woah on 19/11/2020 at 18:21

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I ended up getting one and can't really recommend it unless:

(1) You're insensitive to geometric stability and edge to edge clarity. The Quest 2 isn't perfect here either but the G2 is worse. I would have preferred if they continued using the Index's dual element lenses but that would've been much more expensive.
(2) You're not very concerned about robust motion controller tracking. It's about what I expected--"good enough" but certainly not great. The main differences between this and Quest 2 are: (a) With the Quest 2, I lost tracking a few cms from the headset meaning I had to be a little careful with aiming firearms, but with this you actually have to keep your hands extended out a few more cms and (b) the Quest 2 has a wider tracking FOV and does better prediction even when you're outside of the FOV of the cameras. On the G2, you kind of have to hold the controllers a bit in front of you because otherwise they "lock up" instead of just estimating based on the IMUs. It may not seem substantial but it means you have to be more conscious of what you're doing in VR, which adds frustration and breaks immersion.

But the pixel density in the center of the display is absolutely incredible, as are the colors (for LCD). Once all headsets reach this density I doubt I'll care very much about pixel density improvements--other things matter much more. FOV is about the same as Quest 2. But as far as immersion and comfort go, I find it doesn't really compare to the Index. And yes, it would absolutely destroy your 1070 at any appreciable resolution (except in potato games). They must have changed things up from the prototype models because unlike the G1 the G2 requires the typical 40% oversampling of each dimension of the display as part of distortion correction (as with Index, Quest, Rift, Vive, etc etc), so the render resolution is actually ~3kx3k per eye (not 2160x2160).


As for what to get, might be worth waiting a little longer to see what this is about (https://twitter.com/benz145/status/1328836977710440448)

Starker on 20/11/2020 at 01:10

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If it has to be Nvidia, get the 3080 when it's available at normal prices again. Price to performance, you're likely to get more out of it for longer, especially since the tech race is heating up now that AMD is back in the game.

woah on 25/11/2020 at 01:25

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Half-Life: Alyx obvously.

But depending on your preferences, also consider:
Jet Island
Onward
Windlands 2
Star Wars Squadrons
Paper Beast
H3VR
IronWolf
Eleven: Table Tennis
Population One
Talos Principle VR
VTOL VR
Red Matter

Renault on 25/11/2020 at 06:00

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Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming. The only one of those I've played is Pistol Whip, which I did pick up thru the Oculus store.

Speaking of, it looks like Asgard's Wrath is free for anyone who picked up a Quest 2 from the launch date up to the end of January 2021. I've heard great things about it, just hoping my PC can handle it.

(https://www.vrfocus.com/2020/11/the-free-asgards-wrath-offer-extended-to-all-oculus-quest-2-owners/)

Thirith on 25/11/2020 at 17:14

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I'd second that. While both are clunky in one way or another, they are among my favourite VR experiences yet - possibly with some tweaks, especially in the case of Subnautica. It may sound like a tiny thing, but just the fact that you have to look up and down physically made me feel the terror of the deep more keenly and made those last-minute ascents (will I make it to the surface before I run out of oxygen?) more thrilling. It's such a basic physical movement, but perhaps it's exactly because it is so basic that it works in a way that I never has for me when playing on a screen.