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You're missing out, Quest 2 was one of the best purchases I've made in the last year. I also don't think VR is good enough to be worth investing $1k+ into a VR

by dmix 4y ago

You're missing out, Quest 2 was one of the best purchases I've made in the last year. I also don't think VR is good enough to be worth investing $1k+ into a VR headset like Vive. $300 seemed like a very high return on investment for what I got. Not sure about $400 since I already have one but I'd probably still do it. I also made a fake, empty Facebook account to use the Oculus store, so I don't feel like it's a privacy invasion.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
For me it isn't even so much about the privacy invasion or having to have a Facebook account, it's being locked into one store. PCVR doesn't have that problem.
- nickthegreek 4y ago
  You can play any of your steam vr games on the quest 2.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
    Sure, with some hackery. I'd rather pay for something that doesn't require me to work around it like that. Why pay for this in-headset computer if I'm not using it?
    - nickthegreek 4y ago
      no hackery required. it works wireless as well.
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
        You're correct, it used to require hackery, not it appears it is an included beta feature.
        Auracle 4y ago
        It was always supported natively over USB.
        GekkePrutser 4y ago
        In the quest 2 yes, it was introduced while the quest 1 was already out.
- charcircuit 4y ago
  You can sideload the sidequest store.
parkingrift 4y ago
>I also made a fake, empty Facebook account to use the Oculus store, so I don't feel like it's a privacy invasion. You're kidding yourself with that. You gave Facebook literal eyes into your home through an internet connected device. If you don't think Facebook know who you are I have some coins I'd like to sell you.
- permo-w 4y ago
  also last time I tried, facebook demanded ID to sign up an account
- onepremise 4y ago
  Not to mention they can now Id you based off your retina scan. They can also profile your house and products you use in your house. Facebook is reckless with data. Just read up on the Cambridge Analytica scandal. They were even sharing facebook messenger conversations with third party data consumers.
  - nickthegreek 4y ago
    The quest 2 does not have an inward facing camera pointing at your iris.
    - johndough 4y ago
      The quest 3 might have eye tracking and face tracking. "One of the things I’m really excited about for future versions is getting eye tracking and face tracking in" - Mark Zuckerberg https://uploadvr.com/zuckerberg-quest-3-4-eye-face-tracking/ https://uploadvr.com/zuckerberg-quest-3-4-eye-face-tracking/ Here is their tech demo for full eye and face tracking for virtual avatars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-tHA8F-zU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-tHA8F-zU
      - jokowueu 4y ago
        What does that have to do with the quest 2 ?
FractalHQ 4y ago
My Quest 2 runs glorified arcade games with 20 year-old graphics. What games are you playing that you enjoy for more than 5 minutes? Beat saber and VR-Chat bore me to death.
- nickthegreek 4y ago
  I logged hundreds of hours in Demeo. Also enjoyed Puzzling Places and walkabout golf.
- BudaDude 4y ago
  - Blade and Sorcery - Star Wars Vader Immortal, is so good I can only compare it to a Disneyland ride. - Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
- rblatz 4y ago
  Demeo and Echo Arena are great if you have friends that also have a Quest 2 you can play with. I'm past the age where I want want to risk the enjoyment of my limited gaming time to the random match maker gods.
  - phkahler 4y ago
    Assume you mean Echo VR. Fantastic game! I agree that playing with random people can be a downer, so I've "friended" several people who are competent players and not annoying. One likes to play private matches with 10 known "adults" and it's amazing. It's not all about graphics, it's about gameplay, cooperation, competition and good sportsmanship with some friendly ribbing. I've got more than 2K matches in and still play a couple times a week until the battery dies.
    - rblatz 4y ago
      Ha I guess you are right, not sure when they rebranded it from Echo Arena to Echo VR.
- ilaksh 4y ago
  Eleven Table Tennis There is also Golf+ plus I am way more into table tennis.
Robotbeat 4y ago
I bought the Quest 1 for $500, and I thought it was a good buy even then. $400 for the Quest 2 is still a steal, honestly. And I have a PC that can handle VR games (and you can use the Quest 1 or 2 as basically a PC VR headset if you want). But it’s just so much less hassle to use the native Quest. The main use of the Quest is still to play beatsaber tho LOL.
hasbot 4y ago
I bought a Quest 2 last winter, used it a lot for the first two weeks, and then it sat unused for nearly a month. Thanks to Amazon's lengthy return policy during Christmas I got a full refund. Like with 3D in movies, I didn't find 3D in games compelling. I really expected to like Beat Saber but the music didn't appeal to me and so many of the custom songs were just so poorly done.
- dmix 4y ago
  Never cared for Beat Saber. I love the boxing/exercise games. But most of all I like Resident Evil 4 and similar games. The best ROI is bringing it to my sisters house to play with my nephew/niece. They always have a blast.
anonymousab 4y ago
> I also made a fake, empty Facebook account to use the Oculus store If this isn't your main account, then this is a violation of the ToS and Meta/FB can (and in many cases, have) ban you and remove access to everything you bought at the drop of a hat. If it is your main account, then you should assume that they are linking all of your VR data in the backend with whatever shadow profiles they have generated for you from other sources.
- dmix 4y ago
  I dont have another account on Facebook.
devwastaken 4y ago
If you have the money, an index is the true experience. Quest gives me headaches and lenses have terrible godrays. You can't match eye spacing properly on quest, and it's software is junk. The UI hitches and causes nausea. Sometimes refuses to display menus or setup boundary properly and just sits there until I factory restore the headset. Secondary FB accounts can be banned for not being the "real person" btw.
KronisLV 4y ago
How are the options for connecting a Quest 2 to a desktop PC? Can you use it as a virtual desktop, like Arcan Safespaces: https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr-desktop/ https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr... What about writing code in VR with unlimited virtual monitors/windows?
- dmix 4y ago
  Yes you can use a Virtual desktop and connect via usb-c. I purchased a streaming VR service and played games on Steam not available on Oculus store using my Quest 2. Greatly expanding the number of games you can play.

by dmix 4y ago

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago

For me it isn't even so much about the privacy invasion or having to have a Facebook account, it's being locked into one store. PCVR doesn't have that problem.

nickthegreek 4y ago
You can play any of your steam vr games on the quest 2.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
  Sure, with some hackery. I'd rather pay for something that doesn't require me to work around it like that. Why pay for this in-headset computer if I'm not using it?
  - nickthegreek 4y ago
    no hackery required. it works wireless as well.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
      You're correct, it used to require hackery, not it appears it is an included beta feature.
      - Auracle 4y ago
        It was always supported natively over USB.
        GekkePrutser 4y ago
        In the quest 2 yes, it was introduced while the quest 1 was already out.
charcircuit 4y ago
You can sideload the sidequest store.

parkingrift 4y ago

>I also made a fake, empty Facebook account to use the Oculus store, so I don't feel like it's a privacy invasion. You're kidding yourself with that. You gave Facebook literal eyes into your home through an internet connected device. If you don't think Facebook know who you are I have some coins I'd like to sell you.

permo-w 4y ago
also last time I tried, facebook demanded ID to sign up an account
onepremise 4y ago
Not to mention they can now Id you based off your retina scan. They can also profile your house and products you use in your house. Facebook is reckless with data. Just read up on the Cambridge Analytica scandal. They were even sharing facebook messenger conversations with third party data consumers.
- nickthegreek 4y ago
  The quest 2 does not have an inward facing camera pointing at your iris.
  - johndough 4y ago
    The quest 3 might have eye tracking and face tracking. "One of the things I’m really excited about for future versions is getting eye tracking and face tracking in" - Mark Zuckerberg https://uploadvr.com/zuckerberg-quest-3-4-eye-face-tracking/ https://uploadvr.com/zuckerberg-quest-3-4-eye-face-tracking/ Here is their tech demo for full eye and face tracking for virtual avatars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-tHA8F-zU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-tHA8F-zU
    - jokowueu 4y ago
      What does that have to do with the quest 2 ?

FractalHQ 4y ago

My Quest 2 runs glorified arcade games with 20 year-old graphics. What games are you playing that you enjoy for more than 5 minutes? Beat saber and VR-Chat bore me to death.

nickthegreek 4y ago
I logged hundreds of hours in Demeo. Also enjoyed Puzzling Places and walkabout golf.
BudaDude 4y ago
- Blade and Sorcery - Star Wars Vader Immortal, is so good I can only compare it to a Disneyland ride. - Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
rblatz 4y ago
Demeo and Echo Arena are great if you have friends that also have a Quest 2 you can play with. I'm past the age where I want want to risk the enjoyment of my limited gaming time to the random match maker gods.
- phkahler 4y ago
  Assume you mean Echo VR. Fantastic game! I agree that playing with random people can be a downer, so I've "friended" several people who are competent players and not annoying. One likes to play private matches with 10 known "adults" and it's amazing. It's not all about graphics, it's about gameplay, cooperation, competition and good sportsmanship with some friendly ribbing. I've got more than 2K matches in and still play a couple times a week until the battery dies.
  - rblatz 4y ago
    Ha I guess you are right, not sure when they rebranded it from Echo Arena to Echo VR.
ilaksh 4y ago
Eleven Table Tennis There is also Golf+ plus I am way more into table tennis.

Robotbeat 4y ago

I bought the Quest 1 for $500, and I thought it was a good buy even then. $400 for the Quest 2 is still a steal, honestly. And I have a PC that can handle VR games (and you can use the Quest 1 or 2 as basically a PC VR headset if you want). But it’s just so much less hassle to use the native Quest. The main use of the Quest is still to play beatsaber tho LOL.

hasbot 4y ago

I bought a Quest 2 last winter, used it a lot for the first two weeks, and then it sat unused for nearly a month. Thanks to Amazon's lengthy return policy during Christmas I got a full refund. Like with 3D in movies, I didn't find 3D in games compelling. I really expected to like Beat Saber but the music didn't appeal to me and so many of the custom songs were just so poorly done.

dmix 4y ago
Never cared for Beat Saber. I love the boxing/exercise games. But most of all I like Resident Evil 4 and similar games. The best ROI is bringing it to my sisters house to play with my nephew/niece. They always have a blast.

anonymousab 4y ago

> I also made a fake, empty Facebook account to use the Oculus store If this isn't your main account, then this is a violation of the ToS and Meta/FB can (and in many cases, have) ban you and remove access to everything you bought at the drop of a hat. If it is your main account, then you should assume that they are linking all of your VR data in the backend with whatever shadow profiles they have generated for you from other sources.

dmix 4y ago
I dont have another account on Facebook.

devwastaken 4y ago

If you have the money, an index is the true experience. Quest gives me headaches and lenses have terrible godrays. You can't match eye spacing properly on quest, and it's software is junk. The UI hitches and causes nausea. Sometimes refuses to display menus or setup boundary properly and just sits there until I factory restore the headset. Secondary FB accounts can be banned for not being the "real person" btw.

KronisLV 4y ago

How are the options for connecting a Quest 2 to a desktop PC? Can you use it as a virtual desktop, like Arcan Safespaces: https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr-desktop/ https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr... What about writing code in VR with unlimited virtual monitors/windows?

dmix 4y ago
Yes you can use a Virtual desktop and connect via usb-c. I purchased a streaming VR service and played games on Steam not available on Oculus store using my Quest 2. Greatly expanding the number of games you can play.