Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The Quest 2 has pretty much eliminated the screen door. I’ve never had any issues at 90/90, but sensitive people might. The higher the better really. I hate saying it, because I despise Facebook, but the headset is actually really good, especially if you use it through Steam Link. Comparable headsets are 2-3x as much money.

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      1 year ago

      I legitimately never thought twice about them because I thought you could only play shitty Facebook games with them, but you can play real games on Steam? How are the controllers?

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Yup! You can use the Steam Link and play all of the Steam VR games you already own. You can either use a long USB-C cable, or WiFi 6.

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          1 year ago

          For the Quest 2, the ideal setup is a dedicated (but inexpensive) router for wireless communicating with the headset. Last I looked a few specific models of semi-generic $50 routers were tested by the community.

          Then you can either run your PC lan connection through that router or if you have a second Ethernet connection, use one just for that router.

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        1 year ago

        They are great. I have a mate who has an index and regularly has issues with controller config playing games on steam. I’ve had none with my quest 2.

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          1 year ago

          Good to know. They don’t have cameras you put around the room right? How is the tracking? I worry about it losing tracking a lot when the controllers aren’t in view.

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            1 year ago

            No base stations required. If you hold your controller behind your back you will lose tracking as it uses cameras on the headset to track it. Hasn’t really been an issue for me though.

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              1 year ago

              Okay, I had to ask because my only experience is with the Vive and I was impressed with it’s tracking via the stations.

              • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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                1 year ago

                I had the original HTC Vive before my wife gave me the Oculus Quest 2 for Christmas last year. The Quest 2 is good enough that I gave the Vive to my son and just kept the Quest 2. The resolution is much clearer on the Quest, and the tracking is very good too.

                One of the very cool things about the Quest 2 is that it’s a stand-alone device, so for native games you can play it in your kitchen, or backyard, or anywhere with a lot of room. There are several titles that have been ported to the Oculus store for the Quest, and they’re on-par with their Steam equivalents.

                Of course the performance won’t be as good as a full-blown gaming computer, so I usually play through the Steam Link, using a 35 foot USB-C cable. Another benefit to the cable is that it charges the headset while you’re playing, so you aren’t limited to 2 hour sessions. I’ve probably played 100 hours in Elite Dangerous using the Steam Link and it’s beautiful, smooth, and near flawless. My WiFi router is pretty far from my game room, so I haven’t had much luck with the WiFi Steam Link, but some people seem to have had success with it based on what I’ve read on a bunch of Reddit posts.

                When I got the Quest 2 you could still use your Oculus account to log in, but now they require that you merge it with your Facebook account, which is really annoying. That’s the only thing I dislike about the Quest, that you need a Facebook account. But you can turn off sync, and it doesn’t post to Facebook, or share your gaming history, or anything like that. I haven’t launched or even looked at the metaverse, because it doesn’t interest me at all, and it’s decoupled enough that it’s pretty much a non-issue once you get over the fact that a Facebook account is required. You’d have to spend another $500-$1000 for an equivalent device that doesn’t require Facebook.

                • greavous@lemmy.world
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                  1 year ago

                  They got rid of the Facebook account requirement. You now can use a meta account instead. So kinda better as I defacebooked myself and the meta account is only used on the quest

          • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            It uses inside-out tracking, but I haven’t had any issues with it. If you move your hand out of view, it knows that you did so and will just make it disappear and reappear when it moves back into view.