Here is another thing that needs to be explained. The resolution of the Quest is set up as OLED pentile where the Rift S is full RGB subpixels. That means less screen door effect and a decently more legible image for fine detail for the Rift S. Pentile basically is less subpixels so even though the theoretical pixel count is higher, the lower amount of subpixels has a negative effect on image quality.
64gb is going to be fine for most people.
Interesting to know! Why have so many of the recent headsets switched back to full RGB strip structure then? What made them redirect? Not a challenge, just genuinely curious.
Yeah, the big thing vr fans dont seem to realize is the headset is literally only half the problem when it comes to expenses because a good pc that can actually even play VR costs well over a grand prebuilt and still more expensive than the headsets themselves when assembled by yourself(which comes with an equivalent labor tax)
Without vr? Sure, itd run fine
What does? What? Theres no specific examples of anything in our conversation for you to be referring to lmao???
Why are you referring to a random anecdotal pc that i had no way of knowing you had or anything about as if i did
What are you talking about? He literally mentioned it above...
Yeah honestly my big reasoning for going for the Quest is mainly the fact that being able to play a bunch of VR games untethered is amazing. To me, this IS the future. The fact that it can play HL: Alyx is the cherry on top really. If you have sufficient space and are not interested in playing VR untethered then I would absolutely recommend the Rift S especially with the Black Friday deals coming up. I'm really curious to see if the big bad $80 official Oculus Link Cable coming out soon will make any major difference when opting to go down that Quest + Link route. In my experience, I haven't run into any latency issues at al. It's more than servicable imo and still lets me play Beat Saber or SUPERHOT whenever I want to wail around like an idiot with no wires in my way.
I get zero latency on the Link, it was just using the VirtualDesktop wireless streaming of VR from PC that gave me latency - the link seems to work perfectly. I agree about the big bad Oculus Link cable too - how much of a difference is that going to make?
It depends on the game.
Thank you.
It really boils down to how much the stand along games the quest offers interest you.
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I will note if you turn off walls Beat Saber is technically fully playable in sitting. It just tires out your arms really really quickly :P
The HTC Vive's Wireless Adapter is $300, the VIVE itself is $399 if you get it refurbished. At that point you might as well save up for the Index. For most of my VR experience I don't want to have to bother with Lighthouses or Base Stations which is why I've come to realize the Vive isn't for me, however in my case, I can't really justify going for the Rift S when the flexibility of the Quest makes it a way more robust package for me. Being able to go to my mates house and let him and his family mess around with it only to be able to come back home, link it up to my PC and play through all the PCVR games I own is something no other VR HMD on the market at the moment can match. It's like the Switch in that regard.
I personally haven't played around with enough of the newer headsets to realize any difference between the quest quality and the other headsets. I'm not always the best person to notice such things either though :P
The $20 virtual desktop app (or is it $25) works quite well for me. But you need a good router with 5.0 ghz to work properly with it.
That's fair, but Quest + Virtual Desktop is a decent alternative (though not one I'm fond of myself). In my experience, I'm cool with playing HL: Alyx and Boneworks tethered , no sweat off my back as I can always just return to the untethered expereince whenever I want. WMR and the Rift S don't offer nearly the same amount of flexibility which is why I personally couldn't really recommend them, despite the various compromises the Quest makes for such an experience.
I know some people have tried Oculus quest with Virtual Desktop and Shadow and seemed happy with it.
Isn't it just a link cable you need for the Quest to play things like Alyx if you've already got a gaming PC and the cable is pretty cheap?
It certainly can seem convoluted for someone not familiar with what's going on, it's also an industry that's quickly evolving so it can be hard to keep up and with every company focusing on different parts of the problem, almost every headset is both inferior and superior to any other headset currently on the market.
I'm still waiting on a 2D patch for mario 64. Sucks but I trust the community!
And yet, you post in the Quest thread which is relatively inexpensive (price of a console), has no wires (or a single USB C if preferred), and no superfluous components?
Tell me about it. But all things considered the Index controllers are still limited to Vive or Rift if you can get all the extra hardware for it at which point you might as well just get the whole Index kit.
Basically yeah, as long as your PC can handle it. Oculus Link lets you play PCVR games on your Quest provided you have a VR-compatible rig (you should do if that 980ti is anything to talk about) and are cool with tethered play, with the visual quality being roughly the same as the CV1. With ALVR, you can also play SteamVR and Rift games wirelessly if you have a good local connection.
You should look for Oculus headsets straight on the oculus website. They're normally the cheapest there. As of today there's a 50€ discount too at 399€ for Rift S.
