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Linus Tech Tips did a pretty damn good review of the Quest + Link solution. At the time he did the review, it looked like it had some very strange black bar art

Linus Tech Tips did a pretty damn good review of the Quest + Link solution. At the time he did the review, it looked like it had some very strange black bar artifacts when turning your head quickly, which the Rift-S did not. He also described it having a slight lag in the controls. These kinds of things are likely non-issues for your average gamer who isn't moving really fast, and isn't requiring ultra precise controls. For some people though, it's a huge deal breaker. I'm personally very grateful for both Valve and Oculus. Oculus is serving the mass market, and doing a great job of it. I just hope in the process, we don't lose the high end consumer gear like Valve Index.

kbenson 6y ago
How long ago was that? The Quest link cable stuff is still in flux. Not only did they just announce a few days ago that any USB 2.0 cable should now work[1], but they note in that article that Carmack is hoping to add a new mode to take advantage of the higher bandwidth of USB 3.1. It's entirely possible if that Linux Tech Tips review was more than a month or two ago, things might look considerably different now. 1: https://uploadvr.com/oculus-link-usb-2-update/ https://uploadvr.com/oculus-link-usb-2-update/
- rubicon33 6y ago
  It was about 3 months ago: https://youtu.be/AGScX_8plYw https://youtu.be/AGScX_8plYw He talks about "lag with lag compensation" when referring to some of the controls on the quest v.s. the rift-s Hopefully that has improved, as I bought a quest and it arrives tomorrow! CV1 owner. Also... Is Carmack still working on Oculus stuff? That's awesome. I got really sad when I heard he was leaving Oculus to work on general AI.
  - kbenson 6y ago
    I know, it sure seems like he has a lot of skill and institutional knowledge to contribute. That said, I'm not sure what his current involvement is, I just know they referenced him in that article.

kbenson 6y ago

How long ago was that? The Quest link cable stuff is still in flux. Not only did they just announce a few days ago that any USB 2.0 cable should now work[1], but they note in that article that Carmack is hoping to add a new mode to take advantage of the higher bandwidth of USB 3.1. It's entirely possible if that Linux Tech Tips review was more than a month or two ago, things might look considerably different now. 1: https://uploadvr.com/oculus-link-usb-2-update/ https://uploadvr.com/oculus-link-usb-2-update/

rubicon33 6y ago
It was about 3 months ago: https://youtu.be/AGScX_8plYw https://youtu.be/AGScX_8plYw He talks about "lag with lag compensation" when referring to some of the controls on the quest v.s. the rift-s Hopefully that has improved, as I bought a quest and it arrives tomorrow! CV1 owner. Also... Is Carmack still working on Oculus stuff? That's awesome. I got really sad when I heard he was leaving Oculus to work on general AI.
- kbenson 6y ago
  I know, it sure seems like he has a lot of skill and institutional knowledge to contribute. That said, I'm not sure what his current involvement is, I just know they referenced him in that article.