FranticPea wrote:

Getting into it, and beating Hair in the process. Yours will take longer to beat. But i will beat them, oh yes. I will beat them...

I turn the scores off because it's all about total immersion, same with Beat Saber. Haven't a clue about the numbers until the end, just enjoying the experience. Some say it's the default for a reason, to which I whisper, so is the option to remove them. x

I've had more fun and genuinely new experiences in less than 12 months of Quest ownership than I've had the whole of this current gen and bit of last gen consoles.

Like the Switch its great for when Mrs Pea is watching shite on TV. It might end up being my fave console of the gen too at this rate.

Wookienopants wrote:

Got so fed up and desperate for a treat today that I found myself trawling the internet looking for available stock

Cause of a last minute mix up I had no birthday present, bizarrely a big supermarket near our apartment (Switzerland) had a heap of stock.

Sign up to stock informer Wooks.

Having so much fun with the thing. Its frigging ace.

Any news on the Quest 2? It was due out this year but I can't see that happening now.

Yeah just had a look and it's not going to be for a while it seems.

A Quest slim? I suppose it's all a tricky balancing act with the battery. If they could make it comfier/lighter and get a good sound solution that'd be a reasonable upgrade for now. 

A proper Quest 2 would need to balance a fine line. They could increase the Hz and resolution but that'd hit the battery pretty hard as you'd need a faster processor. Snapdragon 2? They could make the battery bigger I guess but that'd add to the weight, and increasing the fov would be a great upgrade but all this will add to the cost. And you still have to keep Quest 1 owners happy when releasing exclusives. 

The Quest is probably the most exciting hmd because we should see an upgrade every year or so and they'll keep throwing FB monies at it like crazy. There's no doubt they see it as FB's future, and you can see why when you've played enough multiplayer stuff. I wish Carmack was still there (even though I hate FB).

The Quest is just getting into it's stride. Oculus can't make them fast enough and the devs are seeing stellar ROI, so talk about a next gen headset seems just wishful. Any 'S' version planned would be more expensive and doubt FB would drop the price of the standard headset as there's literally no competition.

Boozy wrote:

Just a wee shout for Wander. It's Google maps but you are standing in the middle of it. I love visiting large cities around the world and getting up close to giant skyscrapers. I was in Macau on Friday and its just a stunning city to see from street level with crazy buildings around every corner. There's a random button that will teleport you around the world in the blink of an eye. Recommended as essential VR app and a good one for showing off VR. Except you can't do that anymore.

Oh that sounds good - is it a free one?

Looks shit.

bad_hair_day wrote:

The Quest is just getting into it's stride. Oculus can't make them fast enough and the devs are seeing stellar ROI, so talk about a next gen headset seems just wishful. Any 'S' version planned would be more expensive and doubt FB would drop the price of the standard headset as there's literally no competition.

It isn't about VR competition though, it's about Facebook. They're not interested in becoming the next Nintendo or MS, they're looking to get FB VR into as many hands as possible because they can see which way the wind in blowing and they know VR is the perfect vehicle for social media and interaction. 

This is basically one hugely expensive push to take it to the next terrifying level. They bought a small start up for $2 billion and have been throwing money at it ever since, knowing that if the're not in the game they're fucked. They won't pause because there's no competition, they'll keep pushing to make sure there's no competition.

nick_md wrote:

Carmack is a genius, I've said it before but I have coder colleagues who still talk about the Doom engine, black magic for its time.

Yeah, Oculus certainly started to up their game when he jumped on board. Doom was my first WTAF gaming moment.

Although I see it did have a series B funding round just before aquisition, led by some entrepreneur guy, so it was about to expand quite a bit.

Time for some fun, saw this on Reddit.



Neat.