saami81 said:
Zenbane said:
I'm going to post this here instead of the original thread, to keep everything on topic.
I was following up on something I had stated previously, about Quest 2 vs PCVR vs the current Market:Zenbane said:I'm not going to spend a few $1000 just for one new game (Alyx) lol
The more I thought about it, the more I realized:
The Quest 2 has proven to be valuable for the market in which it resides.
It isn't about Facebook abandoning the Rift, or Oculus walking away from PCVR. It's about VR, as a whole, failing to grow as a platform.
https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/comment/772441/#Comment_772441
Today I saw a new post on the FB VR Group where a user expressed this same sentiment. I would say that... now with the influx of new VR Users Quest 2 brings in, we're likely going to see more and more people take notice of the complete lack of AAA titles available.
Some of the responses he got,Had you called me, I would have warned youEverything is a disappointment compared to Alyx. Maybe 1 or 2 titles can compare..Half life alyx set bar so high. Unfortunately most other games fail. Lone Echo is next best thing to Half Life Alyx then Skyrim really cool with around 90+ mods but no where near as immersive. Unfortunately we have to wait for triple A games in production.
Overall, I think it's fair to say that Quest 2 is the right move since there are only a few titles that make high-end PCVR worth the cost.
Quest 2 has got more PC players attention than i thought it would. I check finnish PC gaming/overclockers forum regulary and Quest 2 opened flood gates. Just in 2 weeks VR thread went from post per week to two pages more per day and those guys dont care about lofi Quest 2 exclusives. Lots of simracers too, who are trying their best to tweak everything out of Link.
It will indeed be interesting to see if Quest 2 will stimulate more PCVR interest. Not sure I get the "I miss Alyx and Asgard quality" - such users can just get a rig and use Quest 2 for PCVR. Seems many/most users get great Alyx experiences out of Quest 2 - and why not, Alyx was made for lcd like the Querst 2. Soon 3060 and 3070 will arrive, and never before will it be so easy and inexpensive to experience Alyx and have truly awesome PCVR performance.
Counting in the Oculus exclusives, I think there's so much AAA-ish content for VR I don't even have enough time to complete more than the top of the iceberg - all these titles have user ratings of 90% or better in the Oculus Store:
https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/68346/list-of-rift-killer-apps-and-games-by-user-ra...
Many games and apps may not be directly AAA, but AAA does not imply that a game is fun to play. There are tons of totally awesome VR experiences available - but I get the feeling that most pancake lovers have no idea of the massive amount of available great VR content.
Also I saw another CV1 user complaining about the Quest 2 yesterday, didn't post it and wanted to see if the post got more momentum during the night - it did. Not sure I understand why some want to put all eggs in one basket - why not have more than 1 hmd connected to your rig - it's easy to switch active hmd in the Oculus Desktop app.
I'd be sad having to use CV1 for everything today, there are many games where all the lcd subpixels and the higher res totally shine.
Thus don't return Quest 2 because it's different from CV1 - keep both and learn to use them according to their strengths and weaknesses! And of course Oculus may need some time to optimize drivers and settings - early birds may need some patience.
I'd be sad having to use CV1 for everything today, there are many games where all the lcd subpixels and the higher res totally shine.
Thus don't return Quest 2 because it's different from CV1 - keep both and learn to use them according to their strengths and weaknesses! And of course Oculus may need some time to optimize drivers and settings - early birds may need some patience.
To go to the questions raised about the elite headstrap and its current unavailability (was that this thread or another one? No matter, it's a Quest 2 subject so...) and I have just been scouring Quest 2 products on Amazon and noticed that whilst there have been people complaining here and reddit, the customer reviews on Amazon speak for themselves. Now I know that reviews are often fiddled, but I doubt that would be the case here.
I've also been scouring the audio options on Amazon and came across some interesting - and some bizarre (to me) solutions. Unfortunately this one has no reviews and is pretty cheap, but is once again from that questionable - at least where quality is concerned (Chinese cheapo) - source called Elygo:
If the faceplate/pad and Touch covers that I'm getting from this company actually turn out okay, I think I'll take a gamble on the headphones and see what they are like.
On the other hand, get your doubloons out for these heavy ear muffs from KIWI - cool, Dude! 🙂
But seriously, it's good to see many solutions hitting the shelves already for the Quest 2 to give us the goods to build the headset we want, where Oculus have fallen short.
Regarding the colours and shade or hues of colours - switching a setting in Virtual Desktop off did help a lot. Whilst the colours are still not the same, they are much closer between headsets and indeed flat screen play. Think the setting was vibrant colours or something along those lines. I'll check when I continue testing tomorrow.
It's a bit weird that even the monitor screen image has different shades of colour when using different headsets:
As you can see now in the Quest 2 - those blue crystals look almost the same as Quest and how they should look:
There are zero issues with greens and yellows - but the red, though now better with the new setting disabled, is too vibrant - though not excessively so:
