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The Quest 2 makes it easier than ever to get into VR at an attractive price. You don't need to worry about sensors, cameras, cables or dedicating a room of your house to it. What you have in the box is all you will need. You will feel like an expert in no time and it's well explained in tutorials. Even handing the system to a new user and non-gamer they will find it intuitive and able to use it quickly.
First start up is relatively simple and you will be taught as you go. Signing in with an existing Meta account of some type and logging into the Wifi takes a few minutes, then setting up the play area takes less than a minute. This means if you change locations you will only need to do a quick setup to the play area. The operating system is android based and well refined to the controls, even possible to control with your empty hands with pinch gestures. Honestly the hardest thing was learning terminology of when they mean link or AirLink, Oculus as a brand or as a platform, Quest or Rift as a product, Meta as the owner etc
The headset is an acceptible weight and the straps get the job done. It has all the sensors built in. It's possible to look at the room around you in a low resolution black and white which comes in hand to recentre yourself or assist with doing work and meeting applications. It has surprisingly good quality speakers that are directed at the user, they don't bleed much to be audible to others. Where you might find problems and may feel the need to change is to the nosebridge and the foam that presses against your face: If you shake or jolt your head you will likely hurt your nose from the hard plastic unless you're able to add space or protection. In normal use this is not a problem. The foam around the headset is likely to irritate and is difficult to clean as it is an exposed sponge. It's recommended you use the silicon sleave provided or seek a cheap third party options.
Importantly, heed the warning about sunlight. Never store the headset where it will receive sunlight on the lenses, noting that the sun moves throughout the day. The lenses will focus the sun and burn the monitors, like burning ants with a magnifying glass, and it is not reversible.
The controllers are lightweight and well laid out. There is usually enough buttons or gestures you can do to control complex games intuitively and you won't need to look down at your hands, it's all possible by feel. The large sensor rings don't get in the way for the most part, but some games requiring two hands (eg holding a sword or long gun) are likely to result in hitting the large rings together, but the controllers are robust and can take a few hits.
For gaming, the built in Quest store may not have the best price per game but you can find plenty to do with free games while waiting for sales. Where the Quest shines is when you sideload games from a computer, or use the cable or AirLink to access Steam VR. It does not take long to learn to do these things and the options and possibilities you gain expand massively to more time you put into it. Development of new VR games across the industry has plateaued with a lack of customers, but is likely to come roaring back when the PSVR2 releases soon and the interest from customers returns. Still, with access to Half-Life Alyx, Beat Saber, The Walking Dead, ports of No Man's Sky, Skyrim & Fallout, fan-made games and fan-ported titles like Doom 3 there is a lot you can do.
The newly released AirLink is a welcome addition to allow cable-free running of games. Using AirLink allows you to play a larger library of games including games that are much more demanding than the headset's built in hardware over wifi, with a noticeable but acceptable reduction in visual quality but no noticeable delay (think streaming HD video or screensharing in a zoom meeting). You will have the benefit of playing without the weight and restriction of a long heavy USB-C cable (not included in the pack). Using the cable gives the highest possible visual fidelity at the cost of weight of the cable.
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Unbelievably awesome
I was originally reluctant as many said they felt sick afterwards.In all honesty, I played for about 2h my first time & felt a little car-sick, but that was it. Never happened again.Quality wise the games are awesome!Tried Jurassic Park first, it was total emersion, like you were actually part of the game.I also purchased the Oculus link cable (as I have a VR capable PC) and tried Lone Echo(Meta Quest 2 can play any Oculus VR game via the link cable provided your PC is capable of running them)Same as before, like you’re part of the game.Love how they utilise the grab functions & the headset room scaling picks up if you duck or in games like Jurassic Park & depending on how big you set your boundaries (like physically painting a line around your room) you can ‘walk about’ rooms in the game.The only downside is still the hardware limitations.Resolution per eye is 1920x1832 but in realistic graphics, looks a little blurry in some areas.I also would say it’s a pain to swap between people if you let others try.But it streams to your phone flawlessly so you can guide them from there & only need to adjust once.And the audio is surprisingly good, i was going to grab some headphones afterwards, but am happy with the stock built in speakers.Overall.A great experience that has had the creases ironed out.There is still a LOT of advancements ahead, but great place to jump in.9/10
