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Problem #1: Never mind the Metaverse, I bought an Oculus Quest and all I can say is one of Steve Jobs signature terms: "It's brain dead." Imagine you excitedly
by labrador 5y ago
Problem #1: Never mind the Metaverse, I bought an Oculus Quest and all I can say is one of Steve Jobs signature terms: "It's brain dead." Imagine you excitedly get your glasses charged up and turned on and then you are confronted with connecting to the wireless network, when you don't know how to work the controllers and finding the wireless setup is disorienting, especially since it's not clear what the buttons do so you don't even know how to select anything. It's ridiculous that this is your first very frustrating experience with VR.
Solution: Put a small panel on the outside like most printers have for connecting to the wireless or allow controlling the headset from a PC so you can use your normal mouse and keyboard (a phone would work too) to setup the device
Problem #2: My unit won't update. I am way behind on OS versions. I can connect to the internet and watch YouTube videos. I can get to the screen with an update button, but it just spins for days without doing anything. A google search reveals I am not the only one. It almost feels malicious, like Meta is trying to force me to buy a Quest 2 to get updated.
Solution: Allow a backup update process by connecting thru USB to a PC at least. I'm sure there are other OS update methods Meta could provide.
Problem #3: YouTube has 180 and 360 videos but they stopped working and only look good on a movie screen type billboard that no longer fills the view
Solution: This may be fixed if I can get the glasses to update
I'll wait until Apple or anyone else comes out with something because I'm excited by VR but I refuse to buy another Quest. I don't trust Meta to get it even close to right.
- cgriswald 5y agoMy experience: I have an older processor that lacks something the Oculus wants. Even though Oculus runs fine on my system I get a nice big floating unremovable notification that Oculus can’t run on my system any time I use the device. The only solution I found online was a registry hack that convinces the Oculus I’m running a different processor.