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anxious_ant

2,626 posts

78 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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I’m in the market for VR headset and would appreciate some advice. I’m mainly targeting gaming with PC and from my research Occulus Rift S and Quest 2 are the ones to go for. Well, they are the ones within my budget smile

Space is an issue as I don’t have much where my gaming PC is situated. I also experience motion sickness sometimes but increasing FOV helps.

From reviews I’m leaning towards the Quest 2 however I can’t seem to find any in stock? Some on Amazon but it’s way above MSRP.

Thoughts?

Lucas Ayde

3,541 posts

167 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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anxious_ant said:
I’m in the market for VR headset and would appreciate some advice. I’m mainly targeting gaming with PC and from my research Occulus Rift S and Quest 2 are the ones to go for. Well, they are the ones within my budget smile

Space is an issue as I don’t have much where my gaming PC is situated. I also experience motion sickness sometimes but increasing FOV helps.

From reviews I’m leaning towards the Quest 2 however I can’t seem to find any in stock? Some on Amazon but it’s way above MSRP.

Thoughts?
I can recommend the Quest 2. A really user-friendly implementation of VR with a lot of potential and flexibility (as you can use it as a PC headset too). The stand-alone ability is just fantastic. The only big shortcoming is the approx 2 hour battery life in stand-alone gaming.

Looks like it has fallen victim to 'new tech buying mania' unfortunately - I was able to preorder a couple of weeks before release day from Amazon, no issues. The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S took the focus away at the time.
(BTW. FOV is quite narrow on the Quest 2 - just over 90 degrees).

kingston12

5,473 posts

156 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Lucas Ayde said:
I can recommend the Quest 2. A really user-friendly implementation of VR with a lot of potential and flexibility (as you can use it as a PC headset too). The stand-alone ability is just fantastic. The only big shortcoming is the approx 2 hour battery life in stand-alone gaming.

Looks like it has fallen victim to 'new tech buying mania' unfortunately - I was able to preorder a couple of weeks before release day from Amazon, no issues. The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S took the focus away at the time.
I'm sure I saw it in stock at Amazon (direct, normal price) earlier this week.

I pre-ordered a few weeks before it came out, but I was thinking about changing from 64gb to 256gb so kept checking stock up until Christmas and it was generally always in, which surprised me given all of the problems with stock for PS5, XSX and the graphics cards.

It looks like they had better stock of these, but have finally run out now. Hopefully, they'll be back in soon.

anxious_ant

2,626 posts

78 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Lucas Ayde said:
I can recommend the Quest 2. A really user-friendly implementation of VR with a lot of potential and flexibility (as you can use it as a PC headset too). The stand-alone ability is just fantastic. The only big shortcoming is the approx 2 hour battery life in stand-alone gaming.

Looks like it has fallen victim to 'new tech buying mania' unfortunately - I was able to preorder a couple of weeks before release day from Amazon, no issues. The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S took the focus away at the time.
(BTW. FOV is quite narrow on the Quest 2 - just over 90 degrees).
Thanks, 90 degrees FOV should be fine for me.
I’ve seen Linus reviews on both Rift S and Quest 2 and he seems to favour Quest 2 as well. Suppose the only thing is that I need to buy the cable to connect to PC at circa £80 as I would be mostly gaming on the PC. It would be cool to have 100” view of my desktop too smile

2 hours life is fine for me as I would need a break anyway as I imagine VR would be more taxing on the eyes.

If only I can find somewhere with stock at normal price. Sellers in Amazon listing it for over £450.

b14

1,060 posts

187 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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anxious_ant said:
Thanks, 90 degrees FOV should be fine for me.
I’ve seen Linus reviews on both Rift S and Quest 2 and he seems to favour Quest 2 as well. Suppose the only thing is that I need to buy the cable to connect to PC at circa £80 as I would be mostly gaming on the PC. It would be cool to have 100” view of my desktop too smile

2 hours life is fine for me as I would need a break anyway as I imagine VR would be more taxing on the eyes.

If only I can find somewhere with stock at normal price. Sellers in Amazon listing it for over £450.
As noted in the FS2020 thread you don't need to buy the genuine Oculus cable - any quality USB C to USB C cable will do.

anxious_ant

2,626 posts

78 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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b14 said:
As noted in the FS2020 thread you don't need to buy the genuine Oculus cable - any quality USB C to USB C cable will do.
Cheers smile I’m guessing for the Quest 2 most of the processing is done by Occulus and not the graphics card?
Rift S requires DisplayPort connection but not the Quest.

I can find stock of Rift S at normal price but general feel is that the Quest 2 is much better.

Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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90 degrees FOV is actually very narrow.
A Vive is 110 and that is like looking out of pair of binoculars with no peripheral vision. That is fine, you just have to move your head a bit more than normal, the only really viable wide FOV is the PIMAX and that's still a bit flaky on the software front and you need a big ol' PC to run it effectively.

Not sure what impact FOV has with regard to motion sickness. Usual culprits for causing people to feel ill are framerate, micro-stutter and poor tracking. It takes a lot of people some time to gain their VR legs. I nearly gave up as I was feeling sick after 5 minutes, I just acclimatised after a while. Poorly optimised games and games with 'smooth' locomotion still make me ill after a while but cars, planes, spaceships and teleport locomotion I can play all day.


kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Shows in stock for me at normal price for 64 GB version

anxious_ant

2,626 posts

78 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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kowalski655 said:
Shows in stock for me
Where?

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

anxious_ant

2,626 posts

78 months

Thursday 7th January 2021
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kowalski655 said:
Nice one! Thanks smile
I suppose with Quest 2 I can also use it n my lounge where there are more space. Heard that it's now possible to use Quest Link (?) to play the games on my PC as well so looking forward to that.

Edited by anxious_ant on Thursday 7th January 07:36


edit: Looks like IPD is important for VR, I've found an app (EyeMeasure) which seems pretty accurate (compared to measurements from a ruler)

Edited by anxious_ant on Thursday 7th January 08:00

J4CKO

41,277 posts

199 months

Thursday 7th January 2021
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anxious_ant said:
kowalski655 said:
Nice one! Thanks smile
I suppose with Quest 2 I can also use it n my lounge where there are more space. Heard that it's now possible to use Quest Link (?) to play the games on my PC as well so looking forward to that.

Edited by anxious_ant on Thursday 7th January 07:36


edit: Looks like IPD is important for VR, I've found an app (EyeMeasure) which seems pretty accurate (compared to measurements from a ruler)

Edited by anxious_ant on Thursday 7th January 08:00
The Quest is so much better than my Rift was, given that to my son.

My favourite app/game is Google Earth, it is jaw dropping on a decent pc and a Quest 2, its like being in a vivid flying dream.

If you havent tried it, go and download it, it is amazing and its free.

anxious_ant

2,626 posts

78 months

Thursday 7th January 2021
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J4CKO said:
The Quest is so much better than my Rift was, given that to my son.

My favourite app/game is Google Earth, it is jaw dropping on a decent pc and a Quest 2, its like being in a vivid flying dream.

If you havent tried it, go and download it, it is amazing and its free.
Cheers, haven't got mine yet but should arrive tomorrow ready for the weekend smile

Curious though, how can the USB C cable offer better quality compared to the DisplayPort cable on the Rift S. Suppose I will find out soon.

Fallingup

1,527 posts

97 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Evening all. My son has done very well at school and just been accepted for University. He's very into gaming on his PS4. As a token for his achievement I would like to give him a VR Headset. What would you guys recommend as being the best available at present. Also, will the PS4 be up to it or should I be looking at getting a PS5 to go with the headset. Any thoughts?

Chris Type R

8,018 posts

248 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Fallingup said:
Evening all. My son has done very well at school and just been accepted for University. He's very into gaming on his PS4. As a token for his achievement I would like to give him a VR Headset. What would you guys recommend as being the best available at present. Also, will the PS4 be up to it or should I be looking at getting a PS5 to go with the headset. Any thoughts?
Quest 2 - standalone and able to run via PC.

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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If he doesn't have a PC, only a PS4, then I think it will only run the PSVR headset,and PSVR ganes

Fallingup

1,527 posts

97 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Thanks. That's the one my son has suggested. However it needs to run with the PS4 not a computer. Is it possible?

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Yes,AIUI the PSVR set is specifically designed for the PS4

Fallingup

1,527 posts

97 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Ok. Thanks for your replies. From what I understand then is that the only VR Headset that will work with the PS4 is the PSVR headset. Is this correct.

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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I believe so, but am happy to be corrected by someone more knowledgeable than me.
It's designed specifically for the PS4 and can be picked up a lot cheaper