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I think this is a the right combinations of tech at a reasonable price, though I still wonder about the larger viability of the VR market. It's also nice this i

by evo_9 8y ago

I think this is a the right combinations of tech at a reasonable price, though I still wonder about the larger viability of the VR market. It's also nice this is self-contained and doesn't require a PC. I've owned a Vive for over two years and not having to devote a good chunk of my basement to it is another plus, along with not having to maintain a really beefy gaming PC. I would much prefer to not deal with a PC; this isn't an anti-windows thing, I work on Win10 all day writing code. However maintaining a gaming rig is another issue entirely. I frequently have to spend 20-30 minutes getting the sound to work correctly after windows updates, iTunes updates, vive updates, steam updates, etc etc. It's almost comical and I wonder if this is an indication of the PC gaming tool-chain issues, or something as simple as Steams VR software is shit. And honestly I don't care, I just want it to work. VR is a lot of fun though, and for most of the past 2 years was worth the hassle. Lately though I don't have the energy to fight my gaming rig and I when I occasionally play now, I just ignore whatever issues crop up. I'm ready for a simpler solution at a good price.

GaryNumanVevo 8y ago
Agree, I've used the Vive quite a bit and setting up my PC etc, is definitely a huge barrier to entry. IMO standalone VR is the way to go because it's more readily available, and the lower fidelity graphics forces designers to focus on usable UX that's simple instead of pushing the best absolute graphics.
- zamalek 8y ago
  6dof was a major holdout for these standalone units: VR without 6dof is an entirely different experience - I don't think the "VR" moniker is at all appropriate (you don't experience "presence"). This is a much needed jump and should do well for showing people what "real VR" feels like. The only gripe I have with this is that, I assume, the controllers would stop working outside of camera FOV. It sounds like minor gripe, but it typically becomes frustrating for someone who is used to full-fidelity room-scale.
  - whywhywhywhy 8y ago
    Can't overstate enough how important 6DOF headset and hands are to VR. When I got my Rift setup the 3D depth effect is cool but really what makes VR is being able to pick up and hold an object and directly interact with objects using your hands. For anyone interested check out videos of people using Oculus Medium, something as insanely complicated and fiddly as 3D sculpting becomes instantly natural when you interact with both hands in 3D instead of a mouse or pen in 2D.
  - colordrops 8y ago
    The hand controllers should have inertial movement sensors and gyros so they should be able to hang outside of the cameras view for a bit and be ok.
nolok 8y ago
I agree with your point that the current VR solution are a huge burden in space and setup, too many cables, too much room needed, too many tinkering ... However I disagree with this: > However maintaining a gaming rig is another issue entirely. I frequently have to spend 20-30 minutes getting the sound to work correctly after windows updates, iTunes updates, vive updates, steam updates, etc etc. It's almost comical and I wonder if this is an indication of the PC gaming tool-chain issues, or something as simple as Steams VR software is shit. And honestly I don't care, I just want it to work. I have no idea how that could happen to you, if you have super exotic hardware or if steam vr doesn't work. I maintain 3 "gaming" computers, and they basically never have issues. The "everything need to auto update once a week" is getting boring pretty fast sure, but nothing gets broken; sound, video, gsync, keyboard/mouse, network ... It's actually quite impressive how reliable all of it is. Hell, ever since moving to networked laser printers even the scanning/printing chain doesn't fail randomly anymore. Compared to even ten years ago in the late XP days, windows and the modern drivers available for it have become incredibly reliable.
- evo_9 8y ago
  My gaming rig is an Alienware box, I don't have the model handy. I'm not running anything other than Steam/SteamVR on it. My buddy bought the same setup and has the exact same issues I have and often txts me to find out how I fixed it on my setup.
  - nolok 8y ago
    Well then alienware must have had major loss of quality in their component choice in the last few years, because gaming series laptop (asus rog, msi g series, alienware, ...) are usually very well supported and all pretty much include the same components. Anyway, I maintain that this part of your experience is anecdotal and not representative of the general experience.
  - bradenb 8y ago
    I use an Alienware 15 R3 as my main Windows gaming machine (since I game a lot at various locations) and I don't have any of the issues you describe. Sounds like you got a lemon. Their warranty support is excellent, so you should probably ask them about it.
the_clarence 8y ago
This. I haven't got the vive because I don't want to get a gaming rig. It's too expensive, and then it comes with a lot of issues. Instead I got an occulus Go and the all-in-one experience is awesome. It just works. Coincidentally, I also bought a switch and I got the same feeling. It just works.
- rocky1138 8y ago
  The Vive and Go aren't in the same market, though. It's like comparing a Tesla to Leaf. It's not that the Leaf is a bad car, it's that it can't hold a candle to the Model S.
  - ryanwaggoner 8y ago
    That's the point though: imagine if you can just drive a Leaf off the lot and really enjoy it maintenance free from day 1 onwards, but you need to assemble the Tesla and do a bunch of minor maintenance every time you want to drive it. I'll take the Leaf, or better yet, do what I've done with VR so far: wait.
- lordCarbonFiber 8y ago
  The nice inbetween is grabing an eGPU and a laptop (since most are going to own at least one laptop anyway). That's how I've got my Vive rig set up. Plug the laptop in and go to town in VR; finish the session and it all breaks down and packs away easy.
- erikpukinskis 8y ago
  Even the Go isn’t really plug and play yet. I wanted to watch the Connect 5 keynote yesterday morning. Pulled out my Go. - Wouldn’t turn on. Took me a few times plugging both headsets in to realize I was pressing volume not power. - couldn’t connect my controller. Thought maybe I had grabbed the wrong one but it turned out to be a dead battery - Oculus Venues needed an update. Did that - then it asks for my FB login. Take the headset off, get my phone - turns out it’s a new phone, need to reinstall the Oculus app. Wait for that to download - Connect my FB account via the browser - now Venues loads, needs me to watch a Terms of Use video. Watch it. Nothing happens. - hit the < button, the only identifiable option, it just takes me back to the Venues menu - click into Connect again, watch the Don’t Be An Asshole video again. Still can’t move past it in any obvious way. Press all the buttons repeatedly - close and restart Venues. No change. Give up Total waste of 30 minutes.
xaduha 8y ago
> And honestly I don't care, I just want it to work. Looks like you need VFIO. My Windows 10 LTSB VM state gets reset on shutdown unless I commit changes.
- walterbell 8y ago
  What's the best way to obtain Win10 LTSB, if you are not a large enterprise?
  - xaduha 8y ago
    Arr, no idea, matey.
    - FootballMuse 8y ago
      Shiver me timbers. Tell the tale of your pillage matey or its the plank for ye. Share the booty. Yo ho ho!
      - xaduha 8y ago
        Google this I guess SW_DVD5_WIN_ENT_LTSB_2016_64BIT_English_MLF_X21-07421.ISO md5: e39ea2af41b3710682fe3bbdac35ec9a
  - axus 8y ago
    Reading the third response to this question is fascinating: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29093986/How-do-you-install-Windows-10-Enterprise-E3-after-assigning-a-license-to-a-user.html https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29093986/How-do-y...
    - lozaning 8y ago
      Are you an actuall paying customer of experts exchange? Im not and I dont actually see any answers to questions.
bovermyer 8y ago
I don't use VR. However, I do have a scratch-built gaming PC, and other than having to buy a new part every couple years or so, I haven't had any maintenance issues with it. Maybe VR is the problem in this instance?
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JibJabLab 8y ago
I feel you with all of the same struggles except my situation is a bit trickier. I like playing with my GF so that means allowing her to watch and hear as I play too. So now, not only am I running cables to another room, I am also connecting steam link to stream the VR instance as well. Getting sound to come through is a hassle sometimes since SteamVR audio settings seems to reset my split audio feeds. I am looking forward to this but also a much more streamlined future iteration that will still let me take advantage of my PC power.
- frio 8y ago
  This is interesting. My PC is in a little office; if I want to play things sprawled out, I've got a Steamlink (after they went on sale for $5) attached to my TV in the other room. If I wanted to use VR, I'd need to move the PC into the TV room and clear some space. ... or, I could run some long cables. Out of interest, how long are the cables in your setup, and how well does it work?
  - freeflight 8y ago
    > I could run some long cables. Out of interest, how long are the cables in your setup, and how well does it work? I don't use my setup for VR, but I've got my gaming rig in the office extended to the living room TV. USB and HDMI over 30 meters, with one active USB hub/HDMI extender connecting two 15 meter cables in the middle. The HDMI extender needed some fine-tuning, but after that everything just works as it should. Just need to remember to turn the hub/extender off when not in use or else it's quite a pointless electricity drain. Tho I'm not sure how well a setup like that would work for VR, with latency being such an important issue and the VR setup introducing even more cable length to it all.
    - frio 8y ago
      Yeah, it's the VR part that throws me for a twist. I had a 30m HDMI cable once; my video card/TV were only capable of 720p@30Hz over it, which obviously isn't a good match for VR. Apparently active cables are the way to go.
  - 8y ago
polskibus 8y ago
On the other hand, I want the most realistic graphics, no noticeable lag, superb quality first. Convenience second, after vr immersion feels real. Premature optimization is the root of all evil!
xbkingx 8y ago
Chiming in to say no problems here on my Windows PCs. I do see where you might bump into these troubles, though. Installing Nvidia drivers will usually set the default sound device to HDMI for your main display instead of restoring the previous default. So, it's possible to end up juggling 3-5 audio outputs after a driver update - on board, on board headphones, Vive USB, Vive HDMI, and main monitor HDMI. I run a little Powershell script after those updates that returns everything to my settings and disable all the telemetry services/tasks, but there are a bunch of free utilities that makes audio device switching easy - Ear Trumpet, Audio Switcher, and a few others. Also, for whatever reason, sometimes Steam just needs to be relaunched for SteamVR to work properly after a Stream client update. Very rarely I'll need to reboot for things to work properly (if the base stations don't wake up). Finally, I strongly recommend uninstalling the advanced open VR program that's often recommended in old tips and tricks sites (it's very outdated and known to cause problems now) and run a round of "verify game integrity" on SteamVR and all Valve VR entries (from inside Stream library, right click menu). Oh, and finally, finally, laptops/pre-built PCs will usually have some driver updater/maintenance utility adding a layer of annoyances on top of all this. I love my Vive, but I have to admit that there can be some annoyances. OTOH, I had just as many issues with the GearVR (an Oculus product) and solutions basically boiled down to hoping it would be addressed in an update or allowing 7 constantly running background processes.
- nsxwolf 8y ago
  This is not meant as negative towards you at all. But I think your post demonstrates the gulf in perception between the savvy PC gamer and others. You say you have no problems, then go on to list a whole bunch of problems. You're in a nice groove where this stuff is pretty easy to manage, but to a lot of people this stuff is an exasperating pain in the butt.
  - smacktoward 8y ago
    It reminded me of the old days when I had a big library of AUTOEXEC.BAT files, one for each game, to set things up exactly the way they needed to be set up for that game. That was great for me, but it was a sign of just how unapproachable PC gaming could be for the average person back then.
nobody271 8y ago
Yeah, just getting it working is ...unbelievably difficult. Then again I think git is unbelievably difficult and people keep having to explain to me that it's really simple, lol. So you turn on your computer, wait half a minute to half an hour for Steam to update, then try to launch anything (like a game) and it too has to update, so now you're just standing in the middle of your room, controller in hand, waiting for another 20 minute download. ...god, is steam downloading something else now? Okay, take off the helmet, fix steam and the three things that crashed while you were in purgatory, put the helmet back on, restart ...everything use the fraction of a percent of the UI that HTC devoted to selecting something from your library, and then your gtg. Famous first words: "you just"
- dc_gregory 8y ago
  With git, people are confusing intuitive with simple; once you build up a good mental model for it, you can be very effective. Prior that is painful.
  - nobody271 8y ago
    I think I've got a good mental model of it. It seems like every action you need to do is a whole new thing to type into the command line. Maybe you could say it's like learning Chinese in that each word gets its own glyph as opposed to english where you build up words with characters (which are atomic). I have most day to day commands memorized but beyond that I have to google and possibly even do a full fledged search to get the command. That wouldn't happen if you could guess what the command might be or maybe if commands were grouped hierarchically or even better if I never have to think about version control at all, lol.
- mrguyorama 8y ago
  Compare that to my experience: I was working from home and it was my lunch hour, vive box came in the mail, opened it up, plugged in three cables, downloaded a steamVR update (a minute or two and then possibly a 5 minute restart for the drivers IIRC), Zip tied the lighthouses to my wall, ran the setup, put on the goggles and went "oh wow VR is actually way cooler than I ever thought" I am on Windows 7 though
babypuncher 8y ago
I don't really see how this frees up much space in the basement compared to a Vive. Room scale VR will still require a large empty space to operate in, as I imagine the technology to make the user phase through solid matter is still at few years out. If your plan with this is sitting or standing VR, well, the HTC Vive already supports that configuration as well.
freeflight 8y ago
I agree with less hassle generally being better, but the PC gamer in me just can't transition to "mobile" like that because that what it would feel like to me. The hardware in the OC Quest is probably some kind of Nvidia Tegra style SoC, at least that's what I'd expect in terms of performance out of it. Ideally, I'd want the future of VR to be in eye candy popping UHD with super high refresh rates, tho I doubt mobile computing will be up for that task in the next decade.
- tokyodude 8y ago
  it's not even a tegra. it's a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
  - sundvor 8y ago
    I laughed. :) I was hoping for them to announce a higher dpi, wider fov unit for use with Elite Dangerous and DCS World. Alas, I shall keep on waiting. 95hz 3440x1440 34" 21:9 curved monitor with TrackIR is pretty good meanwhile.
    - mrguyorama 8y ago
      Back when actual VR was $3000, trackIR for $150 was so cool. Still pretty cool for the few games that support it but not VR
      - sundvor 8y ago
        Key point is that my monitor has a far better DPI much thanks to having to only render a much smaller viewport. TrackIR works great with that, until VR display tech hits that next gen level.
ekianjo 8y ago
> Lately though I don't have the energy to fight my gaming rig and I when I occasionally play now, I just ignore whatever issues crop up. I'm ready for a simpler solution at a good price. you sound like you should be a console gamer. Cheap(er) and simple is what they do/market. And PS4 has PSVR too.

by evo_9 8y ago

GaryNumanVevo 8y ago

Agree, I've used the Vive quite a bit and setting up my PC etc, is definitely a huge barrier to entry. IMO standalone VR is the way to go because it's more readily available, and the lower fidelity graphics forces designers to focus on usable UX that's simple instead of pushing the best absolute graphics.

zamalek 8y ago
6dof was a major holdout for these standalone units: VR without 6dof is an entirely different experience - I don't think the "VR" moniker is at all appropriate (you don't experience "presence"). This is a much needed jump and should do well for showing people what "real VR" feels like. The only gripe I have with this is that, I assume, the controllers would stop working outside of camera FOV. It sounds like minor gripe, but it typically becomes frustrating for someone who is used to full-fidelity room-scale.
- whywhywhywhy 8y ago
  Can't overstate enough how important 6DOF headset and hands are to VR. When I got my Rift setup the 3D depth effect is cool but really what makes VR is being able to pick up and hold an object and directly interact with objects using your hands. For anyone interested check out videos of people using Oculus Medium, something as insanely complicated and fiddly as 3D sculpting becomes instantly natural when you interact with both hands in 3D instead of a mouse or pen in 2D.
- colordrops 8y ago
  The hand controllers should have inertial movement sensors and gyros so they should be able to hang outside of the cameras view for a bit and be ok.

nolok 8y ago

I agree with your point that the current VR solution are a huge burden in space and setup, too many cables, too much room needed, too many tinkering ... However I disagree with this: > However maintaining a gaming rig is another issue entirely. I frequently have to spend 20-30 minutes getting the sound to work correctly after windows updates, iTunes updates, vive updates, steam updates, etc etc. It's almost comical and I wonder if this is an indication of the PC gaming tool-chain issues, or something as simple as Steams VR software is shit. And honestly I don't care, I just want it to work. I have no idea how that could happen to you, if you have super exotic hardware or if steam vr doesn't work. I maintain 3 "gaming" computers, and they basically never have issues. The "everything need to auto update once a week" is getting boring pretty fast sure, but nothing gets broken; sound, video, gsync, keyboard/mouse, network ... It's actually quite impressive how reliable all of it is. Hell, ever since moving to networked laser printers even the scanning/printing chain doesn't fail randomly anymore. Compared to even ten years ago in the late XP days, windows and the modern drivers available for it have become incredibly reliable.

evo_9 8y ago
My gaming rig is an Alienware box, I don't have the model handy. I'm not running anything other than Steam/SteamVR on it. My buddy bought the same setup and has the exact same issues I have and often txts me to find out how I fixed it on my setup.
- nolok 8y ago
  Well then alienware must have had major loss of quality in their component choice in the last few years, because gaming series laptop (asus rog, msi g series, alienware, ...) are usually very well supported and all pretty much include the same components. Anyway, I maintain that this part of your experience is anecdotal and not representative of the general experience.
- bradenb 8y ago
  I use an Alienware 15 R3 as my main Windows gaming machine (since I game a lot at various locations) and I don't have any of the issues you describe. Sounds like you got a lemon. Their warranty support is excellent, so you should probably ask them about it.

the_clarence 8y ago

This. I haven't got the vive because I don't want to get a gaming rig. It's too expensive, and then it comes with a lot of issues. Instead I got an occulus Go and the all-in-one experience is awesome. It just works. Coincidentally, I also bought a switch and I got the same feeling. It just works.

rocky1138 8y ago
The Vive and Go aren't in the same market, though. It's like comparing a Tesla to Leaf. It's not that the Leaf is a bad car, it's that it can't hold a candle to the Model S.
- ryanwaggoner 8y ago
  That's the point though: imagine if you can just drive a Leaf off the lot and really enjoy it maintenance free from day 1 onwards, but you need to assemble the Tesla and do a bunch of minor maintenance every time you want to drive it. I'll take the Leaf, or better yet, do what I've done with VR so far: wait.
lordCarbonFiber 8y ago
The nice inbetween is grabing an eGPU and a laptop (since most are going to own at least one laptop anyway). That's how I've got my Vive rig set up. Plug the laptop in and go to town in VR; finish the session and it all breaks down and packs away easy.
erikpukinskis 8y ago
Even the Go isn’t really plug and play yet. I wanted to watch the Connect 5 keynote yesterday morning. Pulled out my Go. - Wouldn’t turn on. Took me a few times plugging both headsets in to realize I was pressing volume not power. - couldn’t connect my controller. Thought maybe I had grabbed the wrong one but it turned out to be a dead battery - Oculus Venues needed an update. Did that - then it asks for my FB login. Take the headset off, get my phone - turns out it’s a new phone, need to reinstall the Oculus app. Wait for that to download - Connect my FB account via the browser - now Venues loads, needs me to watch a Terms of Use video. Watch it. Nothing happens. - hit the < button, the only identifiable option, it just takes me back to the Venues menu - click into Connect again, watch the Don’t Be An Asshole video again. Still can’t move past it in any obvious way. Press all the buttons repeatedly - close and restart Venues. No change. Give up Total waste of 30 minutes.

xaduha 8y ago

> And honestly I don't care, I just want it to work. Looks like you need VFIO. My Windows 10 LTSB VM state gets reset on shutdown unless I commit changes.

walterbell 8y ago
What's the best way to obtain Win10 LTSB, if you are not a large enterprise?
- xaduha 8y ago
  Arr, no idea, matey.
  - FootballMuse 8y ago
    Shiver me timbers. Tell the tale of your pillage matey or its the plank for ye. Share the booty. Yo ho ho!
    - xaduha 8y ago
      Google this I guess SW_DVD5_WIN_ENT_LTSB_2016_64BIT_English_MLF_X21-07421.ISO md5: e39ea2af41b3710682fe3bbdac35ec9a
- axus 8y ago
  Reading the third response to this question is fascinating: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29093986/How-do-you-install-Windows-10-Enterprise-E3-after-assigning-a-license-to-a-user.html https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29093986/How-do-y...
  - lozaning 8y ago
    Are you an actuall paying customer of experts exchange? Im not and I dont actually see any answers to questions.

bovermyer 8y ago

I don't use VR. However, I do have a scratch-built gaming PC, and other than having to buy a new part every couple years or so, I haven't had any maintenance issues with it. Maybe VR is the problem in this instance?

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JibJabLab 8y ago

I feel you with all of the same struggles except my situation is a bit trickier. I like playing with my GF so that means allowing her to watch and hear as I play too. So now, not only am I running cables to another room, I am also connecting steam link to stream the VR instance as well. Getting sound to come through is a hassle sometimes since SteamVR audio settings seems to reset my split audio feeds. I am looking forward to this but also a much more streamlined future iteration that will still let me take advantage of my PC power.

frio 8y ago
This is interesting. My PC is in a little office; if I want to play things sprawled out, I've got a Steamlink (after they went on sale for $5) attached to my TV in the other room. If I wanted to use VR, I'd need to move the PC into the TV room and clear some space. ... or, I could run some long cables. Out of interest, how long are the cables in your setup, and how well does it work?
- freeflight 8y ago
  > I could run some long cables. Out of interest, how long are the cables in your setup, and how well does it work? I don't use my setup for VR, but I've got my gaming rig in the office extended to the living room TV. USB and HDMI over 30 meters, with one active USB hub/HDMI extender connecting two 15 meter cables in the middle. The HDMI extender needed some fine-tuning, but after that everything just works as it should. Just need to remember to turn the hub/extender off when not in use or else it's quite a pointless electricity drain. Tho I'm not sure how well a setup like that would work for VR, with latency being such an important issue and the VR setup introducing even more cable length to it all.
  - frio 8y ago
    Yeah, it's the VR part that throws me for a twist. I had a 30m HDMI cable once; my video card/TV were only capable of 720p@30Hz over it, which obviously isn't a good match for VR. Apparently active cables are the way to go.
- 8y ago

polskibus 8y ago

On the other hand, I want the most realistic graphics, no noticeable lag, superb quality first. Convenience second, after vr immersion feels real. Premature optimization is the root of all evil!

xbkingx 8y ago

Chiming in to say no problems here on my Windows PCs. I do see where you might bump into these troubles, though. Installing Nvidia drivers will usually set the default sound device to HDMI for your main display instead of restoring the previous default. So, it's possible to end up juggling 3-5 audio outputs after a driver update - on board, on board headphones, Vive USB, Vive HDMI, and main monitor HDMI. I run a little Powershell script after those updates that returns everything to my settings and disable all the telemetry services/tasks, but there are a bunch of free utilities that makes audio device switching easy - Ear Trumpet, Audio Switcher, and a few others. Also, for whatever reason, sometimes Steam just needs to be relaunched for SteamVR to work properly after a Stream client update. Very rarely I'll need to reboot for things to work properly (if the base stations don't wake up). Finally, I strongly recommend uninstalling the advanced open VR program that's often recommended in old tips and tricks sites (it's very outdated and known to cause problems now) and run a round of "verify game integrity" on SteamVR and all Valve VR entries (from inside Stream library, right click menu). Oh, and finally, finally, laptops/pre-built PCs will usually have some driver updater/maintenance utility adding a layer of annoyances on top of all this. I love my Vive, but I have to admit that there can be some annoyances. OTOH, I had just as many issues with the GearVR (an Oculus product) and solutions basically boiled down to hoping it would be addressed in an update or allowing 7 constantly running background processes.

nsxwolf 8y ago
This is not meant as negative towards you at all. But I think your post demonstrates the gulf in perception between the savvy PC gamer and others. You say you have no problems, then go on to list a whole bunch of problems. You're in a nice groove where this stuff is pretty easy to manage, but to a lot of people this stuff is an exasperating pain in the butt.
- smacktoward 8y ago
  It reminded me of the old days when I had a big library of AUTOEXEC.BAT files, one for each game, to set things up exactly the way they needed to be set up for that game. That was great for me, but it was a sign of just how unapproachable PC gaming could be for the average person back then.

nobody271 8y ago

Yeah, just getting it working is ...unbelievably difficult. Then again I think git is unbelievably difficult and people keep having to explain to me that it's really simple, lol. So you turn on your computer, wait half a minute to half an hour for Steam to update, then try to launch anything (like a game) and it too has to update, so now you're just standing in the middle of your room, controller in hand, waiting for another 20 minute download. ...god, is steam downloading something else now? Okay, take off the helmet, fix steam and the three things that crashed while you were in purgatory, put the helmet back on, restart ...everything use the fraction of a percent of the UI that HTC devoted to selecting something from your library, and then your gtg. Famous first words: "you just"

dc_gregory 8y ago
With git, people are confusing intuitive with simple; once you build up a good mental model for it, you can be very effective. Prior that is painful.
- nobody271 8y ago
  I think I've got a good mental model of it. It seems like every action you need to do is a whole new thing to type into the command line. Maybe you could say it's like learning Chinese in that each word gets its own glyph as opposed to english where you build up words with characters (which are atomic). I have most day to day commands memorized but beyond that I have to google and possibly even do a full fledged search to get the command. That wouldn't happen if you could guess what the command might be or maybe if commands were grouped hierarchically or even better if I never have to think about version control at all, lol.
mrguyorama 8y ago
Compare that to my experience: I was working from home and it was my lunch hour, vive box came in the mail, opened it up, plugged in three cables, downloaded a steamVR update (a minute or two and then possibly a 5 minute restart for the drivers IIRC), Zip tied the lighthouses to my wall, ran the setup, put on the goggles and went "oh wow VR is actually way cooler than I ever thought" I am on Windows 7 though

babypuncher 8y ago

I don't really see how this frees up much space in the basement compared to a Vive. Room scale VR will still require a large empty space to operate in, as I imagine the technology to make the user phase through solid matter is still at few years out. If your plan with this is sitting or standing VR, well, the HTC Vive already supports that configuration as well.

freeflight 8y ago

I agree with less hassle generally being better, but the PC gamer in me just can't transition to "mobile" like that because that what it would feel like to me. The hardware in the OC Quest is probably some kind of Nvidia Tegra style SoC, at least that's what I'd expect in terms of performance out of it. Ideally, I'd want the future of VR to be in eye candy popping UHD with super high refresh rates, tho I doubt mobile computing will be up for that task in the next decade.

tokyodude 8y ago
it's not even a tegra. it's a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
- sundvor 8y ago
  I laughed. :) I was hoping for them to announce a higher dpi, wider fov unit for use with Elite Dangerous and DCS World. Alas, I shall keep on waiting. 95hz 3440x1440 34" 21:9 curved monitor with TrackIR is pretty good meanwhile.
  - mrguyorama 8y ago
    Back when actual VR was $3000, trackIR for $150 was so cool. Still pretty cool for the few games that support it but not VR
    - sundvor 8y ago
      Key point is that my monitor has a far better DPI much thanks to having to only render a much smaller viewport. TrackIR works great with that, until VR display tech hits that next gen level.

ekianjo 8y ago

> Lately though I don't have the energy to fight my gaming rig and I when I occasionally play now, I just ignore whatever issues crop up. I'm ready for a simpler solution at a good price. you sound like you should be a console gamer. Cheap(er) and simple is what they do/market. And PS4 has PSVR too.