That's what I always said!
(Image of old man screaming at clouds)
But honestly, I'm happy it will finally get some exposure.
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Steam's Big Picture Mode beta starts Monday Sep 10th [out now]
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(Image of old man screaming at clouds)
But honestly, I'm happy it will finally get some exposure.
Felix Lighter
Member
My setup has been waiting for this day.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I hardly even see you involved in PC threads as it is, let alone Steam. I'm not surprised that you're not as excited. I see you in Vita threads though :O
RelentlessRolento
Member
Finally. Been too long or just right in valve time
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
This looks pretty damn cool! Can't wait to try it out. 
The Elite
BOSS
I have my PC hooked up to my 47" and over 100 games purchased. Yeah, I don't contribute to the Steam thread that often though.
The reason I'm not excited is simply because I've switched to that big icon mode in Steam and that seems to due the job for me. I don't need to type with my 360 pad because I still have my keyboard laying around. I'll definitely be using it though.
I like the on-screen "keyboard":
Edit: Great minds etc.
God, that's beautiful.
It has been long, even by Valve Time standards:
Edit: It's come to mind that my original idea to only stop counting when BPM goes out of beta should be changed to when BPM goes out of closed beta (which, if it isn't closed, should be today).
Diablohead
Member
I need to try this on my tv, neeeeeed!
ScreenSplitter
Member
Where do I sign up! Looks freaking beautiful. Like the anti-360 dashboard.
Hari Seldon
Member
I don't bother with my computer on the TV because wtf am I going to do with my mouse sitting on a coach or in a big leather chair?
I like the dashboard and all, looks sweet.
I like the dashboard and all, looks sweet.
I like the on-screen "keyboard":
Edit: Great minds etc.
Is this an elaborated joke by all of you ?
It doesn't looks practical at all.
Virtual keyboard all the way.
I love how Microsoft have had 3 UI updates to the Xbox 360, yet Valve beats them on their first attempt.
I think for enthusiast gamers, the case for PC has been made that much stronger. But I still don't think this is ready for average users, both from a 'joining the dots' perspective and price perspective. But we're getting there, and I think those two problems will sort themselves out sooner or later.
In my opinion, I think Big Picture mode is a significant step for Valve. I know they play up the merits of wearable computing, and that seems to be what's exciting the company most right now, but I don't think TV-based gaming is going anywhere any time soon, and this will be a big deal for the company over the next 5 years.
What I'd like to see going forward:
- An open API so other people can plug their stuff into Steam big picture. Would be cool for things like Netflix, or even rival game stores like GOG and Origin.
- Home streaming, so you can have your PC or laptop anywhere in the house, and have the picture stream over the network to an open box like Ouya or whatever, much like Apple's AirPlay works.
- Built-in Joy2Key on the UI, to allow people to configure controls for legacy games that will never, ever support a gamepad.
I think for enthusiast gamers, the case for PC has been made that much stronger. But I still don't think this is ready for average users, both from a 'joining the dots' perspective and price perspective. But we're getting there, and I think those two problems will sort themselves out sooner or later.
In my opinion, I think Big Picture mode is a significant step for Valve. I know they play up the merits of wearable computing, and that seems to be what's exciting the company most right now, but I don't think TV-based gaming is going anywhere any time soon, and this will be a big deal for the company over the next 5 years.
What I'd like to see going forward:
- An open API so other people can plug their stuff into Steam big picture. Would be cool for things like Netflix, or even rival game stores like GOG and Origin.
- Home streaming, so you can have your PC or laptop anywhere in the house, and have the picture stream over the network to an open box like Ouya or whatever, much like Apple's AirPlay works.
- Built-in Joy2Key on the UI, to allow people to configure controls for legacy games that will never, ever support a gamepad.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
At the very least, this will be a test for me running this in a bigger room. Right now, I run this on my 32" TV that I use as my PC monitor.
Why has someone not thought of this before?
PATENT!!!!!
Haha damn, if it really comes out today, (who knows right?) it will be too soon according to Valve time..
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
The only issue with virtual keyboards on input devices with limited inputs is selecting the characters and while this doesn't solve that problem entirely, it makes it a hell of a lot quicker. Definitely more practical than virtual keyboards.
After the initial period of adjustment, which doesn't look like it will take long, I highly doubt it will be faster to type on a virtual QWERTY keyboard than with the "lotus flower" keyboard.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Look's pretty incredible. I don't really have any use for it but this looks very good.
Read the article, everybody who tried it said it's way better.
Robin64
Member
I'm also wondering this. Ideally I'd like it to hide games in this mode which can't really be played this way.
according to article, it'll be updated this afternoon and you can switch between modes.
The Elite
BOSS
I'd like to do this except Battlefield 3 will probably take me out of the experience with that stupid web browser interface.
SolarPowered
Member
GAF: "When you are going to announce the steam console, Valve!?"
Gabe: "You are already looking at it"
GAF: *head explodes*
RibbedHero
Member
Keyboard concept is hardly revolutionary, though it's nice to be implemented on a large scale.
Here's an example from a couple of months ago for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU5zF6wFIZM&feature=player_embedded
Here's an example from a couple of months ago for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU5zF6wFIZM&feature=player_embedded
What on earth are you talking about? Are we imagining the same kind of "virtual keyboard" in our minds?
dinosaur_hunter2
Member
Well, I already use my PC on a Panasonic Plasma (50 inches), so all I need now is an invititation for the Big Picture beta
The Elite
BOSS
Real Keyboard on coffee table FTW.
I think we're all in.
Well, I already use my PC on a Panasonic Plasma (50 inches), so all I need now is an invititation for the Big Picture beta
I think we're all in.
I like the on-screen "keyboard":
Edit: Great minds etc.
That is fucking brilliant. Of course its not going to be faster than a touchscreen keyboard or a real keyboard, but that absolutely has to be the best way to handle a keyboard when someone has a game controller in their hand with their left thumb on an analog stick and their right hovering over the 4 buttons on the pad.
Yeah, he must not be understanding what he is looking at if he thinks slowly clunking along on a virtual keyboard with a analog stick would be better than the pictured system. Theres no way....
There's a more closely related example by Duarnte from 7 years ago on the last page.
I was wondering the same. Typing on 360/PS3 with a controller, without a chatpad or PS3 controller keyboard is horrible.
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
The 360 virtual keyboard doesn't even default to QWERTY. They hid that in the system settings. ABCDEF keyboards are the worst.
Sorry but this doesn't make much sense to me - aren't most recent games XP and newer only now? Did you have a spare unopened copy of 98 or something?
I wonder, does the Sixaxis keyboard attachment work on PC? Is it just a bluetooth keyboard?
The Elite
BOSS
Interface.
An interface made for a gamepad
alexandros
Banned
Yes, it says so in the article.
A TV friendly interface so you can navigate Steam with a controller. This also allows you to boot up your PC into the Steam interface, acting like a console.