Meta Quest

Doge

I have it too! Sadly my drawing skills aren't up to scratch but it's fun. You can import stencils too and browse a lot of banksys stuff pre loaded.

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117971705#Comment_117971705

Damn man, you must have most apps, how much have you spent on the store? 😆

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117971963#Comment_117971963

Haha not that much! We just have good taste! ;)

you should see the size of the steam libraries some boards users have! 👀

kerplun k

Did anyone try use their quest yesterday? I know the store was down, but wonder what other services were impacted. I Didn’t get a chance to login myself and see. Guessing stuff like scoreboards and multiplayer was down and basically anything else that required a connection.

brady12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117964662#Comment_117964662

have you heard theres defo something coming ?announcement wise ?

mrcheez

Fingers crossed we get compo again 😅

€8 last time I think?

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117978434#Comment_117978434

Check out the leaks on youtube.

mrcheez

Song in the Smoke came out of nowhere.

Without Parole gave it 10/10 on PSVR and the Quest reviews seem outstanding.

I wasn't going to pick up anything before Res Evil 4 but damn...

brady12

finally bought one 😅already bought half life alyx on sale ages ago on steam in preparation !

brady12

what are the essential VR games bar half life alyx ?

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118003953#Comment_118003953

This is the Quest thread, so you mean Quest games right?

brady12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118003957#Comment_118003957

well ya but i can play it on quest with pc

kerplun k

i think McCheezy was asking if you were just looking for Quest specific games as this was a Quest thread.

anyhews, as I mostly like cinematic type games and escape rooms, my top 5 recommendations for Quest games would be

Star wars, Vader immortal & TFTG

The Room

Walking dead

Red Matter

I expect you to die 1 & 2

Bonus recommendation goes to Skybox. Watching movies in cinema VR is great fun.

i still haven’t got a good gaming PC yet so I don’t have any Rift/PC recommendations for you.

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118006656#Comment_118006656

For PC games, Lone Echo is a great one to start with (Oculus-exclusive).

In Death is sublime too.

Superhot VR is essential (make sure you get the VR version not the flat-screen game)

brady12

thanks guys , appreciate it

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118011571#Comment_118011571

Lone Echo 2 was released today, so you can get both Lone Echo and Lone Echo 2 as part of a bundle here

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/2953440614986081/

mrcheez

Big sale on Oculus Quest games at the moment for the anniversary.

Think I might pick up Real VR Fishing ... but In Death Unchained is also on sale which is superb if you don't have it

kerplun k

Random, irrelevant question….

If you could pick an upgrade between

1.) Updated of the current model with 10fold improvement on performance. Basically PC gaming on standalone, but kept the same size and weight and comfort.

or

2.) performance remains the same but upgrade improves on comfort with huge reductions in weight and size.

Pretend linking to PC isn’t an option. You can only pick one upgrade, and why?

mrcheez

1) for sure... assuming existing construction is the same, since you can easily snap on more "comfortable" straps like the Vive DAS

It would be amazing to be able to play Lone Echo 2 at full resolution natively on the Quest 2

kerplun k

ah, I dunno. I’m 3 straps in and still haven’t found one that gives optimum comfort. 2 hours is about as much I can manage. Games like Walking Dead, and hopefully upcoming titles like RE4 and Medal of Honour are showing that devs are really starting to optimise it. Think I’d prefer a next gen to work on comfort over performance.

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118021026#Comment_118021026

Have you tried the DAS?

Really can't fault it, particularly when a battery counterweight is added

kerplun k

nope, just different types. I’ve used the Halo, fake elite and OG strap. It’s just the weight of the dam thing. I’m afraid that using FrankenQuest would probably be just a waste of money. Especially giving various reviews ranking the OG Elite as the best. If anything I’d probably go for that one, but again the ranking reviews put the Elite only marginally ahead of the fake one for comfort.

Halo for watching movies is great, but for gaming, it sits too far away from the face and has a tendency tilt downward upon movement. I use the fake Elite mostly, and is by far the best experience for gaming, but after a while you definitely feel the weight.

Doge

The BoboVR M2 feels the most lightweight that I've tried and reviewers say the same. It's extremely well balanced and much better than the GOMRVR halo strap which is the generic halo strap.

kerplun k

Cheers, I might give that one a go

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118022682#Comment_118022682

you may end up spending more than the DAS in the end though :(

Might be good to invest in one and I think you should be able to reuse it on headsets in the future too as I'm sure they will create more adaptors

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118022926#Comment_118022926

I doubt it personally. The Oculus Quest Pro firmware leaks indicate it will have its own halo strap.

mrcheez

The firmware talks about the strap???

Has the strap got some hardware in it?

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118023531#Comment_118023531

Can't remember if the strap has firmware in it. But the firmware strings aluded to adjusting the strap. You'll have to check the videos I posted.

Doge

Some more prototypes:

https://youtu.be/1Al59QtYW38?t=228

Skips to the relevant info.

mrcheez

Last day of the sale. Anyone pick up anything?

With Res 4 so close I'm tempted to hold off but the Real VR Fishing might be worth a punt at 13.99 though I do now have a lot of "chill out" games already.... Hmmm