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Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by verst »

sundvor wrote: post #32
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #3

Q2 owner here: I actually want to upgrade to Q3 since the Fresnel lenses on the Q2 are kind of crappy producing tonnes of god-rays, and the 3 step IPD adjustment is far too rudimentary and limited in range(it goes up to 68mm while my eyes are 71mm) because of which, to my eyes, it looks like ass in some scenes. Q3 lenses and flexible IPD should solve all those issues. Devil's advocate take: Unlike cheap handheld gami…

I just want a good device for seated HOTAS / wheel flight Sim/driving sim use, with a reasonably decent FOV. My old OG Lenovo Explorer was ok for Elite Dangerous as a novelty experience, but I found everything pretty much subpar. You had to be right on the sweet spot and only look straight ahead for a warping kind of screen door effect not to be the only thing you'd see, or was it perhaps a blur? And the FOV gave me…

I'm still using my HP Reverb G2 for seated VR (especially flight simulator ). It's a solid choice for that use case. And there is a version of that headset with eye tracking too (which I do not have)

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by freedomben »

unsignedint wrote: post #30

As an owner of both Quest 2 (two of them!) and Quest 3, I've had ample experience with each device. The Quest 3 offers notable improvements, particularly in MR capabilities, but for those primarily interested in VR, the Quest 2 remains a solid choice. I frequently use my Quest 2 for most VR activities due to its adequate performance and ease of use. While the Quest 3 does boast a higher resolution, the difference isn…

Don't feel like you need to share, but why do you have so many Quests? Do you play a lot of games? Are there multiplayers you can do with multiple headsets? Any games you'd especially recommend?

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by killdozer »

endisneigh wrote: post #13

I have 4 Q2s (for the fam). The Q3 is better but not enough better. I tried the Vision Pro, and it’s not even close. Someone who actually really cares about this stuff will buy the Vision. I mention that only because the increase in quality really needs to be able to be perceived to justify the increase in price. Honestly think the Vision Pro visual fidelity and UX is 10X. I’m curious how the Q2+Q3 compares with the…

The quest 3 is almost 7 times cheaper than the vision pro (499 vs 3499) and provides incredible value for the price. I doubt very many people are actually going to buy the initial release of the vision pro, who is paying almost 4k after tax for a devkit besides developers and rich enthusiasts?

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by stavros »

antiterra wrote: post #19
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #3

Q2 owner here: I actually want to upgrade to Q3 since the Fresnel lenses on the Q2 are kind of crappy producing tonnes of god-rays, and the 3 step IPD adjustment is far too rudimentary and limited in range(it goes up to 68mm while my eyes are 71mm) because of which, to my eyes, it looks like ass in some scenes. Q3 lenses and flexible IPD should solve all those issues. Devil's advocate take: Unlike cheap handheld gami…

I have never seen people so excited for VR/AR as they have been by the in-device recording of AR views. Generally everyone is careful to clarify that the real experience is full of warping and distortion, but people are genuinely enjoying even that poor version of what is to come. VR gaming is maybe not the killer app that VR fans think it is, only Beat Saber has really come close. A lot of us genuinely tried to get…

What's the recording you mention?

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by jpe90 »

LarsDu88 wrote: post #12

Good news for me since I started development on a Quest 1 game 4 months before the Quest 2 came out, and am damn near finally going to release it right after the damn Quest 3 comes out!

Out of curiosity, what is your development setup for that?

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by FirmwareBurner »

erinnh wrote: post #36
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #3

Q2 owner here: I actually want to upgrade to Q3 since the Fresnel lenses on the Q2 are kind of crappy producing tonnes of god-rays, and the 3 step IPD adjustment is far too rudimentary and limited in range(it goes up to 68mm while my eyes are 71mm) because of which, to my eyes, it looks like ass in some scenes. Q3 lenses and flexible IPD should solve all those issues. Devil's advocate take: Unlike cheap handheld gami…

This is the reason why I went with a Pico 4 for now. It has flexible IPD and a better screen than the Quest 2, and only cost me 200€. The ecosystem is worse with less apps, but for getting my feet wet it’s ample.

Where can you get the Pico for only 200?

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by chaostheory »

unsignedint wrote: post #30

As an owner of both Quest 2 (two of them!) and Quest 3, I've had ample experience with each device. The Quest 3 offers notable improvements, particularly in MR capabilities, but for those primarily interested in VR, the Quest 2 remains a solid choice. I frequently use my Quest 2 for most VR activities due to its adequate performance and ease of use. While the Quest 3 does boast a higher resolution, the difference isn…

I have the Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3

For games, I feel that the Q2 is still the best because most games haven’t upgrade their visuals yet and because the original controller has the best tracking. Also it’s about half the price of Q3. It won’t last for long and the frenel lens aren’t great compared to the new fish eye lenses.

Quest Pro has the best form factor. I like the open headset style. Since it has eye tracking, it also has the best performance for PCVR streaming especially for Steam since Steam link supports eye tracking

Quest 3 has the best performance and resolution. Resolution is now good enough for doing work in VR. Some games optimized for it also look close to PCVR visual fidelity. Wireless PCVR streaming is terrible though, and I’m not sure why.

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by erinnh »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #46
erinnh wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the reason why I went with a Pico 4 for now. It has flexible IPD and a better screen than the Quest 2, and only cost me 200€. The ecosystem is worse with less apps, but for getting my feet wet it’s ample.

Where can you get the Pico for only 200?

I bought it on eBay in Germany.

No idea how prices are where ever you are.

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by unsignedint »

freedomben wrote: post #42
unsignedint wrote: post #30

As an owner of both Quest 2 (two of them!) and Quest 3, I've had ample experience with each device. The Quest 3 offers notable improvements, particularly in MR capabilities, but for those primarily interested in VR, the Quest 2 remains a solid choice. I frequently use my Quest 2 for most VR activities due to its adequate performance and ease of use. While the Quest 3 does boast a higher resolution, the difference isn…

Don't feel like you need to share, but why do you have so many Quests? Do you play a lot of games? Are there multiplayers you can do with multiple headsets? Any games you'd especially recommend?

I am a Vtuber (though it's not my day job). Out of professional courtesy to anyone or organizations I interact with, I'm keeping a backup. The last thing I would want is to tell my partners that I couldn't show up because my Quest didn't boot up.

Re: Quest 2 is outselling Quest 3

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Post by something168581 »

Operyl wrote: post #25
heyoni wrote: post #23

Does this still require a Facebook account to use?

No, they brought back email accounts a while ago. https://www.meta.com/blog/quest/meta-accounts/

What's absurd is that any sort of non-local/online account is required at all to use a hardware device you own.

Half the reason VR's adoption and progress is so slow is Facebook buying Oculus which poisoned the well for the vast majority of the hardcore gaming / high spec userbase, who typically popularizes and drives innovation in the hardware space.

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