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The quest 2 is pretty much a revelation. Untethered, light, cheap, high quality display and inside out tracking and connects wirelessly to a gaming PC allowing

The quest 2 is pretty much a revelation. Untethered, light, cheap, high quality display and inside out tracking and connects wirelessly to a gaming PC allowing you to play virtually any title if you pay $15 for vrdesktop. Obviously you have to be comfortable with facebook but it's just a better end to end experience than any other headset I've tried, although it would be better if VR desktop or something similar was included out of the box instead of them trying to flog you the kludgy occulus link cable that doesn't work as well and which tethers you to a pc. It feels like VR done right for the first time in the same way as the iPhone was a smart phone done right for the first time.

kreddor 6y ago
Is it that much better than Quest 1? The first Quest was already pretty great compared to everything else, Facebook or not.
- ipsum2 6y ago
  It's not substantially better. It's only a good upgrade if the screen resolution bothers you.
- chaostheory 6y ago
  The visuals are already a big improvement, but I think the big difference will happen once 90HZ unlocked with Quest 2
- scpedicini 6y ago
  No, the resolution and refresh rates were increased but the field of vision was actually REDUCED from the already narrow oculus quest which had a fov of about 90 degrees. Think about that for a minute, the normal fov for a human is about 200 degrees. It's like looking out of a damn periscope on a submarine, which is the first VR experience I would develop for the oculus quest.
canada_dry 6y ago
> quest 2 is pretty much a revelation I liken where we are with VR right now as to about 5 yrs ago with IoT. Arduino and Rpi began to gain huge momentum due to the low cost of entry and availability of more and more useful tools. Quest hopefully is just the start.
baron_harkonnen 6y ago
> Obviously you have to be comfortable with facebook Interestingly enough this is the primary reason that my quest is collecting dust. Once they forced a facebook login for accounts I decided it was no longer worth me clearing an open space in my apartment.
- bquest2 6y ago
  I don't know if you know this but, existing Quest users are grandfathered in (no fb account needed) for the next 3 years so you dont have to let your device collect dust.

kreddor 6y ago

Is it that much better than Quest 1? The first Quest was already pretty great compared to everything else, Facebook or not.

ipsum2 6y ago
It's not substantially better. It's only a good upgrade if the screen resolution bothers you.
chaostheory 6y ago
The visuals are already a big improvement, but I think the big difference will happen once 90HZ unlocked with Quest 2
scpedicini 6y ago
No, the resolution and refresh rates were increased but the field of vision was actually REDUCED from the already narrow oculus quest which had a fov of about 90 degrees. Think about that for a minute, the normal fov for a human is about 200 degrees. It's like looking out of a damn periscope on a submarine, which is the first VR experience I would develop for the oculus quest.

canada_dry 6y ago

> quest 2 is pretty much a revelation I liken where we are with VR right now as to about 5 yrs ago with IoT. Arduino and Rpi began to gain huge momentum due to the low cost of entry and availability of more and more useful tools. Quest hopefully is just the start.

baron_harkonnen 6y ago

> Obviously you have to be comfortable with facebook Interestingly enough this is the primary reason that my quest is collecting dust. Once they forced a facebook login for accounts I decided it was no longer worth me clearing an open space in my apartment.

bquest2 6y ago
I don't know if you know this but, existing Quest users are grandfathered in (no fb account needed) for the next 3 years so you dont have to let your device collect dust.