the same family sharing and restrictions as it does on the Desktop of that machine.
NVIDIA has also announced that they will be working with Valve to develop a library called GameWorks that will incorporate multiple NVIDIA-proprietary engines such as PhysX, OptiX and VisualFX. This gives Microsofts Windows with a lot of competition.
Steam OS will be available for download sometime in 2014 most likely around the same time the Steam Machine will be available. This thread will be updated as I find out more information on the SteamOS.
