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Dundee
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How many members are using VR gear, I just changed mine for a different model, thought I would give you my thoughts.
I owned the Vive version one pretty much since it first came out. I think I payed $1300+ Au at the time. A lot!! It was good at the time, but since then I have had one of the base stations fail in the same way most folks on the forums have experienced. I persevered with very average tracking. I bought ALYX and played it which was a truly amazing experience. I can't express how good it is. It is fantastic, totally immersive to the point that it is the first VR game I have played that I almost forgot I was in VR.
Almost!!!
Where it let me down was the controllers, the Vive controllers layout is diabolically annoying. It has a side button that pulls up a menu. However when you try to pick up an object, or throw a grenade in panic, I can't count the times I popped that menu accidentally. A real let down risking bouts of rage quits.
Some time ago one of my sons bought a Rift S second hand for $450. Wow what a difference. The graphics are better, and the controller is laid out in a way that it does not trigger accidental button pushes. Hugely superior for half the price.
So I bought the updates S, which was the Occulus Quest.
OK so this has advantages and disadvantages. It has cable less options that uses an internal processor and links to your phone to upload games. Personally, for me the options for games are great for the little league, so your littler kids will love it.
But if you are a hardcore gamer like me you want a little more.
This is achieved using the Link cable. With this it effectively (with a little witchcraft) becomes compatible with all your steam VR apps that you used on your other platforms. In reality It is not bug free. I have had 99% success with all steam VR apps with the exception of ALYX.
The one game I want to play through again. It has dreadful stuttering. Looking on the forums it is a common issue effecting a lot of people. Some people have it work absolutely seamlessly, others not so much.
I have just enabled developer options and have set out to try and fix it, some win, some don't. will keep you posted.
Finally the quest 2 is now available with a little better specs and a good price $480 AU, if you don't mind selling your soul to Facebook to use it. My conclusion for what its worth.
For under $500 Au the Occulus kicks butt bang for bucks and would make a fantastic present for one of your kids. They can play it cable free in the back yard using uploaded apps from the phone and have a ball, and if they are a bit savvy come in, plug in the link cable to their PC and play all their steam content with the above caveats
It is also well and truly worth it if you are a serious gamer, but your probably going to have to fiddle and tweak here and there with some steam apps, but if your a gamer your used to that anyway.
So unless you have the $1000+ for an index, the occulus range, bang for bucks is in my opinion worth getting.
I owned the Vive version one pretty much since it first came out. I think I payed $1300+ Au at the time. A lot!! It was good at the time, but since then I have had one of the base stations fail in the same way most folks on the forums have experienced. I persevered with very average tracking. I bought ALYX and played it which was a truly amazing experience. I can't express how good it is. It is fantastic, totally immersive to the point that it is the first VR game I have played that I almost forgot I was in VR.
Almost!!!
Where it let me down was the controllers, the Vive controllers layout is diabolically annoying. It has a side button that pulls up a menu. However when you try to pick up an object, or throw a grenade in panic, I can't count the times I popped that menu accidentally. A real let down risking bouts of rage quits.
Some time ago one of my sons bought a Rift S second hand for $450. Wow what a difference. The graphics are better, and the controller is laid out in a way that it does not trigger accidental button pushes. Hugely superior for half the price.
So I bought the updates S, which was the Occulus Quest.
OK so this has advantages and disadvantages. It has cable less options that uses an internal processor and links to your phone to upload games. Personally, for me the options for games are great for the little league, so your littler kids will love it.
But if you are a hardcore gamer like me you want a little more.
This is achieved using the Link cable. With this it effectively (with a little witchcraft) becomes compatible with all your steam VR apps that you used on your other platforms. In reality It is not bug free. I have had 99% success with all steam VR apps with the exception of ALYX.
The one game I want to play through again. It has dreadful stuttering. Looking on the forums it is a common issue effecting a lot of people. Some people have it work absolutely seamlessly, others not so much.
I have just enabled developer options and have set out to try and fix it, some win, some don't. will keep you posted.
Finally the quest 2 is now available with a little better specs and a good price $480 AU, if you don't mind selling your soul to Facebook to use it. My conclusion for what its worth.
For under $500 Au the Occulus kicks butt bang for bucks and would make a fantastic present for one of your kids. They can play it cable free in the back yard using uploaded apps from the phone and have a ball, and if they are a bit savvy come in, plug in the link cable to their PC and play all their steam content with the above caveats
It is also well and truly worth it if you are a serious gamer, but your probably going to have to fiddle and tweak here and there with some steam apps, but if your a gamer your used to that anyway.
So unless you have the $1000+ for an index, the occulus range, bang for bucks is in my opinion worth getting.
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