Valve about to make PC gaming on your HDTV much more attractive.
In mid August, Valve promised it would “soon” bring Steam to your HDTV courtesy of Big Picture mode. In typical Valve time, “soon” turned out to be more than three weeks. The wait ends today, though. Steam Big Picture mode is set to go into public beta testing this afternoon.
The New York Times recently took a trip to Valve’s Bellevue, Washington HQ. The result is a lengthy feature story published on Sunday that details Valve’s unique management structure as well as its plans to explore virtual reality, augmented reality, and wearable computing as the next step in interactive electronic entertainment. Among all the details about VR headsets and Google glasses, the Times mentions that Big Picture mode will go into public beta today.Elsewhere, Kotaku got an early hands-on with Big Picture mode, and provides details on the new HDTV and controller-friendly interface. Of note, Kotaku reports that Valve’s spin on the virtual keyboard for controllers is intuitive and a huge improvement on the QWERTY virtual keyboard used on consoles. Along with the first screens of Steam’s Big Picture UI, Kotaku also suggests that based on the feedback Valve receives from Big Picture, it will proceed (or step back from) with its much talked about plans to create a new type of mouse/keyboard/controller peripheral.
So, will you be bringing your PC gaming to your living room with Big Picture mode? For those of you that have already made the leap, any tips you can give to first-timers?
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