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Setting up all those stupid sensor boxes is a massive chore that takes away the immense joy of throwing it in a backpack and bringing it to the cottage for a round of Beat Sabre. Honestly, I hated setting up, packing up and re-setting up my Vive. As a VR dev, I had to do it so often that the benefits of the sensor-free, wire-free, and; of course, most importantly computer-free operation of the Quest - combined with i…
1. Lighthouses are not a "sensor box". The only sensor in them is an IMU. Their primary purpose is to sweep (an approximation of) planes of light in your play area. 2. They are not a pain to setup. You just plug them in and then put them somewhere where they can see you. It's no more of a pain than charging your phone. >This external sensorless experience means everything. The headset and controllers have do tracking…
Come the hell on. Don't make me laugh. There aren't 3 cables to my phone that need to be specifically placed in certain areas in order to work, plus the cable to the phone itself.
Plus, my phone works if I don't have those 3 extra cables plugged in and meticulously placed around the room.
I get that you want to defend the unit, but honestly making fairly ridiculous claims such as it's as easy to set up as charging your phone won't really help convince anyone.
The Quest 2 - as long as you've established your guardian boundary - is the most seamless and flawless VR experience I've had the joy of having.
As a dev continually dragging the Vive from work to home to my gf's place was insanely annoying to re-set-up every time. Now I throw the Quest in my backpack and roll - for fun.