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> When the average person's personal computing device is barely stronger than that phone graphics card it's pretty good. That's ok if you aren't strapping two
by LegitShady 5y ago
> When the average person's personal computing device is barely stronger than that phone graphics card it's pretty good.
That's ok if you aren't strapping two screens on your face and trying to get the to run as high a refresh rate as you can go.
As someone who bought into the new VR revival right away and followed the development of the initial headsets as closely as someone outside the companies developing them could, and has owned and currently owns multiple headsets, I can tell you my experience with VR is performance is very key, and that standalone VR is pretty garbage.
- goatlover 5y agoThe standalone is pretty damn impressive for your average user at that price, though. And that's what matters for capturing the market.
- esyir 5y agoSpeaking as a guy with a full fledged gaming PC and a quest/quest2, the quest was the device that really sold VR for me. PCVR is nice, but has it's limitations. Location is a big one. my desktop is located in an area with no space. Being able to go to a different room with my quest and just play drastically reduces the friction of the reality-VR transition. You of course get different annoyances like fidelity/battery, but the freedom of truly wireless VR is a massive bonus.
- goatlover 5y agoAgreed, I put it in my backpack and bike or walk to small gym nobody is currently using and have the maximum space without worrying about running into anything.
- lquist 5y agoWhat setup do you recommend currently?
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoStandalone is great, especially for fitness application. I can't imagine ever using a wired setup, but I get your use cases might be different.
- fomine3 5y ago"garbage" vs nothing, "garbage" wins.
- LegitShady 5y agonot true - I'd rather skip a meal than eat garbage.