The VR thread

[mace¬]

What is everyone using for charging? I was thinking of getting this

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4335290?clickSR=slp:term:meta%20quest%203%20charging%20dock:4:29:1

I do have a protector on it though so guess it would need to be removed to be charged?

 

[realnumber 1]

What is everyone using for charging? I was thinking of getting this

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4335290?clickSR=slp:term:meta%20quest%203%20charging%20dock:4:29:1

I do have a protector on it though so guess it would need to be removed to be charged?

I just plug mine in. That looks like good value but not sure it'd fit with my Bobovr head strap on though .
Make sure your protector isn't covering the vents. Heard a few people having overheating issues with them on.

 

[mace¬]

I just plug mine in. That looks like good value but not sure it'd fit with my Bobovr head strap on though .
Make sure your protector isn't covering the vents. Heard a few people having overheating issues with them on.

Good shout, got the bono t strap as well, didn’t think of that.

Vents seem to be open, few little bits covered for strength but nothing mental.

Might give it a go, cheap enough and get the case with it.

 

[R3k1355]

Having pissed away tens of billions of dollars Meta is now scaling back their um, Meta division?

Honestly I have absolutely no idea where the money has gone. They've made a couple of generations of headsets, each better than the last. But what about the rest?

It's like a f**king black hole or something?

Meta To Cut Reality Labs Budget By Up To 30% As Zuckerberg Pivots From Metaverse To AI

Meta plans to reduce its Reality Labs division budget by as much as 30%, according to Bloomberg, marking a retreat from Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision four years after the company’s high-profile rebrand. Reality Labs has accumulated more than $70 billion in losses since 2021. The division...

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[Darren S]

Will be selling my HTC Vive Pro 2 full kit very soon - as I simply don't use it.

Think I've used it once this year alone. If I've used it ten times since I bought it, I'd be surprised.

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

If anyone is looking for a VR Headset, I have my Meta Quest 2 that im tempted to shove up for sale. Ive only had it a year or so.

I used it about 5 or 6 times, ever, for Sim Racing. I just cant get on with it. Its absolutely pristine, comes with a very long, correct spec, USB C Cable (at some insane cost). Box is included.

Could basically be passed off, minus some stickers, as brand new. Pretty ideal for xmas tbh.

 

[charltjr]

They're so good for p**n though, why be without one?

So I've heard......

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

They're so good for p**n though, why be without one?

So I've heard......

Dont need p**n anymore

 

[charltjr]

Dont need p**n anymore

 

[AdDaMan]

Just got a new Quest 3S for £169! Absolute bargain. It's so good! Anyone recommend anything for it?
Just got the bobovr M3 Pro head strap for it.

 

[Flob]

Having pissed away tens of billions of dollars Meta is now scaling back their um, Meta division?

Honestly I have absolutely no idea where the money has gone. They've made a couple of generations of headsets, each better than the last. But what about the rest?

It's like a f**king black hole or something?

Meta To Cut Reality Labs Budget By Up To 30% As Zuckerberg Pivots From Metaverse To AI

Meta plans to reduce its Reality Labs division budget by as much as 30%, according to Bloomberg, marking a retreat from Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision four years after the company’s high-profile rebrand. Reality Labs has accumulated more than $70 billion in losses since 2021. The division...

www.netinfluencer.com

Lost $70B since 2021 😲 that's mad.

 

[R3k1355]

Lost $70B since 2021 😲 that's mad.

Even more mad when you look, or try to look at what that $70bn has actually bought.

Apart from the headsets (which must return some money in sales) I genuinely cannot fathom where the money has gone.

 

[Crispy.]

Just got a new Quest 3S for £169! Absolute bargain. It's so good! Anyone recommend anything for it?
Just got the bobovr M3 Pro head strap for it.

Where from?!

 

[mace¬]

Just got a new Quest 3S for £169! Absolute bargain. It's so good! Anyone recommend anything for it?
Just got the bobovr M3 Pro head strap for it.

I f you play golf I got the AMVR club and then Golf+ is a good for real golf and Walkabout Golf for crazy golf

 

[STRBramley]

If anyone is looking for a VR Headset, I have my Meta Quest 2 that im tempted to shove up for sale. Ive only had it a year or so.

I used it about 5 or 6 times, ever, for Sim Racing. I just cant get on with it. Its absolutely pristine, comes with a very long, correct spec, USB C Cable (at some insane cost). Box is included.

Could basically be passed off, minus some stickers, as brand new. Pretty ideal for xmas tbh.

How much are you wanting for it?
What issues did you have with it? I’m looking at getting one for the sim rig.

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

How much are you wanting for it?
What issues did you have with it? I’m looking at getting one for the sim rig.

I honestly havent had a look what they're worth! If its going through CS, less than ill put it on Vinted for to save dealing with the mongs. PM me if you want and ill send you everything over. Its literally mint and comes with all the boxes etc.

I had some issues getting it set up, but for the most part that was user error. Now its all sorted, it was pretty amazing to use. Unfortunately, since expanding the family business and doing 6 day weeks, I just dont get the time. That and my graphics card is being pushed pretty hard so I dont think I ever got the full experience I could have!

 

[AdDaMan]

Where from?!

EE!

 

[AdDaMan]

I f you play golf I got the AMVR club and then Golf+ is a good for real golf and Walkabout Golf for crazy golf

Yeah walkabout golf is cool, and i am really tempted by Golf+ but would love to play a demo first. I also dont want it to affect my real life swing, which is already s**t enough.

 

[realnumber 1]

Just got a new Quest 3S for £169! Absolute bargain. It's so good! Anyone recommend anything for it?
Just got the bobovr M3 Pro head strap for it.

Metro Awakening, Arizona Sunshine 1 & 2 were all really good. Eleven Table Tennis is fun and Quantum Void is cheap and pushes the graphics pretty well.
I've just got VR Racer Hoverbike which I've not tried yet but gets brilliant reviews as a Wipeout type clone.

 

[R3k1355]

Just got a new Quest 3S for £169! Absolute bargain. It's so good! Anyone recommend anything for it?
Just got the bobovr M3 Pro head strap for it.

How do you get this deal?

 

[AdDaMan]

How do you get this deal?

Was a xmas calender type deal so only 48hours i believe. Was 189 but with a bday code dropped to 169.

 

[R3k1355]

Zuckerberg saw VR and gambled over $100 billion on it being they next big thing, only to find this is what people actually do with it.

 

[mace¬]

the little 5 year old is all over the Quest at the moment, playing I am Cat. Cast it to the TV and just watch him trying to figure the tasks out.

Curious Tale of Stolen Pets was another good little game.

Anything else I can get him?

 

[charltjr]

the little 5 year old is all over the Quest at the moment, playing I am Cat. Cast it to the TV and just watch him trying to figure the tasks out.

Curious Tale of Stolen Pets was another good little game.

Anything else I can get him?

Subscription to vrporn.com?

 

[mace¬]

Subscription to vrporn.com?

Got that for Christmas.

 

[Darren S]

Will be selling my HTC Vive Pro 2 full kit very soon - as I simply don't use it.

Think I've used it once this year alone. If I've used it ten times since I bought it, I'd be surprised.

Dug it out of retirement to give it another go today. Took about 20mins to setup - then I had all the faff of re-centering, graphic display options, calibration, etc.

All of which I coped with. It's when I put the headset on and despite it's super smoothness and accuracy to the slightest of head movements - that I was still looking through Fresnel lenses.

I don't understand these. At all. From what I've read, they were there to keep the cost relatively sensible back in the day, but also helped with reducing potential motion sickness in a number of users. That's fine - but the trade off is to make all but the most direct centre of the lens blurry and unreadable. Imagine wearing a brand new pair of glasses, but before you put them on your head, you smear grease all around the outside of each lens.

It's s**t. Simple as. When used with racing or flight sims were the visual context in your periphery is paramount - you can't read sod all. Dials, buttons and other displays simply become unreadable unless you stare directly at them. You can't move your eyes in a direction and take note of something - it's just impossible and it ultimately becomes frustrating to use.

I'm not actually sure if VR has become a BetaMax of the current PC/console generation. Maybe a jaw-droppingly impressive piece of tech is just around the corner - but it appears a number of current options are just poor. Very poor.

 

[McGherkin]

Dug it out of retirement to give it another go today. Took about 20mins to setup - then I had all the faff of re-centering, graphic display options, calibration, etc.

All of which I coped with. It's when I put the headset on and despite it's super smoothness and accuracy to the slightest of head movements - that I was still looking through Fresnel lenses.

I don't understand these. At all. From what I've read, they were there to keep the cost relatively sensible back in the day, but also helped with reducing potential motion sickness in a number of users. That's fine - but the trade off is to make all but the most direct centre of the lens blurry and unreadable. Imagine wearing a brand new pair of glasses, but before you put them on your head, you smear grease all around the outside of each lens.

It's s**t. Simple as. When used with racing or flight sims were the visual context in your periphery is paramount - you can't read sod all. Dials, buttons and other displays simply become unreadable unless you stare directly at them. You can't move your eyes in a direction and take note of something - it's just impossible and it ultimately becomes frustrating to use.

I'm not actually sure if VR has become a BetaMax of the current PC/console generation. Maybe a jaw-droppingly impressive piece of tech is just around the corner - but it appears a number of current options are just poor. Very poor.

The biggest thing to me at the minute is that it's a proper nause to set up. Every time I have a half hour to play, I just want to put the headset on and get cracking. But the headset/controller batteries are always flat, there's an update that needs installing, Virtual Desktop has decided to update, you have to change all the settings to VR, and so on.

Once you're there, you're in a plane and you're flying in VR, it's incredible. Although that's with the pancake lenses on the Quest 3

 

[Darren S]

The biggest thing to me at the minute is that it's a proper nause to set up. Every time I have a half hour to play, I just want to put the headset on and get cracking. But the headset/controller batteries are always flat, there's an update that needs installing, Virtual Desktop has decided to update, you have to change all the settings to VR, and so on.

Once you're there, you're in a plane and you're flying in VR, it's incredible. Although that's with the pancake lenses on the Quest 3

Yeah - pancake lenses sound way superior to the Fresnel lighthouse lens crap. Those are such a dramatic failing to me, that I'm amazed it ever got of the drawing board and into production.