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+title: "Things I'm Excited for in 2022"
+date: 2021-12-28
+author: ectamorphic
+---
+
+2021 has been...a thing. However there are a lot of things that I am looking
+forward to in 2022 that I'm gonna summarize in a few categories.
+
+## VR
+
+2021 has been a really dry year for VR tech. The chip shortage has really hurt
+the budding VR industry, but there are some things that have been announced that
+I am looking forward to.
+
+[VR has really been one of the main things that's been keeping me sane over the
+eternal plague. It's become one of my main activities and I am looking forward
+to the improvements that come with new generations of VR
+tech.](conversation://Cadey/enby)
+
+### Simula One
+
+[Simula](https://simulavr.com/) is trying to create a VR headset that can
+function as a monitor replacement. This is something I am _really_ excited for.
+The Simula One has a lot of potential to change how people use computers.
+
+Right now a lot of the "working in VR" kinds of projects try to recreate the
+_experience_ of using a desktop PC in VR. This makes sense, the existing
+paridigm is already there and people are already familiar with it. However there
+is also a lot of room for ditching the constraints of the past and really
+experimenting with what computing can be if you aren't constrained by monitors.
+
+The Simula One headset is going to have [one of the highest pixels-per-degree on
+the market for consumer VR](https://simulavr.com/blog/vr-comparison/). It's
+going to be running NixOS and [Monado](https://monado.freedesktop.org/).
+
+I don't really know if it is going to take off and if the result will be any
+good, however it's very important that people try these kinds of things. Who
+knows what will catch on? They are going to open up a kickstarter in January and
+I plan to be one of the early high tier donators.
+
+### Valve "deckard"
+
+Valve has been working on the Steam Deck, but there's also a section of Valve
+that has been hard at work on a VR headset codenamed
+["deckard"](https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/29/22699914/valve-deckard-standalone-vr-headset-prototype-development).
+The rumor mill says it will have an option to run as a standalone headset as
+well as a traditional PCVR headset. Other digging into things have found a wifi
+chip (a specific wifi6 realtek one) that would allow for streaming VR gameplay
+over a network and there are also references to using
+[xrdesktop](https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/moving-the-linux-desktop-to-another-reality.html)
+as a way to run "flat" applications in a VR space. There are also rumors that it
+will support "inside-out" tracking, which is also essential for being a portable
+headset.
+
+I would absolutely love to have such a thing. I travel occasionally for work and
+I would really love to have a quality PCVR experience on the go. It would let me
+be able to not skip my workout days when I'm in a hotel room.
+
+The VR space on Linux is slightly stagnated at the moment due to most of the
+investment either being in SteamVR on Windows or on Oculus' fork of Android.
+This does make sense though, there is a lot of money to be made in the VR space.
+
+Hopefully Valve can improve the state of VR on Linux with the "deckard".
+
+## Video Games
+
+2021 has had some banger releases. Halo Infinite finally dropped. Final Fantasy
+7 Remake came to PC. [Metroid
+Dread](https://christine.website/blog/metroid-dread-review-2021-10-10) finally
+came out after being rumored for more than half of my lifetime. Forza Horizon 5
+raced out into the hearts of millions. Overall, it was a pretty good year to be
+a gamer.
+
+[I was going to do a writeup of my thoughts on Halo Infinite, however I really
+want to reserve that for when I can do it co-op. From what I've heard of the
+development of Infinite there were many points where they didn't think that the
+game would ship at all. It came out though. It's decent, movement is really fun,
+but overall I don't feel it's going to be genre-defining in the ways they would
+have hoped.](conversation://Cadey/coffee)
+
+However 2022 looks like we're going to finally start returning to "normal" with
+development schedules. Here's what I'm the most excited for:
+
+### Steam Deck
+
+The [Steam Deck](https://www.steamdeck.com/en/) is a handheld PC that will let
+you play games. It's also likely going to be my first "next gen" console, as
+despite my repeated attempts I have been unable to get an Xbox Series console or
+a PS5.
+
+[Is the Steam Deck really a console? It's much more like a PC, but it's not as
+much of a console as the Oculus Quest 2 is.](conversation://Mara/hmm)
+
+[Let's just call it a console for the sake of
+argument.](conversation://Cadey/coffee)
+
+I'm excited for this on multiple levels. Valve is going to make it run SteamOS 3
+by default. SteamOS is based on Arch Linux and they have been making improvement
+after improvement to the Linux kernel and all of the software they are going to
+use on it. Valve hopes to have most games on Steam playable like they are on a
+PC running windows.
+
+It's also a bit of a chunky boi. It's gonna be a bit hefty, but I'm excited for
+what it is going to bring to the ecosystem. It may lead to the year of Linux on
+the desktop!
+
+[Isn't that every year though?](conversation://Mara/hmm)
+
+### Splatoon 3
+
+Splatoon is one of my favorite game series. It's a game where you have a bunch
+of ink guns and your goal is to cover as much turf as possible. The game feels
+like Quake in the best ways. You use your sticks to lead and the gyroscope to
+refine your aim, just like you would with a Steam Controller.
+
+[I'm still sad that the Steam Controller failed in the
+market.](conversation://Cadey/coffee)
+
+Splatoon 3 looks like it will build on the fundamentals in great ways. I can't
+wait to see what they have in store!
+
+### The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
+
+I have over 400 hours logged in Breath of The Wild. It is in the running for my
+favorite games of all time. The really innovative part of Breath of The Wild was
+the fact that it was a jRPG without a leveling mechanic, experience points or a
+hard-defined story path. You are dumped into the world, given tools to explore
+through it and then given free reign to do whatever you want. It is a massive
+open world (probably one of the biggest in a Nintendo game save maybe Xenoblade
+Chronicles X) and you are given the agency you need to play the game how you
+want. You can run straight to Ganon and finish the game in less than an hour.
+You can spend hundreds of hours exploring the world to solve all the puzzle
+shrines.
+
+Most of all though, the really great part about Breath of The Wild is the fact
+that as you play, your skill as a player improves. You learn to chain together
+mechanics to do basically whatever you want and the game doesn't stop you. You
+can do _whatever you want_ and the real progression system is your skill.
+
+[This sounds weird, but tying progression to player skill is incredibly
+anti-meta as far as these games go. Usually jRPGs are very tailored experiences
+where you go through the standard "fetch bread -> kill god" kind of power skill
+tree, but with Breath of The Wild you can "kill god" right out of the gate and
+"fetch bread" later.](conversation://Cadey/enby)
+
+I have no idea what to expect for the sequel to Breath of The Wild, but I'm
+excited as heck to see what they come up with.
+
+[This is going to have an article written about it once I've gotten a chance to
+play through it. This may take a week to a month. It's gonna be worth the
+wait.](conversation://Cadey/enby)
+
+## My Projects
+
+I don't really like having too many project plans ahead of time, but here are
+the biggest things I'm already committing myself to do next year. Something
+something forward looking statements something something.
+
+### Daily Workout Streams
+
+I love rhythm games. I haven't really had good rhythm games to play until I got
+back into VR. I've been playing a lot of [Beat
+Saber](https://store.steampowered.com/app/620980/Beat_Saber/) and more recently
+[Synth Riders](https://synthridersvr.com/). I've been streaming my play on
+[Twitch](https://twitch.tv/princessxen) and I have a playlist of the VODs on
+[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDDsMrk2tSH3nhLWqV8IZLgae1CNYurH).
+
+I live a very sedentary lifestyle, even before COVID, and I want to start to get
+back into shape. Doing it [dancing on the
+internet](https://youtu.be/q3F06mKP2uk?list=PLJDDsMrk2tSH3nhLWqV8IZLgae1CNYurH&t=4342)
+is fun, so why not?
+
+### Spellblade
+
+I have a bunch of unreleased material for Spellblade that I need to go in and
+edit up and post.
+
+### V-Tubing
+
+I got a webcam for Christmas that I plan to use for V-Tubing coming soon. I want
+to use it for recording conference talks as well as for doing some non-VR gaming
+streams.
+
+I have been working on getting a V-Tuber model hacked up out of the one that
+I've been using in VRChat, but having no idea what I am doing in Unity has
+really not been helping.
+
+---
+
+Hope this was an interesting view into what I'm excited for. This may be my last
+post for the year. Stay safe out there, things have been rough.