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Beat Saber announced for Oculus Quest! (launch title, Spring 2019 release)
- Thread starter Arthands
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Feels like all of these VR companies think that Beat Saber is the VR Killer App. Can't say I disagree.
i cannot wait to take this thing around to show off to people who haven't tried VR yet. The quest is the best shot vr has ever had at gaining traction easily.
I wonder how it will feel with those controllers - Beat Saber is one of the few games the Vive's big beefy handles really work for, really feels like you are holding some weighty light saber handles. Definitely a game that will be helped by being wireless / simple.
As long as they have good vibration / feedback, I'm down.
My friend is a VR dev and has had a Quest in his apartment for months. I never actually put it on, but now I'm tempted enough to buy this thing that I may just need a test drive. I'd love to play Beat Saber without cords, and if performance / IQ is better than PSVR, I'll be sold.
The Oculus Touch controllers are already far superior to the Vive for Beat Saber, IMO. The Vive and PS VR controllers are far too heavy and tire you out really quickly in Beat Saber.
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Its probably closer to the PSVR than the Gear VR (it can run several PSVR games like Moss and SUPERHOT)
Not even in the same league. Quest is full 6 DOF, which means you can move around a room and still have full tracking, whereas phone VR is 3 DOF, which means you can only stand in place. 3 DOF really doesn't work well for anything but video. 6 DOF gives you full presence.
I might have to get it then. I had PSVR but didn't really use it much because of all the wires and plugging it up all the time. That and I didn't have any decent games to play.
This looks cheaper and the fact it hasn't got any wires is a real big plus for me. I'll never be able to have a computer to get a Vive or Oculus due to money, but a Quest seems right up my alley.
First VR console that matters. Can't wait!
Tbh, I'm hoping that another company swoops in to steal this form factor soon.
Tbh, I'm hoping that another company swoops in to steal this form factor soon.
I imagine custom songs are going to be hard to do on this since they'd have to be modded in, but way more likely than the PSVR version.
This is making me want a Oculus Quest wow.
Is there a Vive version of this kind of concept? $400 isn't that bad.
Is there a Vive version of this kind of concept? $400 isn't that bad.
As someone who really enjoys PSVR, how is the Quest stacking up spec wise and price wise? The idea of standalone VR sounds great, but I wonder if it's in the realm of attainability for me. It's awesome that it's getting Beat Saber for launch!
Price is $400 with headset and controllers. Spec-wise it isn't going to beat a PS4, but it's based on a pretty powerful mobile chip (Oculus claims "roughly similar to Xbox 360/PS3"), resolution is higher than PSVR and optics better (larger sweet spot)
Power wise, the Quest isn't much more powerful than your S8 (and the chipset in it, in terms of raw power is less powerful than the S10) but in terms of visual experience, it's probably going to split the difference between Gear VR and the regular Oculus by being a dedicated device.
PSVR is probably a good benchmark to think in terms of fidelity (I'd expect it to be a bit worse in terms of world detail, but better in terms of performance). In terms of tracking experience, it shouldn't be much behind the Oculus touch controllers (but I'd expect the tracking volume to be a little smaller since you're wearing the device tracking them on your head). For something like beat saber though? That should be about perfect.
Oculus Rift was released in March, Oculus Go in May. So yeah, Quest'll be before June.
Since GPU is likely most important when it comes to VR - Technically it has an Adreno 540 GPU, which is estimated at around 567 GFlops . PS4 base has 1840 and PRO has 4200 - I know this isn't everything but it's probably the best way to compare them. While it has a resolution advantage - hard to say it will take advantage of it it complex games. Your phone should have the same chipset if you're in the US as the quest, though the quest doesn't have to worry about background tasks.
This is unsurprising but all sorts of great. Beat Saber is one of the best games I've ever played, and while I have it on PC with mods, I'd be happy to buy a quest to show it to anyone anytime.
I'm not sure that I'm there day one, but I'll definitely get one.
I've played it with the Valve Knuckles, and while the angle of the saber isn't quite right (since it's understandably not calibrated for the design of those controllers) it feels great with the much lighter controllers. I think it'll be great with the quest controllers, and I'm sure some entrepreneurs with 3D printers will have some additions to improve the experience.
I'm not sure that I'm there day one, but I'll definitely get one.
I've played it with the Valve Knuckles, and while the angle of the saber isn't quite right (since it's understandably not calibrated for the design of those controllers) it feels great with the much lighter controllers. I think it'll be great with the quest controllers, and I'm sure some entrepreneurs with 3D printers will have some additions to improve the experience.
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Re: games - there's always heaps of sale (hell there's a PSVR sale on now with lots of quality titles on sale) - I bought a few more yesterday. There's heaps of VR games for PSVR
This makes me so happy.
While I'd love to buy something better (a new version of oculus or vive for the PC), I really wanted to buy a Quest because of its freedom. Not having cables or another unit to render things is so good.
The only thing that I said to myself was "I'll buy it if they announce beat saber for it".
Yay :D
While I'd love to buy something better (a new version of oculus or vive for the PC), I really wanted to buy a Quest because of its freedom. Not having cables or another unit to render things is so good.
The only thing that I said to myself was "I'll buy it if they announce beat saber for it".
Yay :D
Perfect summary -- thank you.
That's an attainable price for me, but since Beat Saber is the only software I know about that I want for it, I'm gonna wait until a sale, promo, or until I do a bit more research on other software/games. Google Earth VR isn't announced for this thing by chance, is it? Beat Saber + Google Earth VR would be a must buy for me. :p
The confirmed Oculus Quest games from what I can Google:
- Beat Sabre
- Superhot VR
- The Climb
- Robo Recall
- Dead And Buried
- Face Your Fears 2
- Star Wars Vader Immortal
- Tennis Scramble
- Moss
- Covert
- The Brookhaven Experiment
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The tracking, controllers, optics and resolution are much better. The actual hardware performance is much lower and has a lot more in common with mobile VR than console VR.
For something like Beat Saber the better controller tracking and entirely wireless setup, should make for a much better experience than the PSVR version.
This is an incredibly important announcement. There couldn't be a more perfect launch title for a standalone VR device than Beat Saber.
The 4 cameras on the headset track a ring of IR LEDs on the controllers.
