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This intrigues me. What would be the best device to explore VR now? Oculus Quest 2? Any new model coming out soon?

by botolo 5y ago

nottaylorswift 5y ago
For $300 the Quest 2 is the product of the decade. Buy one, seriously, just buy one. I paid 2200 for an iPad pro M1, but I haven't spent an hour with it since I got it 3 months ago. The oculus has 100% of my attention. I watch YouTube, browse the web, online shop, socialize, work, play games with it. I have the extended battery and run 2x 5 hour charges down a day. You want to see the future ^ it's for sale.
- nottaylorswift 5y ago
  And the porn, is very different. That's all I'm going to say. (Wow)
- dTal 5y ago
  It requires a Facebook account and an internet connection, no? All the Quests were bricks for the duration of the Facebook outage. I bought an Oculus Rift CV1 and it was an insulting experience. Huge amounts of enforced updates, internet connection abuse, and general Facebook shenanigans. Fool me once... I will buy one when it's an open platform or standalone peripheral. Not before.
  - taylorswifts 5y ago
    Well all the software on the iPhone was closed source too. If it insults you to use technology you didn't invent and don't control go find a cave and invent something bigger than the microprocessor. Just hold your breath for that open platform.
  - jmiskovic 5y ago
    It doesn't require constant internet connection, most of games run fine offline. It's still scary to have Facebook-owned device with cameras in home. As for open standalone platform, Lynx will soon become available. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanlarroque/lynx/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanlarroque/lynx/
- alpaca128 5y ago
  > For $300 the Quest 2 is the product of the decade Would you also pay double that amount? That's how much it costs where I live and probably in many other places too. And you can say what you want, even $300 is not an amount I want to risk going down the drain because Facebook had yet another wave of "oops you're banned now too bad" events. I will not even touch anything Facebook for free nowadays, to be honest. It's only a matter of time until great alternatives exist.
  - nottaylorswift 5y ago
    Double? I'd pay 10x that and still be happy. It's outperforming my $4600 MBP for utility. I don't understand why you need to pay double is that import tax? I could relay ship you one potentially.

This intrigues me. What would be the best device to explore VR now? Oculus Quest 2? Any new model coming out soon?

by botolo 5y ago

This intrigues me. What would be the best device to explore VR now? Oculus Quest 2? Any new model coming out soon?

For $300 the Quest 2 is the product of the decade. Buy one, seriously, just buy one. I paid 2200 for an iPad pro M1, but I haven't spent an hour with it since I got it 3 months ago. The oculus has 100% of my attention. I watch YouTube, browse the web, online shop, socialize, work, play games with it. I have the extended battery and run 2x 5 hour charges down a day. You want to see the future ^ it's for sale.

nottaylorswift 5y ago
And the porn, is very different. That's all I'm going to say. (Wow)
dTal 5y ago
It requires a Facebook account and an internet connection, no? All the Quests were bricks for the duration of the Facebook outage. I bought an Oculus Rift CV1 and it was an insulting experience. Huge amounts of enforced updates, internet connection abuse, and general Facebook shenanigans. Fool me once... I will buy one when it's an open platform or standalone peripheral. Not before.
- taylorswifts 5y ago
  Well all the software on the iPhone was closed source too. If it insults you to use technology you didn't invent and don't control go find a cave and invent something bigger than the microprocessor. Just hold your breath for that open platform.
- jmiskovic 5y ago
  It doesn't require constant internet connection, most of games run fine offline. It's still scary to have Facebook-owned device with cameras in home. As for open standalone platform, Lynx will soon become available. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanlarroque/lynx/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanlarroque/lynx/
alpaca128 5y ago
> For $300 the Quest 2 is the product of the decade Would you also pay double that amount? That's how much it costs where I live and probably in many other places too. And you can say what you want, even $300 is not an amount I want to risk going down the drain because Facebook had yet another wave of "oops you're banned now too bad" events. I will not even touch anything Facebook for free nowadays, to be honest. It's only a matter of time until great alternatives exist.
- nottaylorswift 5y ago
  Double? I'd pay 10x that and still be happy. It's outperforming my $4600 MBP for utility. I don't understand why you need to pay double is that import tax? I could relay ship you one potentially.