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The vive may be outdated but it's still some of the best fun you can have on a PC. I will upgrade eventually now that I can afford it but except for high res a

by mhh__ 5y ago

The vive may be outdated but it's still some of the best fun you can have on a PC. I will upgrade eventually now that I can afford it but except for high res applications the vive still holds it own. The tracking is excellent to this day.

thebigman433 5y ago
No doubt its still tons of fun. My comment was just relating to buying one now
- amelius 5y ago
  What do you think of the HTC Vive Flow?
  - thebigman433 5y ago
    The actual headset is cool but I dont think the target market that they want actually exists yet. And the input method blows hard
lostgame 5y ago
Setting up all those stupid sensor boxes is a massive chore that takes away the immense joy of throwing it in a backpack and bringing it to the cottage for a round of Beat Sabre. Honestly, I hated setting up, packing up and re-setting up my Vive. As a VR dev, I had to do it so often that the benefits of the sensor-free, wire-free, and; of course, most importantly computer-free operation of the Quest - combined with its ability to mimic 90% of the experiences I’d had on the Vive without the need for that extra PC - far far outweigh anything the Vive has to offer. And if I want what the Vive has to offer, I can just plug in to my PC. This is speaking from years of experience as a VR dev and user. This external sensorless experience means everything. Say what you will about the need to register with a Facebook account. I need to register with PSN to get a lot of serious leverage out of a PlayStation console. That’s been consoles for decades. It’s obvious people just pick on this because of its attachment to Facebook. I’m just glad it’s opening up the experience of VR to more people in a massively low cost and practical way that did not exist before.
- numpad0 5y ago
  Why pack up? I just leave them on the walls. The biggest pain point I've heard with respect to Lighthouse is you can't put blankets on yourself while maintaining tracking.
  - practice9 5y ago
    If the poster needs to travel or do some testing with users in different locations he will need to pack all that stuff up every time.
    - lostgame 5y ago
      She, but exactly the point. I even mentioned in my post packing it up to go travel somewhere else, not sure how that was missed.
- charcircuit 5y ago
  1. Lighthouses are not a "sensor box". The only sensor in them is an IMU. Their primary purpose is to sweep (an approximation of) planes of light in your play area. 2. They are not a pain to setup. You just plug them in and then put them somewhere where they can see you. It's no more of a pain than charging your phone. >This external sensorless experience means everything. The headset and controllers have do tracking just by using sensors internal to them. Again, lighthouse do not do the tracking.
  - lostgame 5y ago
    >> It's no more of a pain than charging your phone. Come the hell on. Don't make me laugh. There aren't 3 cables to my phone that need to be specifically placed in certain areas in order to work, plus the cable to the phone itself. Plus, my phone works if I don't have those 3 extra cables plugged in and meticulously placed around the room. I get that you want to defend the unit, but honestly making fairly ridiculous claims such as it's as easy to set up as charging your phone won't really help convince anyone. The Quest 2 - as long as you've established your guardian boundary - is the most seamless and flawless VR experience I've had the joy of having. As a dev continually dragging the Vive from work to home to my gf's place was insanely annoying to re-set-up every time. Now I throw the Quest in my backpack and roll - for fun.
unclefishbits 5y ago
Half-Life: Alyx and many other games, like SO MANY... Moss, Job Simulator / Vacation Simulator, Rick and Morty, Accounting Plus, In Death, The Lab, Beat Sabre, etc... all super fun. But Alien: Isolation in VR is the greatest entertainment experience of my life. Amazing.

by mhh__ 5y ago

thebigman433 5y ago

No doubt its still tons of fun. My comment was just relating to buying one now

amelius 5y ago
What do you think of the HTC Vive Flow?
- thebigman433 5y ago
  The actual headset is cool but I dont think the target market that they want actually exists yet. And the input method blows hard

lostgame 5y ago

Setting up all those stupid sensor boxes is a massive chore that takes away the immense joy of throwing it in a backpack and bringing it to the cottage for a round of Beat Sabre. Honestly, I hated setting up, packing up and re-setting up my Vive. As a VR dev, I had to do it so often that the benefits of the sensor-free, wire-free, and; of course, most importantly computer-free operation of the Quest - combined with its ability to mimic 90% of the experiences I’d had on the Vive without the need for that extra PC - far far outweigh anything the Vive has to offer. And if I want what the Vive has to offer, I can just plug in to my PC. This is speaking from years of experience as a VR dev and user. This external sensorless experience means everything. Say what you will about the need to register with a Facebook account. I need to register with PSN to get a lot of serious leverage out of a PlayStation console. That’s been consoles for decades. It’s obvious people just pick on this because of its attachment to Facebook. I’m just glad it’s opening up the experience of VR to more people in a massively low cost and practical way that did not exist before.

numpad0 5y ago
Why pack up? I just leave them on the walls. The biggest pain point I've heard with respect to Lighthouse is you can't put blankets on yourself while maintaining tracking.
- practice9 5y ago
  If the poster needs to travel or do some testing with users in different locations he will need to pack all that stuff up every time.
  - lostgame 5y ago
    She, but exactly the point. I even mentioned in my post packing it up to go travel somewhere else, not sure how that was missed.
charcircuit 5y ago
1. Lighthouses are not a "sensor box". The only sensor in them is an IMU. Their primary purpose is to sweep (an approximation of) planes of light in your play area. 2. They are not a pain to setup. You just plug them in and then put them somewhere where they can see you. It's no more of a pain than charging your phone. >This external sensorless experience means everything. The headset and controllers have do tracking just by using sensors internal to them. Again, lighthouse do not do the tracking.
- lostgame 5y ago
  >> It's no more of a pain than charging your phone. Come the hell on. Don't make me laugh. There aren't 3 cables to my phone that need to be specifically placed in certain areas in order to work, plus the cable to the phone itself. Plus, my phone works if I don't have those 3 extra cables plugged in and meticulously placed around the room. I get that you want to defend the unit, but honestly making fairly ridiculous claims such as it's as easy to set up as charging your phone won't really help convince anyone. The Quest 2 - as long as you've established your guardian boundary - is the most seamless and flawless VR experience I've had the joy of having. As a dev continually dragging the Vive from work to home to my gf's place was insanely annoying to re-set-up every time. Now I throw the Quest in my backpack and roll - for fun.

unclefishbits 5y ago

Half-Life: Alyx and many other games, like SO MANY... Moss, Job Simulator / Vacation Simulator, Rick and Morty, Accounting Plus, In Death, The Lab, Beat Sabre, etc... all super fun. But Alien: Isolation in VR is the greatest entertainment experience of my life. Amazing.