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Steam Big Picture Mode to start public beta today
by John Keefer, Sep 10, 2012 6:55am PDTValve had told us it was coming in early September, but now we supposedly have a date for the public beta of Steam's Big Picture Mode, where players will be able to click a button to have Steam reformatted for the big screen in their living room. Watch for it sometime this afternoon.
Over the weekend, the New York Times revealed the beta launch in a behind closed doors report on Valve, saying the testing on the new mode would begin "on Monday."
Kotaku, however, offered a more in-depth report, saying that all of Steam's fonts, icons and menus are designed to be viewed comfortably in the living room. Greg Coomer, who headed the team at Valve that developed the new mode, said "We're confident in some things that customers want. They want a full-screen experience. They want to be in the living room. They want to use a game controller. They wanna have a social gaming experience. And we have this platform that lets us ship a significant portion of that experience."
Valve is already looking at future upgrades for Big Picture, including auto-correct and context awareness, such as recognizing someone typing a web address in a browser might need '.com', Coomer said.
(images courtesy of Kotaku)
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Valve will be launching a public beta today of its Steam Big Picture mode, according to a New York Times report.
Valve will be launching a public beta today of its Steam Big Picture mode, according to a New York Times report. : Shacknews
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You know how you use your computer now and you open say Team Fortress two or Alan Wake on Steam?
Using this you'll still be doing the same exact thing, however instead of clicking it in your list you'll navigate to it with a "console'd" display so you can do it easier. There is no separate computer or client or anything, just a different setup to use steam.
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