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Re: Oculus Quest 2

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Post by eugeniub »

SubiculumCode wrote: post #203
Someone1234 wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an owner of Q1 all I wanted from Q2 was: - Reduce or re-distributed weight (neck/upper back ache remains an issue) Instead, what we got in the Q2 is the same weight but a head-strap that's a substantial downgrade. That decision just compounds the Q1's most glaring weakness. Then throw in the mandatory Facebook account, downgraded eye adjustments, side-grade screen, downgrade battery life, and a bunch of cost-cutti…

Its good that Facebook is over-reaching. We are in too early for one headset to be the only player in town. This will give others a chance to move into the space, I think. Looking at you Nintendo :)

I would be shocked if Nintendo released a competitive (I.e. not Labo) headset in the next year.

Re: Oculus Quest 2

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Post by fsflover »

ccktlmazeltov wrote: post #147
aaroninsf wrote: post #135

Anyone who buys into the Facebook borg today has blood on their hands. There's no way to sugarcoat it, hand-wave about business units, make puppy dog eyes about such smart well meaning people... The culture and company behavior is fundamentally compromised, irredeemable to all appearances, and is the bedrock of the contemporary severing of a significant number of people not only from the political mainstream, but fro…

it's a very one-sided opinion

So what is the opinion of the other side?

Re: Oculus Quest 2

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Post by deskamess »

TwoBit wrote: post #165
moh_maya wrote: post #6

We develop industrial training solutions using the rift S and quest. But the deep linking with FB, the battery downgrades on the quest, etc, all are going to push us away. For PC-based training sims, we'll probably get the HTC Vive. And the Pico for the quest equivalent.

Why do care about the Facebook link? You needed an Oculus account previously and a Facebook account now, but there's no forcing of Facebook on you.

Will the Oculus account continue to work? Otherwise they are forcing Facebook on me.

Re: Oculus Quest 2

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Post by JonathanFly »

rwmj wrote: post #36

Can anyone comment how well the latest VR headsets work for people who wear spectacles?

They work okay, but I recommend looking on Etsy and finding some magnetic lens adapters for about $25 dollars. They click into the headset and then you take the lenses out of of a specific $10 pair of Zenni Optical lenses and stay attached to the headset itself.

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Post by deskamess »

okramcivokram wrote: post #102
ccktlmazeltov wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a Quest and I can tell you that for me (and at least for people like me) the real value is in social games/experiences. I have a hard time going through a solo game (although I haven't tried Half Life Alyx yet) but social stuff are amazing! Everyone should try to play settlers of Catan in VR (it was only available on the Go unfortunately) which was insane! At this point I just want more of my friends to get a…

I also have a Quest and I can tell you that for me there was absolutely no value in social stuff.

Seconded.

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Post by Rebelgecko »

TwoBit wrote: post #165
moh_maya wrote: post #6

We develop industrial training solutions using the rift S and quest. But the deep linking with FB, the battery downgrades on the quest, etc, all are going to push us away. For PC-based training sims, we'll probably get the HTC Vive. And the Pico for the quest equivalent.

Why do care about the Facebook link? You needed an Oculus account previously and a Facebook account now, but there's no forcing of Facebook on you.

Some features won't work without an FB account. No one is forcing you to buy this device, but if you do and want to utilize features that require a FB account then it is forced upon you

Re: Oculus Quest 2

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Post by Rebelgecko »

TwoBit wrote: post #161
how2draw wrote: post #148

So, are there any sex games or is this going to be yet another walled kindergarten like we're used to nowadays?

Oculus has always allowed side-loading third party apps on the PC, which you can connect with Quest.

They're restricting this in 2021 to accounts that are willing to share more personal information

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Post by ccktlmazeltov »

Dahoon wrote: post #197
ccktlmazeltov wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they updated the article: > Update, 3:30 p.m. ET: Since this article went live, we've seen infrared camera footage from Tested confirming an identical number of LED bulbs in both generations of Quest controllers

How about the last part of that quote? >"....which puts Facebook's original statement into question. The FB rep may have been describing a downgrade in frequency or power for those LED bulbs in Quest 2 controllers."

yup, they obviously don't know what they're talking about...

Re: Oculus Quest 2

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Post by marcan_42 »

esyir wrote: post #196
mrkstu wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering he reported his feedback loop w/his Facebook handlers on the issues he encountered, how is Sam 'wrong?'

Someone took ir camera footage and counted the leds.

Which means Facebook was wrong, since they claimed that.

Yet the controllers are still less accurate, as per Sam's testing, so his point still stands. It doesn't matter how many leds there are, only that they're worse controllers.

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