With the Quest 2 I have more faith than ever that Sony will make a stand alone PSVR2.
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With the Quest 2 I have more faith than ever that Sony will make a stand alone PSVR2.
should reduce a lot. For comparison the Valve index is 1440×1600 per eye. So this is higher res than that
This sounds really good. I'm really considering preordering to replace my Vive.
wow that sucks:( did you order from another amazon site in germany?
Link cable was already pretty good with quest 1. Resolution was fine, tracking was excellent with the more recent updates. And the lenses were fantastic in comparison to Vive (IMO). Overall I think the quest 1 was already an arguably better option than the Vive. Quest 2 definitely. And (again IMO) wireless VR is good enough where that can really elevate some experiences. HL Alyx wireless in my spare room was an amazing experience.
My review is live at Ars Technica right now.
Review: We do not recommend the $299 Oculus Quest 2 as your next VR system
Issues big and small, and that's before we get into the Facebookening of this thing.arstechnica.com
It'd be helpful if you could address that Tested seems to have independently verified that the controllers do not have fewer IR points...
It didn't warn me when purchasing the quest battery strap but even if so, take a look at the picture below. Just unplug the battery cable and plug in the Oculus Link one. This thing better support passthrough charging.
USB C port on the back makes me think it will do passthrough charging, just not data.
I wish these types of actual use cases could be tested in these articles. I guess oculus didn't ship the accessories?
It didn't warn me when purchasing the quest battery strap but even if so, take a look at the picture below. Just unplug the battery cable and plug in the Oculus Link one. This thing better support passthrough charging.
You can even see the port at the back of that strap to plug in a cable for passthrough, so I don't really understand why it couldn't take a Link cable?
I'm just glad I sold my Quest a couple of months ago. I'm glad to be out of that ecosystem.
The only thing that pains me is thinking about how good Virtual Desktop will be with this. I'm using a pulley system with my Index and it's pretty nice but obviously no wires would be much better.
The only thing that pains me is thinking about how good Virtual Desktop will be with this. I'm using a pulley system with my Index and it's pretty nice but obviously no wires would be much better.
Preordered just the 64GB version. My Quest 1 still has over half the storage space left.
Battery life: Don't care. Never played longer than an hour or 2 when untethered, and I can just plug it in to charge while playing just like I do currently.
Strap: Don't care. I've never had any issues with comfort with any VR headset, I must be lucky. Also, since when did Quest 1 strap start receiving praise?
Case: Already have one that's relatively generic so will probably fit this just fine.
This is gonna be great. I think even my parents are interested in this after having a blast on my Quest 1 over the summer.
Huge. VD is already so good. Better than Link even in my testing/environment.
Battery life: Don't care. Never played longer than an hour or 2 when untethered, and I can just plug it in to charge while playing just like I do currently.
Strap: Don't care. I've never had any issues with comfort with any VR headset, I must be lucky. Also, since when did Quest 1 strap start receiving praise?
Case: Already have one that's relatively generic so will probably fit this just fine.
This is gonna be great. I think even my parents are interested in this after having a blast on my Quest 1 over the summer.
Huge. VD is already so good. Better than Link even in my testing/environment.
So as i asked in the other thread, about that 2k per eyes. Is it effective in games ? By that i mean is the Quest 2 powerful enough to output that or is this (like i think it is for many things on the go that i have) a case where many games won't just natively render at that resolution ?
Norm from Tested said existing prescription lenses for the quest will work with the quest 2
Wi-Fi 6 sounds promising but I might need to buy a Wi-Fi 6 access point. I tried using my PC onboard Wi-Fi before and it caused horrible hitches so an external router/access point might be a better option. My main router is in another room so that wouldn't work great
Wi-Fi 6 sounds promising but I might need to buy a Wi-Fi 6 access point. I tried using my PC onboard Wi-Fi before and it caused horrible hitches so an external router/access point might be a better option. My main router is in another room so that wouldn't work great
I just saw that part in the Tested video too. They literally show that it's the same number of IR points.
I don't think so. It is a shit move for them not to have a 128 option but either way I think 64gb is fine for most people unless of course you travel a lot and want to load it up with media.
Nah. I still have like50% of my storage left after having a 64GB Quest 1 for a year. I have a dozen or so games on there, the usuals; pistol whip, beat sabre, etc. Most games aren't very big, though that could change. Hardware wise it should be identical to the 265GB, so if you're barely playing onboard, no real reason to get the bigger one other than potentially higher resale value down the line.
Probably not. I wont be using the link for a whole (until i get a new video card) but i decided to cancel my 256 and go for the 64. I put the money toward the elite strap/battery set. I feel, outside of a pistol whip and beat saber, i dont need to keep my system full of games.
great price! im definetely back in, but not till next year. I have PS5 / XSS / 3070 / Zen 3 to buy first.
The Quest/Quest 2 have their own growing library of games, many shared with the Rift (downgraded on the Quest). But if you want to play Steam VR games like Half Life: Alyx, you need a Link Cable and a PC with decent enough graphics.
I wish theyd do a new Rift S which is just the Quest without all the hardware inside. I don't really care about cordless VR until it can play stuff like Alyx.
Someone over on r/oculus asked Norm from Tested how this compares to the HP G2, his response:
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TESTED: Oculus Quest 2 Review
Posted in r/oculus by u/notdagreatbrain • 509 points and 401 comments
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Well they also announced that they are discontinuing the Rift product line in 2021 and they will no longer build PC-only VR headsets.
It makes sense since the Link works very well and is only going to get better (In addiition to a future of wireless streaming)
I mean they can't harvest your data with the PC-only headsets, so it makes sense, yeah.
...and the fact that PC-only headsets don't seem to sell that well.
In the shopping cart section, it say's that the battery strap will not support passthrough with Oculus Link.
Can't see that message anymore because its out of stock for me though. Weirdly lacking information on the product page.
I recall reading you can easily fly under the radar.. until someone reports you. I actually experienced this with my first Facebook account where I used a realistic pseudonym, Facebook locked my account under suspicion and demanded I send them a photo of my ID to prove it was a real name and otherwise revoked access to my account.
At $300 I'm super interested, as an offline-only sideloading headset. Facebook mandate is such a shame.
Do these come with headphones? The only reason I haven't upgraded my original Rift is because all the headphones have been a downgrade after it.
given the recent changes with things from facebook in regards to developer accounts and their stances on sideloading, I wouldn't buy a quest 2 expecting to be able to side load anything.
has built in speakers with a jack for other headphones.
I took it as a given with the topical timing of the recent news that developer accounts (and sideloading) now requires either a credit card or phone number verification, but noted. I own a DAS already so it'll perfect if they don't lock it down.