Valve open-sources Lepton, its Android compatibility layer for the Steam Frame:
The code is now available through Valve's GitLab repository.
techspot.com/news/113911-valve-open-sources-lepton-android-compatibility-layer-steam.html
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- According to its GitLab page, Lepton is intended to help developers bring Android VR games to the Steam Frame headset.
- Steam Frame uses Arm, while most Steam games target x86; Android games are often already optimized for Arm.
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