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I'm bullish on VR/AR but FB seems to have totally lost the plot. The metaverse is a joke, the Meta Quest 2 software is utter garbage (super buggy, unintuitive,

I'm bullish on VR/AR but FB seems to have totally lost the plot. The metaverse is a joke, the Meta Quest 2 software is utter garbage (super buggy, unintuitive, extremely frustrating), and the Quest Pro was incredibly lackluster. I enjoy my Quest 2 overall once you get into a game but the OS is trash and FB's layer on top of Android is not well done. My friends and I spend way more time than we should just trying to get into a "Home" all together and launching a game from the OS is a crapshoot. The OS is completely full of papercuts from unresponsive UI to things like switching to passthrough kills party audio for a second or two. Staying in passthrough for more than a minute (sometimes less) will kick you from the game you are playing which is infuriating. Do they think that people don't need to step away to deal with kids/pets/drinks/bathroom/etc? I can't tell you how many gaming sessions have been ruined or screwed up because someone had to take a short break and the OS/Game just shit the bed. I was excited for the Quest Pro and was ready to buy one if it was compelling... it was not. The specs are a minor bump over the Q2, the color passthrough camera feels very "beta", and from videos I've watched of it in action I'm glad I didn't get one. The (literal) bending of "reality" when using passthrough looks terrible and feels like it would really break immersion. The controllers did look interesting and I haven't heard anything really bad about them, they do seem like a big step up from the Q2 controllers. You can pair the QPro controllers with the Q2 so that might be something I look into though I'd prefer to never get Meta another dollar if I can help it. I'm looking forward to whatever Apple is working on. Sidenote: Maybe it's an industry term that I just don't know/understand but "of overall costs" doesn't make sense to me. The Subtitle has "Company says 20% of spending to go toward Reality Labs" which makes a lot more sense.

trafficante 4y ago
>> The controllers did look interesting and I haven't heard anything really bad about them, they do seem like a big step up from the Q2 controllers. You can pair the QPro controllers with the Q2 Yes, the Touch Pro controllers are absolutely wonderful on both the Pro and the 2. Extremely cool that Meta added support on the 2 and, if not for the issue below, I’d happily recommend them to Quest 2 owners who have the $300 to blow. Unfortunately, the Quest 2’s controllers are probably the worst in the industry for developing thumbstick drift. Worse than even the Switch. Given that sort of unfortunate pedigree and the premium price of the Touch Pros, it’s baffling to see that they skimped on Hall effect sensors for the thumbsticks. It’s extremely hard to recommend spending hundreds of dollars on controllers that may very well need to be RMA’ed in a few months.

trafficante 4y ago

>> The controllers did look interesting and I haven't heard anything really bad about them, they do seem like a big step up from the Q2 controllers. You can pair the QPro controllers with the Q2 Yes, the Touch Pro controllers are absolutely wonderful on both the Pro and the 2. Extremely cool that Meta added support on the 2 and, if not for the issue below, I’d happily recommend them to Quest 2 owners who have the $300 to blow. Unfortunately, the Quest 2’s controllers are probably the worst in the industry for developing thumbstick drift. Worse than even the Switch. Given that sort of unfortunate pedigree and the premium price of the Touch Pros, it’s baffling to see that they skimped on Hall effect sensors for the thumbsticks. It’s extremely hard to recommend spending hundreds of dollars on controllers that may very well need to be RMA’ed in a few months.