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Which VR headset to buy in 2020?
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Yea i was really on the Quest 2 train prior to actually buying any headset... now that I have one.... yes motion is great but unless I have a defective one...
1) the sweet spot is tiny
2) The graphics have more jagged edges than a nintendo 64. Really distorting, tough to read text.
3) None of the games seem to be really worth the money unless you hook it up to pc anyways (so there goes the wireless advantage)
Bottom line would I sacrifice going from 4k to 1080p for perfect motion? Sure maybe. Would I sacrifice going from 720p to worse than SDR with distortions and moving jagged edges for perfect motion? Nope. And there's no damn way I'm using this as a stand alone movie player over my phone.
Could this be a result of me having a bad lens on a myopic unfavorable headset? Maybe. And this isn't even going into the facebooking and raised blacks (which really don't bother me that much)
Probably going to return or resell Q2 and get a G2 unless I can find a Q2 with better lens.
1) the sweet spot is tiny
2) The graphics have more jagged edges than a nintendo 64. Really distorting, tough to read text.
3) None of the games seem to be really worth the money unless you hook it up to pc anyways (so there goes the wireless advantage)
Bottom line would I sacrifice going from 4k to 1080p for perfect motion? Sure maybe. Would I sacrifice going from 720p to worse than SDR with distortions and moving jagged edges for perfect motion? Nope. And there's no damn way I'm using this as a stand alone movie player over my phone.
Could this be a result of me having a bad lens on a myopic unfavorable headset? Maybe. And this isn't even going into the facebooking and raised blacks (which really don't bother me that much)
Probably going to return or resell Q2 and get a G2 unless I can find a Q2 with better lens.
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How about Option C....?
Quest 2 for takealong / intros to friends. And exercise-anywhere convenience.
And a flagship like G2 for the high end experience.
You can buy on Steam VR once and play the same games with both. And you’d still buy some in-headset games like Beat Saber which isn’t detail-dependeant, it’s sometimes just nice to exercise without a computer in any room of your home/apartment. That spare headset is cheaper than some gym memberships for the lifetime of the headset!
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Damn — don’t know if it is is your vision or the lens. I presume you tried all 3 IPD stops.
I’d try one RMA dice roll.
Be warned, for a VR newbie, many SteamVR games is still hit and miss — you will encounter many with jagged graphics and less value than Quest 2 games. You still have the wild-frontier angle but the appstore situation is much better than it was in 2016. Try the free games such as Robo Recall, and some sharper-graphics paid games such as The Room or Superhot (which doesn’t have as much graphics degradations or fuzz-factor).
Of the last $200 spent on SteamVR on other headsets, and the last $200 on Quest 2 app store (mainly 4.5+ star apps like Beat Saber and Down The Rabbit Hole etc), I have roughly the same buying remorse percentage (good games, soso games), so YMMV. Regardless of headset, many AAA VR games will be more $ per hour of entertainment. But cheaper than $ per hour of going to a movie cinema.
The gems like Half Life Alyx will look better on a G2, so cherrypicking (whether Q2 or G2) is your friend. If you buy based on just one game in a cherrypicked setup, then G2 probably will blow the Q2 away.
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I'll make it easy for y'all.
Whichever headset is NOT controlled by ZuccBook.
As far as I'm concerned, Oculus is dead and should not be considered.
Whichever headset is NOT controlled by ZuccBook.
As far as I'm concerned, Oculus is dead and should not be considered.
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Earlier I copy pasted a wrong link. I meant to direct it to the original message which has a comparison of a good lense and a bad lense.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/jqi2ia/what_bad_lenses_look_like/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/jqi2ia/what_bad_lenses_look_like/
With my sock mod it is usable but my right lens still has a fairly narrow sweet spot. With sock mod i still feel like things are wrong- even dead center I feel like things should look a lot better. Going to RMA.
Without sock mod i get the left image in the Reddit post, with sock mod I get closer to right in left but still closer to left in right. The problem isn't limited to a narrow sweet spot- even the clear spot is not very clear. I've cleaned the lenses thoroughly and its not an IPD issue.
Without sock mod i get the left image in the Reddit post, with sock mod I get closer to right in left but still closer to left in right. The problem isn't limited to a narrow sweet spot- even the clear spot is not very clear. I've cleaned the lenses thoroughly and its not an IPD issue.
Your Quest 2 sounds faulty to me. My lenses are perfectly clear. There is blurring around the peripherals, but that is to be expected because of the foveated rendering the Quest 2 uses.
It's still one of the best headsets out there. It has a a few advantages over the newer headsets like the Quest 2 and Reverb G2. Better FOV, higher Refresh rates, better Audio and has the Knuckle controllers.
Really depends on what you plan to play. If it's mostly sim games than no, the Reverb G2 is better. OR if you like the idea of wire free gaming and the ability to play nearly anywhere quickly and easily, then the Quest 2 is better.
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It is still the best all around headset as an overall package, except the resolution is last generation quality which puts it in a weird space now that Quest 2 and HP Reverb G2 exist.
I do not know if Valve is planning on releasing Index 2 any time soon but I personally would keep on waiting and saving just in case it does get released and if not you just might manage to gather enough money for Pimax 8KX + Knuckles bundle, which is pretty much equivalent of Reverb G2 in sharpness but has much, much bigger FOV.
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I ended up getting the Index and love it. The only thing I miss is wireless freedom. I may look at getting a 2nd VR set that I would be able to drag around anywhere with me (especially since i mounted the Index base stations to the walls of my office), as well as to not have to deal with trying to manage "turns" for my 2 boys. Beat Saber is the current favorite, though VR Chat's "Among Us" minigame is a close second for the boys.
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Well I was trying to order a Quest 2 for the past few weeks, and was always out of stock. Decided to check out ole CL, and found a Samsung Odyssey Plus for 150 bucks.
Only VR I have actually had a chance to play is PSVR. So I may not have the best perception of whats supposed to be good or bad.
But So far with my 2 weeks of play time with it. Pavlov, BoneWorks, and Population One.
For the price I got it for its definitely a no brainer, but there are some things im not to thrilled on.
Mainly in Pavlov, I notice when I try to pull sights up while aiming, every once in a great while it will lose track of front controller, and spaz out a bit.
And the blurriness of things outside of the center of lenses.
Battery Life in the wands. I had to order some 1.6v rechargeable's, which definitely helped. The first few days tho, I went through 8 AA's and didnt feel like I played that much maybe a couple hours at a time.
Not major issues to me, (Not a serious VR nut, yet) more so just a nuisance at times, but have been having a blast. Still trying to get my VR legs, and holy crap does Bone Works make my stomach turn.
Ordered 6ft extension cables for USB and the Hdmi, and made a world of difference as far as immersion, as I dont feel the cable much anymore.
All in all Must say Im having a blast, and the community of VR, is amazing. Dont see many toxic players, More often than not everyone is just laughing, talking shit, and having fun. Even offering help.
I dropped my weapon in pavlov, and couldnt reach it since I didnt have the floor height set right, another player saw me struggling, and actually picked up my weapon and gave it back, right before blowing my head off! LMAO
Only VR I have actually had a chance to play is PSVR. So I may not have the best perception of whats supposed to be good or bad.
But So far with my 2 weeks of play time with it. Pavlov, BoneWorks, and Population One.
For the price I got it for its definitely a no brainer, but there are some things im not to thrilled on.
Mainly in Pavlov, I notice when I try to pull sights up while aiming, every once in a great while it will lose track of front controller, and spaz out a bit.
And the blurriness of things outside of the center of lenses.
Battery Life in the wands. I had to order some 1.6v rechargeable's, which definitely helped. The first few days tho, I went through 8 AA's and didnt feel like I played that much maybe a couple hours at a time.
Not major issues to me, (Not a serious VR nut, yet) more so just a nuisance at times, but have been having a blast. Still trying to get my VR legs, and holy crap does Bone Works make my stomach turn.
Ordered 6ft extension cables for USB and the Hdmi, and made a world of difference as far as immersion, as I dont feel the cable much anymore.
All in all Must say Im having a blast, and the community of VR, is amazing. Dont see many toxic players, More often than not everyone is just laughing, talking shit, and having fun. Even offering help.
I dropped my weapon in pavlov, and couldnt reach it since I didnt have the floor height set right, another player saw me struggling, and actually picked up my weapon and gave it back, right before blowing my head off! LMAO