The Official Virtual Reality Thread (PCVR / QUEST / PSVR2)

I too made the jump from CV1 to Quest 2. It's great, still get to do all the PCVR stuff but completely untethered. With the Elite battery strap combined with one of these Aukey mini power bank (don't seem to be able to get them in the UK any more) you easily get over 4+ hours of game time, more than enough for a long sim session on something like ETS2. I haven't even come close to running things down below 50% battery yet and I've spent hours in it. I got a cheap jogging belt too, and I can slip the battery in the back pocket, connected to the back of the battery strap, it provides hours of wireless VR gaming for more stand up physical stuff like Skyrim VR and the like. As well as PCVR, there's some really good Quest 2 stuff as well. I still find connecting through VR desktop works better than Oculus Airlink for most things; most but not all.

I'm sure the G2 looks great but, A: It's tethered, and wireless is defo the way to go; I couldn't go back to a wired headset now. B: The controllers are crap. They take 2 AA's and eat them for breakfast; I think you get about 10-15 hours play time, compared to the Oculus controllers which just seem to go on for weeks and weeks on a single AA. They don't have capacitive touch sensing.

Anyway, games. Some great titles out this month. Song in the Smoke and Shadowgate, both out and both look very good. Lone Echo 2 and Resident Evil 4 both due out this month too. But there's only one I'm going to buy this month, and as much as really want to play Resident Evil 4, it's got to be Lone Echo 2.

uploadvr.com/htc-vive-flow-announced/

New media based vr standalone headset, bit steep at $499 with no potential for games.

So here's a game made by one guy that is kind of topping the vr charts right now that pretty nifty and doing something new.
The gameplay is a bit basic, you're stepping on blocks and rollers and you have a torch and whip and you're solving puzzles.
The smart bit is that the way the levels are laid out and because you're stepping backwards on the rollers you constantly move around your play space (which has to be at least 2x2 meters) without ever hitting the walls.
I've played it on Index and the cable does get annoying, but I think it's also out on Oculus which I imagine is even better.
It's pretty cheap too at €15.

It’s kinda great almost lost my balance a few times.


Steam only atm but can use Link or VR desktop.

More RE3 gameplay for the praydog mod.

Can’t wait

Having not got a fucking clue about VR I'm trying to find out what this Oculus Quest thing my son has just rather optimistically put on his Christmas list.

Am I right in thinking it's standalone? How doe it work and what games etc can it do? Importantly, is it worth getting?

Honestly, it's the best price/performance value in VR out there.  The only drawback for me is that Facebook is the company behind it.  It is standalone and the native games run on what is essentially a mobile phone chipset.  However, it is also capable of running PCVR games if you have a PC system capable of running such either through a wired connection or wirelessly with Airlink (free) or Virtual Desktop (Paid).

I have no idea if it will be worth it for you and yours as everyone values things differently.  I bought both the Quest and Quest 2 and despite the initial wow factor, I only ever use it anymore to get my daily exercise in.

Sadly we don't have a PC for running anything better. Just concerned that the native games won't be anything more than ones you pop on for a quick blast and there won't be anything substantial out for it, meaning he'll lose interest after a few weeks!

Super Hot was the killer app for me on the Quest when I got it back in the summer of 2019 - that and Ultrawings, a cool cartoon flight sim where you grip a pretend stick with your hand. I don’t really have room for all the jumping about and diving around of most VR FPSes, so prefer cockpit experiences. Apparently the Tie Fighter total conversion for X Wing Alliance has VR!

The Jussaric Park games is fun too.

So I only have a Quest 1 but I have a good PC. Has anyone tried After The Fall over VD or Link? My other option is Psvr from a PS5 but I can't be bothered with the wires and camera faff.

My pc is worse than that and most things run fine so that should be able to play most games.

I think 970 is the minimum for VR (or it was a one point).

Cheers. I will give it a go. Subnautica is on my must try list so it should run that ok hopefully.

Just played Super hot VR demo. Very impressed with the hand tracking on the quest 2. Sorcery.