Oculus Quest
Oculus Quest
Are you looking at the VR humble bundle? Thoughts?
Oculus Quest
I just noticed it in my email last night. I'll give it a peek at lunch today and get back to you.
(On a different note, get back to my work email I sent you a few days ago!)
(On a different note, get back to my work email I sent you a few days ago!)
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Oculus Quest
Got the Quest 2 for my B-Day. Here are things I have noticed.
PROS:
1. Pretty decent graphics upgrade. Things are much more clear, less blurry, etc.
2. Much more comfortable fit. The old one was pretty painful for me to wear for much more than 15 minutes. This new one is lighter and softer around the face. I don't have to crank down the tightness to keep it in place. Looser fit, but stays put. Plus the softer face plate. All that equals more comfort and longer playing times.
CONS:
1. Much shorter charging cable. It's about 1 meter where the old one was like 3. So there's no playing while charging this one without a new cable.
2. The eye separation adjustment. The old one had a slide bar under the front that let you set the distance between the two screens to accommodate you aliens with close set eyes. The new one has one screen, so you can't move them like the old. You have to reach inside and physically grab the two lenses and push them apart/close together. This makes for much more difficult changes and less accuracy because there's like 3 settings where on the old it was analog so could be anything. Facebooks excuse for this change? No one ever knew their eye measurements and probably had the old one set wrong anyways. So who really cares if they are set correctly. Which is fair, because I couldn't really tell a difference when sliding the bar.
3. Smaller batteries means less play time between charges. I've read you can get 2 hours on a charge, but I feel like it will be less. Good thing is, my play sessions never last long enough to test it. So I like giving up the play time to lower the weight because I never played to empty anyways. So, this is really a Pro for me.
I have both of them attached to my facebook/occulus account, so all of my games are available on both. I can even play on both systems at the same time. I can even play the same game on both systems at the same time. However, multi playing is hit and miss. Some games will let you log into the same game with both sets. Your username appears on two people on the server. Other servers don't let you do that. Beat Saber lets us multi on both sets at the same time, but not on the same server. So we can both play against other people at the same time, but we can't play against each other. Would have to attach the second unit to a separate account and buy BS a second time. However, multi Beatsaber isn't that cool, so not worth it. You can barely see the other players, you don't see their blocks, you have no idea how you are doing compared to them, etc. Way off in the distance, you see another avatar swinging sabers, and that's it. Pretty lame. But I digress.
My wife will only play BS, so don't have a lot to say about multi play yet.
Overall, definite improvements between Quest 1 and 2. Definitely worth the $100 less you pay for it. Yep. It's cheaper than the first one was by $100. So that makes selling the old one fun. . . I did buy the upgraded headgear for $50. It makes it somewhat more comfortable by spreading out the contact points on the back of your head. But more importantly, it has a twist dial on the back to adjust tightness. This makes it very easy to pass around as you don't have to futz with velcro straps to make it fit. Well, except the one on the top of your head. So, one strap instead of 3. But then, when passing it around, you can tolerate a weaker fit for the couple of minutes it is your turn. It sits just a bit out of place, but doesn't bother you for your turn. If you don't share the headset, you probably wouldn't miss the upgraded straps. My next purchase will probably be some upgraded face plates. I hear there are even more comfortable ones out there that block more outside light. Both systems suffer from a pretty large gap around your nose. Distracting sometimes while playing, but also allows you to see outside without taking the gear off. So pro/con for the gap.
Fun system. Two thumbs up. My wife is even getting into it. Would always refuse to play. "Stuff like that hurts my eyes" And even for her first attempt, it was very touch and go for the first 2 minutes trying to get her into the game. But once in the game (Beatsaber) it's fun enough that she got into it. Learned how to make the set fit better, and I even found her playing it tonight without me!
PROS:
1. Pretty decent graphics upgrade. Things are much more clear, less blurry, etc.
2. Much more comfortable fit. The old one was pretty painful for me to wear for much more than 15 minutes. This new one is lighter and softer around the face. I don't have to crank down the tightness to keep it in place. Looser fit, but stays put. Plus the softer face plate. All that equals more comfort and longer playing times.
CONS:
1. Much shorter charging cable. It's about 1 meter where the old one was like 3. So there's no playing while charging this one without a new cable.
2. The eye separation adjustment. The old one had a slide bar under the front that let you set the distance between the two screens to accommodate you aliens with close set eyes. The new one has one screen, so you can't move them like the old. You have to reach inside and physically grab the two lenses and push them apart/close together. This makes for much more difficult changes and less accuracy because there's like 3 settings where on the old it was analog so could be anything. Facebooks excuse for this change? No one ever knew their eye measurements and probably had the old one set wrong anyways. So who really cares if they are set correctly. Which is fair, because I couldn't really tell a difference when sliding the bar.
3. Smaller batteries means less play time between charges. I've read you can get 2 hours on a charge, but I feel like it will be less. Good thing is, my play sessions never last long enough to test it. So I like giving up the play time to lower the weight because I never played to empty anyways. So, this is really a Pro for me.
I have both of them attached to my facebook/occulus account, so all of my games are available on both. I can even play on both systems at the same time. I can even play the same game on both systems at the same time. However, multi playing is hit and miss. Some games will let you log into the same game with both sets. Your username appears on two people on the server. Other servers don't let you do that. Beat Saber lets us multi on both sets at the same time, but not on the same server. So we can both play against other people at the same time, but we can't play against each other. Would have to attach the second unit to a separate account and buy BS a second time. However, multi Beatsaber isn't that cool, so not worth it. You can barely see the other players, you don't see their blocks, you have no idea how you are doing compared to them, etc. Way off in the distance, you see another avatar swinging sabers, and that's it. Pretty lame. But I digress.
My wife will only play BS, so don't have a lot to say about multi play yet.
Overall, definite improvements between Quest 1 and 2. Definitely worth the $100 less you pay for it. Yep. It's cheaper than the first one was by $100. So that makes selling the old one fun. . . I did buy the upgraded headgear for $50. It makes it somewhat more comfortable by spreading out the contact points on the back of your head. But more importantly, it has a twist dial on the back to adjust tightness. This makes it very easy to pass around as you don't have to futz with velcro straps to make it fit. Well, except the one on the top of your head. So, one strap instead of 3. But then, when passing it around, you can tolerate a weaker fit for the couple of minutes it is your turn. It sits just a bit out of place, but doesn't bother you for your turn. If you don't share the headset, you probably wouldn't miss the upgraded straps. My next purchase will probably be some upgraded face plates. I hear there are even more comfortable ones out there that block more outside light. Both systems suffer from a pretty large gap around your nose. Distracting sometimes while playing, but also allows you to see outside without taking the gear off. So pro/con for the gap.
Fun system. Two thumbs up. My wife is even getting into it. Would always refuse to play. "Stuff like that hurts my eyes" And even for her first attempt, it was very touch and go for the first 2 minutes trying to get her into the game. But once in the game (Beatsaber) it's fun enough that she got into it. Learned how to make the set fit better, and I even found her playing it tonight without me!
Oculus Quest
Let me know if you get the current Humble Bundle that includes Bridge Crew.
Oculus Quest
I will investigate that today.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Oculus Quest
Bought the whole bundle.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Oculus Quest
I mentioned VR racing in another thread, makes more sense to talk about it here, I think.
I got a wheel, pedals, and shifter for Christmas. This ups the experience up a notch.
Holy motion sickness, Batman!! The game (Assetto Corsa) does an excellent job of putting you in the car. I left the arms and wheel in the game. They aren't mine, but turning them off pulled you out of the experience.
I had to run in automatic mode because I couldn't work the shifter. I'm using my desk as my 'car' and my chair has wheels. So I have to hold on to my desk with one hand, while driving with my other. If I don't hold on, when I hit my brakes, my chair rolls away from my desk!
But the motion sickness was real. If I looked straight ahead, it wasn't too bad. But if I looked to the side to see what turn was coming, or how sharp it is, it would really hit me. I've always been prone to motion sickness (limited now a days to, I can't read in a car), so not surprising. But damn. I wanted to keep racing!!
Assetto Corsa is a grand prix simulator with a TON of super cars available. I've driven a Lotus (default car at start), and a KTM motorcycle car thing (you've seen them on the road). It was cool to see the difference in handling, etc. The KTM was rough as hell (high speed, and the wheels were bouncing hard (and yes, I have a force feedback wheel so I felt it)), and very squirrely. Would easily start fishtailing. The Lotus was a much nicer ride. They really do corner like they're on rails.
I'm not really into racing, etc, but my son and his friends do this stuff (they have the mock cockpit setups) and I thought it might be fun to jump in. I've always been mildly interested. There's the Dirt series of games as well (off road rally racing). The game was on sale for $2, and it includes all the cars and tracks. You're not buying DLCs or unlocking things. At least that's been my experience so far.
With some wifi tweaking, I 'should' be able to setup a cockpit in the basement, and play remotely on my desktop. I don't want a raceing cockpit in my office. But we'll wait to see if I can get past this motion sickness thing first.
I'll update when I get online and actually race with them. I'll let you know how shitty I am at racing.
I got a wheel, pedals, and shifter for Christmas. This ups the experience up a notch.
Holy motion sickness, Batman!! The game (Assetto Corsa) does an excellent job of putting you in the car. I left the arms and wheel in the game. They aren't mine, but turning them off pulled you out of the experience.
I had to run in automatic mode because I couldn't work the shifter. I'm using my desk as my 'car' and my chair has wheels. So I have to hold on to my desk with one hand, while driving with my other. If I don't hold on, when I hit my brakes, my chair rolls away from my desk!
But the motion sickness was real. If I looked straight ahead, it wasn't too bad. But if I looked to the side to see what turn was coming, or how sharp it is, it would really hit me. I've always been prone to motion sickness (limited now a days to, I can't read in a car), so not surprising. But damn. I wanted to keep racing!!
Assetto Corsa is a grand prix simulator with a TON of super cars available. I've driven a Lotus (default car at start), and a KTM motorcycle car thing (you've seen them on the road). It was cool to see the difference in handling, etc. The KTM was rough as hell (high speed, and the wheels were bouncing hard (and yes, I have a force feedback wheel so I felt it)), and very squirrely. Would easily start fishtailing. The Lotus was a much nicer ride. They really do corner like they're on rails.
I'm not really into racing, etc, but my son and his friends do this stuff (they have the mock cockpit setups) and I thought it might be fun to jump in. I've always been mildly interested. There's the Dirt series of games as well (off road rally racing). The game was on sale for $2, and it includes all the cars and tracks. You're not buying DLCs or unlocking things. At least that's been my experience so far.
With some wifi tweaking, I 'should' be able to setup a cockpit in the basement, and play remotely on my desktop. I don't want a raceing cockpit in my office. But we'll wait to see if I can get past this motion sickness thing first.
I'll update when I get online and actually race with them. I'll let you know how shitty I am at racing.
Oculus Quest
Had our first actual races last night. The 'sessions' are setup as:
10 minutes of practice on the track - Get to know the track, nothing matters.
5 minutes of qualifying - Get as many laps in as you can. Your best lap time against other racer's best lap time to determine starting position.
11 lap race. The race probably took about 20 minutes to race.
I'm either a natural at racing, or they suck. . . We were all pretty even. Best lap times were all within a few seconds of each other. So it always came down to who wiped out the least. We had a gentleman's agreement that if you hit someone else off the track, you slowed down and let them pass you to get their spot back. None of us did it on purpose, and would feel bad when we did. I did manage to win one of the races, and never came in last (out of 3 of us). We only got about 3 races in due to technical difficulties along the way.
Turns out there are a ton of DLCs for cars available. I haven't seen any for tracks yet. I don't know their prices yet as I wasn't compelled to check them out. There are a ton of cars included, so didn't care.
My racing setup is. . . very redneck. As discussed, my chair is on wheels and moves. I switched to a folding chair to eliminate the wheels. The peddles have rubber feet, but they don't quite hold the wood floor enough to keep the peddles from moving. So, and I'm embarrassed to describe this, I put a towel down on the floor with the peddles on one half, and the chair on the other half. This allowed me to engage the spikes on the bottom of the peddles that would dig into the towel (designed for carpet). And with the chair sitting on the towel, things were pretty well locked into place. It wasn't perfect, as the towel would twist a bit here and there and I'd have to realign things. But it was over all, usable.
10 minutes of practice on the track - Get to know the track, nothing matters.
5 minutes of qualifying - Get as many laps in as you can. Your best lap time against other racer's best lap time to determine starting position.
11 lap race. The race probably took about 20 minutes to race.
I'm either a natural at racing, or they suck. . . We were all pretty even. Best lap times were all within a few seconds of each other. So it always came down to who wiped out the least. We had a gentleman's agreement that if you hit someone else off the track, you slowed down and let them pass you to get their spot back. None of us did it on purpose, and would feel bad when we did. I did manage to win one of the races, and never came in last (out of 3 of us). We only got about 3 races in due to technical difficulties along the way.
Turns out there are a ton of DLCs for cars available. I haven't seen any for tracks yet. I don't know their prices yet as I wasn't compelled to check them out. There are a ton of cars included, so didn't care.
My racing setup is. . . very redneck. As discussed, my chair is on wheels and moves. I switched to a folding chair to eliminate the wheels. The peddles have rubber feet, but they don't quite hold the wood floor enough to keep the peddles from moving. So, and I'm embarrassed to describe this, I put a towel down on the floor with the peddles on one half, and the chair on the other half. This allowed me to engage the spikes on the bottom of the peddles that would dig into the towel (designed for carpet). And with the chair sitting on the towel, things were pretty well locked into place. It wasn't perfect, as the towel would twist a bit here and there and I'd have to realign things. But it was over all, usable.
Oculus Quest
That all sounds cool, but racing games are not my thing.
I did a boxing game on the Oculus and would be sweating my ass off and winded by the end of fights.
I did a boxing game on the Oculus and would be sweating my ass off and winded by the end of fights.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Oculus Quest
Racing games are also not my thing, but it's still fun in an arcade kind of way. Bottom line, you're going up against people you know, and you want to win. So I will not be the guy who's tuning his car before every race based on track conditions, what I had for lunch, the phase of the moon, etc. But I'll hop in the seat and keep my foot on the gas way too long, cause it's fun!
I mean, I've always thought a wheel would be cool, because there are some good racing games out there. But never enough to actually make the investment. But since Scooty was getting one and my wife needed ideas for me for Christmas. . . I said 'fuck it. Get one.'.
I did a boxing game as well. Also would start sweating. Which became a very early rule for my headset. NO SWEATING IN MY HEADSET!Q!
I mean, I've always thought a wheel would be cool, because there are some good racing games out there. But never enough to actually make the investment. But since Scooty was getting one and my wife needed ideas for me for Christmas. . . I said 'fuck it. Get one.'.
I did a boxing game as well. Also would start sweating. Which became a very early rule for my headset. NO SWEATING IN MY HEADSET!Q!