Hey, there. I am a career woman turned stay at home mom. We are very isolated due to location. I am getting cabin fever yet cant get away and I was hoping VR might be the next-best thing to get some new experiences. So I have some questions about what VR can do and what would work best for me.
I want to explore nature and cities. Can you go on virtual tours of real locations? Are there any where you can "move" around in, so to speak? Are they more like a fun house or Pokémon snap ride where you're strapped in and just viewing or are they more interactive? Can you give me resources so I can do research please?
In the past I used a friend's meta quest 2 for POV adult videos and it was amazing. That's my secondary reason for getting this. I don't know if I can ask about that kind of thing here, though. But just wondering if there are any interactive games or content that's worth any merit. If that's not ok here DM it to me please. I know that probably sounds silly but it's hard to find trustworthy content or even know what things are nowadays.
Last, I am working off of a laptop. I want to download some games off of steam and play them on the VR. Will how well the VR system can handle the games be dependent on how well my PC can play them? Do you think a laptop would be appropriate?
For my intended uses it seems that maybe a meta quest 2 (the most affordable option for now) might be appropriate, but I am not sure. I would love any recommendations on a system to get. I am on a budget.
One really cool program is Google Earth VR. It doesn't run natively on a Quest sadly, but using a PC it can be Quest compatible. You can basically fly around the world and go down to ground level (quality depends on Google's scans of the area, major cities and landmarks are better quality).
There's a lot of panorama videos on Youtube, like national geographic ones. You can try them normally without VR to get an idea of what's in them, but they are best with a headset.
As a family friendly forum (Quests allow 10 year olds now), adult topics need to be a little careful. There's a huge amount of video content now, but most isn't free (at least legally). I don't know what the state of interactive stuff is.
Some laptops can work (I have a 2016 laptop that still does VR well), but they are more likely to have issues than a desktop PC. Its hard to tell without trying them.
The Quest 2 is still a great headset and is cheaper than a Quest 3. There's rumors of a cheaper Quest 3 Lite coming next year, but we don't know what it will be (if it's even real).
Yep, how well a game from Steam runs depends on both your PC and how you connect it to the Quest. When connected to a PC the Quest doesn't actually run the game, it just shows a video stream from the PC. So you need a pretty good gaming PC to run the game. Plus if you are using Wifi to connect, you need good reception (like PC plugged into a router using ethernet, then the router connects to the Quest with 5GHz wifi). Or you can use a USB cable (awkward, but may work better than your wifi).
