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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 ro

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.
- thomastjeffery 5y ago
  > and then put them somewhere they can see you Easier said than done. I personally have some clamps I 3D printed, but there isn't always a convenient place to clamp to.
Claude_Shannon 5y ago
While I understand your point, I feel like you can't say that PSN account is equivalent to FB. I can create "fake" PSN account, but FB is tied to my real data.
- lostgame 5y ago
  I have four fake FB accounts I've had for years. Not sure how this is an issue?
  - Claude_Shannon 5y ago
    I've heard many stories how Facebook is able to detect "fake" accounts and ban them. I'd be afraid to spend what is around a monthly wage in a good job where I live on a device that FB could ban :|
  - katbyte 5y ago
    From what I understand Facebook making it harder to create fake accounts and enforce real names is a more recent trend and old accounts fly under the radar (for now)
  - joshspankit 5y ago
    All well and good, but the first time they find out (including a single person reporting you) you might have all your purchases, scores, save games, connections, and everything else taken away with no ability to get it back. Considering the Quest knows your accurate billing and shipping info, and they have a real name policy enforced by showing ID, it’s a very big risk to use a fake account for the Quest.

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.
thomastjeffery 5y ago
> and then put them somewhere they can see you Easier said than done. I personally have some clamps I 3D printed, but there isn't always a convenient place to clamp to.

Claude_Shannon 5y ago

While I understand your point, I feel like you can't say that PSN account is equivalent to FB. I can create "fake" PSN account, but FB is tied to my real data.

lostgame 5y ago
I have four fake FB accounts I've had for years. Not sure how this is an issue?
- Claude_Shannon 5y ago
  I've heard many stories how Facebook is able to detect "fake" accounts and ban them. I'd be afraid to spend what is around a monthly wage in a good job where I live on a device that FB could ban :|
- katbyte 5y ago
  From what I understand Facebook making it harder to create fake accounts and enforce real names is a more recent trend and old accounts fly under the radar (for now)
- joshspankit 5y ago
  All well and good, but the first time they find out (including a single person reporting you) you might have all your purchases, scores, save games, connections, and everything else taken away with no ability to get it back. Considering the Quest knows your accurate billing and shipping info, and they have a real name policy enforced by showing ID, it’s a very big risk to use a fake account for the Quest.