Meta Quest

Richard tea · 14-10-2020 6:27pm

Facebook issue has me worried now. My Oculus does not arrive until next week but I wanted to have a FB account ready to go. I created a new account and hit the sign up button. I immediately got a response stating that the account has been disabled and I have 30 days to request a review.

Is it hit and miss? My legit FB account could be disabled if thats the case. Any suggestions?

What is the issue with linking your legit account to Oculus? Other will see your Quest activity? Can you totally separate any activity from FB and Oculus.

mrcheez · 14-10-2020 6:59pm

Richard tea wrote: »

What is the issue with linking your legit account to Oculus? Other will see your Quest activity? Can you totally separate any activity from FB and Oculus.

When I signed up using the Facebook login it had options to hide my "real" Facebook name from others and to use a made up name.

It also had options to hide your Oculus (read pr0n) activity from anyone apart from you, so if you have a FB account already then I'd say all your VR activity will be kept private.

Of course, they're going to harvest all your data for themselves, but your FB friends shouldn't be aware of any of your VR activity.

The reason I used a fake account is that I got out of the whole Facebook thing 10 years ago, so I'm not interested in having my name searchable again on it, but if you already have an account then I'd say you're fine.

Mickeroo · 14-10-2020 7:02pm

Richard tea wrote: »

Facebook issue has me worried now. My Oculus does not arrive until next week but I wanted to have a FB account ready to go. I created a new account and hit the sign up button. I immediately got a response stating that the account has been disabled and I have 30 days to request a review.

Is it hit and miss? My legit FB account could be disabled if thats the case. Any suggestions?

What is the issue with linking your legit account to Oculus? Other will see your Quest activity? Can you totally separate any activity from FB and Oculus.

There's no issue other than people not liking Facebook far as I can tell (for perfectly legitimate reasons). If you already have a Facebook account just use that, you can change your privacy settings handy enough in the occulus app.

Shlippery · 14-10-2020 7:02pm

Ah, I still have my quest 1 and just 'willingly' linked it to my personal one, just set all visibility to 'only me'.

Here's freshly taken screenshots of the privacy settings screen.

https://imgur.com/a/03WzkwQ

There really isn't any crossover that I can see. You can tweak the privacy settings to not share anything. I feel it's no difference considering I've a rarely used facebook account (but legit all the same) and instagram and whatsapp.

Not sure what the craic is with disabling new accounts though.

Richard tea · 14-10-2020 7:06pm

Ok sounds good. I'll use my legit account when it arrives.

14-10-2020 8:48pm

bullpost wrote: »

From UK so was surprised. I set it up without glasses even though I wear them. Was ok but will go back and set it up for glasses later.

I'd get onto them about that mate. At worst they'll probably refund you a few quid.

Mickeroo · 14-10-2020 8:52pm

I messed around with First Steps and the demo of beat sabre as well as a a few of the nature vids.

Very impressed, this was my first ever time experiencing VR so first steps in particular felt crazy, it really felt like that robot was standing on front of me

sticker · 14-10-2020 9:04pm

My Elite Strap arrived today direct from Oculus. AddressPal sent me notification package was received yesterday - hopefully arriving tomorrow!

druss · 14-10-2020 9:30pm

sticker wrote: »

My Elite Strap arrived today direct from Oculus. AddressPal sent me notification package was received yesterday - hopefully arriving tomorrow!

I still have nothing from AddressPal. I can see my poor Quest parcel, buried beneath a mound of FireTV sticks from the Amazon Prime sale.

14-10-2020 9:49pm

When did it arrive at AddressPal? Because usually for me it requires two full working days between the day it arrives and the day it's available for collection e.g it arrives on a Monday it's available for collection on Thursday.

druss · 14-10-2020 10:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

When did it arrive at AddressPal? Because usually for me it requires two full working days between the day it arrives and the day it's available for collection e.g it arrives on a Monday it's available for collection on Thursday.

It arrives on Monday and doesn't leave the UK depot until Thursday?

In my case, DHL dropped it at AddressPal UK address yesterday evening. So you reckon best case scenario is Friday before it is prepped for departure to Ireland?

14-10-2020 10:52pm

I'd guess Friday or Monday you'll be collecting it from the post office. I just realised you might have done the home delivery option which I've never used.

mrcheez · 14-10-2020 11:16pm

Holy crap..about 75% of the posts on Reddit at the mo are about banned accounts

https://www.reddit.com/r/Oculus

I'd say Oculus are gonna have to roll back this requirement...or a jailbreak is around the corner

wes · 14-10-2020 11:29pm

mrcheez wrote: »

Holy crap..about 75% of the posts on Reddit at the mo are about banned accounts

https://www.reddit.com/r/Oculus

I'd say Oculus are gonna have to roll back this requirement...or a jailbreak is around the corner

They are just encouraging piracy with this. They having effectively bricked a bunch of peoples expensive devices and lost people a bunch of games. Honestly, this is a hell of a screw up on there.

Haven't even set up my Quest 2 yet. I have setup a new facebook account today and giving it 24 hours to make sure its ok. I followed all the rules etc, and added a couple of friends etc to be on the safe side.

Contacted support about my elite headstrap and case, and it should be shipping later, but gave me no date on when. I guess it will be November 6th for that. I can live without it for a few weeks.

TheMilkyPirate · 14-10-2020 11:48pm

Was out when the courier called today. Tomorrow it is so

Shlippery · 15-10-2020 1:37am

They've a big clampdown on bots and fake accounts as part of the US election in next couple of weeks...I think that's the reason for the aggressive actions at the moment, horrible timing for their forced Oculus move though. as a lotta people with new hardware are getting stung

wes · 15-10-2020 2:35am

Shlippery wrote: »

They've a big clampdown on bots and fake accounts as part of the US election in next couple of weeks...I think that's the reason for the aggressive actions at the moment, horrible timing for their forced Oculus move though. as a lotta people with new hardware are getting stung

If they don't get this sorted out for Christmas, I can see a lot of pissed parents returning the headsets.

Wiggedmite · 15-10-2020 7:52am

druss wrote: »

It arrives on Monday and doesn't leave the UK depot until Thursday?

In my case, DHL dropped it at AddressPal UK address yesterday evening. So you reckon best case scenario is Friday before it is prepped for departure to Ireland?

Think he means transport between hub and Ireland. Mine still hasn't registered as being received yet either. Was hoping against hope that maybe they just shipped a load of goods to Ireland and let it be sorted in Dublin, but think its just gotten buried under Firesticks like you said. Tempted just to pick one up in Argos if it gets to Friday with no movement. Let me know when you see movement!

Wiggedmite · 15-10-2020 9:18am

wes wrote: »

If they don't get this sorted out for Christmas, I can see a lot of pissed parents returning the the headsets.

It's insane how frequent this is. Just check the amount of OculusSupport comments in the past hour on Reddit

kerplun k · 15-10-2020 9:20am

What’s everyone’s impression on the comfort? Could you watch a whole movie without getting a headache?

Mickeroo · 15-10-2020 9:24am

kerplun k wrote: »

What’s everyone’s impression on the comfort? Could you watch a whole movie without getting a headache?

I found it quit comfortable yesterday evening once I got it sitting right, I probably could have watched a film easily enough. That was with the standard strap and the glasses spacer in.

I think everyone will be different though.

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 10:48am

kerplun k wrote: »

What’s everyone’s impression on the comfort? Could you watch a whole movie without getting a headache?

The strap is more than generous for larger craniums so that was a nice surprise!

Fit with the cloth was stable enough.

I think a replacement face-pad is on the cards though as the one that's shipped seems "OK"

I had to head to gym last night so didn't get a chance to really play with it. Will have a good session this evening though.

The main take-away from my experience so far is the overall size and weight. This thing is tiny (relatively). I mean you can hold it comfortably in one hand and it just feels like a Nintendo Switch Lite in terms of overall portability.

If hand-tracking becomes so good that we don't need the controllers then it's a true "Ready Player One" headset.

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Wiggedmite · 15-10-2020 11:02am

druss wrote: »

It arrives on Monday and doesn't leave the UK depot until Thursday?

In my case, DHL dropped it at AddressPal UK address yesterday evening. So you reckon best case scenario is Friday before it is prepped for departure to Ireland?

Just got a mail from AddressPal (I followed up this morning) . They confirmed they do have my parcel, it just hasn't been processed yet. They are experiencing a high volume of parcels, as expected. Your's probably in the same boat.

Edit: Just received official AddressPal notification that the parcel is on it's way! Finally!

kerplun k · 15-10-2020 11:04am

mrcheez wrote: »

I had to head to gym last night so didn't get a chance to really play with it.

That’s what FitVR is for.

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 11:29am

kerplun k wrote: »

That’s what FitVR is for.

Ah yeah I had to resort to BoxVR when the gym closed, it was decent alright, but nothing beats the real swimming pool

With the way things are going though, I may have to revert back to the VR fitness.

I think a few rounds of Thrill of the Fight on the Quest 1 will be on the cards as I'm now willing to expose my old Quest to all sorts of crap

wes · 15-10-2020 12:30pm

mrcheez wrote: »

I think a replacement face-pad is on the cards though as the one that's shipped seems "OK"

I got the VR cover for Quest 1, the Quest 2 version is not out yet, but you can see the page for it here:

https://vrcover.com/oculus-quest-2/

bullpost · 15-10-2020 12:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd get onto them about that mate. At worst they'll probably refund you a few quid.

Thanks.

Yeah they are sending out an adapter for it free of charge. Its an Aussie plug apparently.

bullpost · 15-10-2020 1:01pm

One thing I was interested in was watching 3D films, but it seems Bigscreen not available in Ireland. Any alternatives? I have Netflix and that works fine on the Oculus.

wes · 15-10-2020 2:18pm

Games media picking up the Facebook integration mess:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-15-oculus-quest-2s-are-being-bricked-by-facebook-account-merge-issues

Will eventually go mainstream I think. Real big screw up with the Facebook integration. They really need to walk it back imo.

druss · 15-10-2020 2:28pm

Wiggedmite wrote: »

Just got a mail from AddressPal (I followed up this morning) . They confirmed they do have my parcel, it just hasn't been processed yet. They are experiencing a high volume of parcels, as expected. Your's probably in the same boat.

Edit: Just received official AddressPal notification that the parcel is on it's way! Finally!

Mine is at Heathrow transit hub now. I checked the timeline from the my previous AddressPal home delivery, it arrived in Heathrow on Tuesday, moved to Dublin on Wednesday night, and was delivered to me in Wexford on Thursday morning.

So, with the weekend, Monday I suppose.

kearneybobs · 15-10-2020 2:57pm

Decided to jump in after selling my old PC online. Got it from Very.co.uk here in the UK. Bought today, arriving tomorrow....hopefully.

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 3:48pm

bullpost wrote: »

One thing I was interested in was watching 3D films, but it seems Bigscreen not available in Ireland. Any alternatives? I have Netflix and that works fine on the Oculus.

I normally used Skybox. It was free initially but I see it's now a paid app.

Oculus Gallery is another choice... it's actually the one I default to now

MoodeRator · 15-10-2020 4:22pm

Are the films on this 3D or 360degress?

bullpost · 15-10-2020 5:40pm

MoodeRator wrote: »

Are the films on this 3D or 360degress?

I think those two are for your own content, but could be wrong.

I was hoping for a streaming equivalent with 3D films I could rent.

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 6:03pm

MoodeRator wrote: »

Are the films on this 3D or 360degress?

You can get 360 degree videos, in fact there are several "streaming" ones available via the Videos tab which are actually quite good, like flying over Angel Falls.

They're not the highest resolution though, so you can physically upload your own videos to the device too via USB.

bullpost wrote: »

I think those two are for your own content, but could be wrong.

I was hoping for a streaming equivalent with 3D films I could rent.

It's actually something they really do need, but yeah for now you need to download videos or rip them yourself and upload to the headset.

For 3D you'd really want to look at 20-30GB minimum file size as otherwise you'll just see all the pixels, or it will be a blurry mess.

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 8:12pm

Seems that people have already found lots of hacks on the Quest 2 already, such as enabling 90Hz mode for all apps and increasing resolution to 2048.

It can all be done via Sidequest

https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/jayn7d/sidequest_version_1015_released_enable_90hz_with/

Gonna get my face into that this eve

Shlippery · 15-10-2020 8:14pm

Whats your verdict so far mrcheez? Was it worth the upgrade from 1->2

Looking forward to an in-depth review from boards's Mr quest!

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 8:19pm

Shlippery wrote: »

Whats your verdict so far mrcheez? Was it worth the upgrade from 1->2

Looking forward to an in-depth review from boards's Mr quest!

I'll let you know once I've had a good round this eve!

mrcheez · 15-10-2020 11:26pm

mrcheez wrote: »

I'll let you know once I've had a good round this eve!

oh well bit delayed here as I've had to create another new developer account on Oculus for the Facebook user, in order to get all the SideQuest goodies.

Now downloading them but it'll take a while to set them all up so alas it'll have to be tomorrow before I finally play them... boo :mad:

Corkstpauli · 16-10-2020 10:09am

Got mine yesterday, first time headset owner, very disappointed, got it mostly to watch films on large screens and tv via the prime and netflix apps as I travel a lot for work and theres an obvious problem with it. The rooms you watch the films in both have a smoky grey covering which totally distracts you from the film. From other forums it's a problem with black colours that's effecting games too. its like going to a cinema where everyone is smoking all the way through.
Loving the vr in games demos I've tried but if media playing is your thing avoid

TheMilkyPirate · 16-10-2020 10:35am

Has to be the most uncomfortable thing I've ever put on my head. Every two seconds I'm adjusting it because theres too much pressure on my head or on my cheekbones or theres too much light leaking through by my nose. Then strap is awful I'm not sure elite will make much difference?

I've tried all 3 IPD settings and they are all the same for me except FOV is smaller on the wider ones so not sure what's going on there.

I'm a bit disappointed to be honest I remember putting the PSVR on and never touching it again you'd forget it was even on your head but this is awful.

Raoul Duke · 16-10-2020 10:58am

My Quest 2 finally got dispatched from Amazon last night, with delivery expected on Tuesday. I checked the order again and I see that it's standard delivery. I've a Prime Account. My last few orders all have "priority" as their delivery status.
Should this order not also be priority? Can someone else with a Prime Account please check what the delivery status on their orders were for this Quest? Thanks.

mrcheez · 16-10-2020 11:05am

Corkstpauli wrote: »

Got mine yesterday, first time headset owner, very disappointed, got it mostly to watch films on large screens and tv via the prime and netflix apps as I travel a lot for work and theres an obvious problem with it. The rooms you watch the films in both have a smoky grey covering which totally distracts you from the film. From other forums it's a problem with black colours that's effecting games too. its like going to a cinema where everyone is smoking all the way through.
Loving the vr in games demos I've tried but if media playing is your thing avoid

I've been seeing people mention that alright. The Oculus Go would have been perfect for your needs.

I suspect that someone will come up with a way to adjust the black levels as people have already figured out how to increase the bit rate via Sidequest.

wes · 16-10-2020 11:37am

The black levels would be inherent to the LCD tech they are using. Quest 1 used OLED, and LCD won't come close to that.

Now is certainly possible there is a software issue, but you will not get black levels like OLED, no matter what fixes they come up with, and I don't think they have any kind of mini-led or local dimming on the headset.

Having said that, a lot of VR headset seem to have ditched OLED. The Valve Index, the best on the market uses LCD and not OLED.

mrcheez · 16-10-2020 11:45am

wes wrote: »

The black levels would be inherent to the LCD tech they are using. Quest 1 used OLED, and LCD won't come close to that.

Now is certainly possible there is a software issue, but you will not get black levels like OLED, no matter what fixes they come up with, and I don't think they have any kind of mini-led or local dimming on the headset.

Having said that, a lot of VR headset seem to have ditched OLED. The Valve Index, the best on the market uses LCD and not OLED.

It's strange.. I checked the spec for the Oculus Go and that uses LCD, but I've never noticed an issue with blacks on that, so it's possible there are software fixes to bring down the levels.

wes · 16-10-2020 12:13pm

mrcheez wrote: »

It's strange.. I checked the spec for the Oculus Go and that uses LCD, but I've never noticed an issue with blacks on that, so it's possible there are software fixes to bring down the levels.

Some people are more sensitive to black levels than others, and if you are using it primarily for movie watching and the person owns an OLED TV, they will notice it.

Also, different types of LCDs have better contrast. The Quest 2 is pretty decent contrast for a LCD, and it removes the smearing you get from OLED, but if someone is used to the perfect black level OLED does, then yeah it will look bad.

Also, its possible some people just have faulty Quest 2 LCDs, that have worse than normal black levels.

Raoul Duke · 16-10-2020 1:12pm

Raoul Duke wrote: »

My Quest 2 finally got dispatched from Amazon last night, with delivery expected on Tuesday. I checked the order again and I see that it's standard delivery. I've a Prime Account. My last few orders all have "priority" as their delivery status.
Should this order not also be priority? Can someone else with a Prime Account please check what the delivery status on their orders were for this Quest? Thanks.

Got onto Amazon Chat about this. It turns out (or their excuse was) that it "is because of the availability of the "Oculus Quest 2 Elite Strap for Enhanced Support and Comfort in VR." We're having a problem with the availability of this item, hence Amazon can't promise priority delivery and choose standard delivery instead. "

Not good enough really, but I'll get it next week.

Richard tea · 16-10-2020 3:42pm

Ordered from Amazon and was due to be delivered on Monday next. It was actually delivered today. Might not get a chance to try it out until monday.

sticker · 16-10-2020 4:44pm

Order mine from Amazon via AddressPal. It was delivered to UK postal hub on Tuesday - Still no sign of the bloody thing!

RonnieL · 16-10-2020 4:55pm

I've a birthday coming up so I'm dropping hints for a quest 2, but haven't really used VR headsets before. One thing I'm wondering about (and a google search proved inconclusive), is the option to watch live sports on these things. Anyone care to fill me in? In the times we live in, I'd have thought VR attendance at games/gigs would be very popular, and a good revenue stream for struggling teams/artists.

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