Interested in looking at VR to game with my young twins

subbytna · 23 Jun 2022 at 09:41

Ok I've got identical 6 year old boys. I've borrowed a VR set af ew years ago and was a bit of fun and now I'm possibly looking to get proper VR set to use for the house.

No idea really where to start or what's the better option to have, given it'll also be used by the kids....probably MOSTLY used by kids but I'd love to game on it too.

Has VR got to the point where it's self contained now, or do I still need a PC hooked up to run stuff? My PC is decent enough but it's in my office and I'd be looking to get the VR for the livingroom use.

What's the best VR option to buy, given the above points?

subbytna · 23 Jun 2022 at 11:32

I'm very strict with the boys game time (minecraft or phone games) They have to earn gaming hour (tuesday, thursday and Sunday for an hour - 3 x 10min goes each, with a timer) by making their beds, clearing dinner tables etc. I prefer to boot them outside to play with real kids and they do that, daily. I see what too much screen time does to a kid (sister in laws kid is just ridiculous and I'm sure is addicted to her phone and she's only 10) and mine won't be going down that route

However I also want to treat them (and me lol) with the odd go of VR too. I think the Quest sounds an option to investigate.

subbytna · 23 Jun 2022 at 11:57

Unseul said:
They'd love it, just make sure you're supervising. You can set it up to stream what they're seeing so you can easily watch what they're doing and help them out etc.

Streaming bit you mentioned, would that have to be shown on a PC monitor or would it be on the livingroom TV? PC is upstairs so pointless if we're downstairs.

subbytna · 23 Jun 2022 at 11:58

melmac said:
Oh, I just answered your post in the Specs thread. You don't need a PC for the Quest 2 and for kids you wouldn't need a PC as there are lots of fun games to play standalone. As Kids they will probably like the First Steps intro as much as any game.

That's good to know about simple games for them without the PC option being needed.

I'd be looking to utilise the PC for gaming myself and let them do their thing with the other simple games.

subbytna · 23 Jun 2022 at 12:08

Unseul said:
You'd be surprised at how good a lot of the standalone content is. A group of us from here play regularly on Monday evenings and have a great time.

What sort of games are there? When I DID get the use of teh VR a few years ago, it was Steam VR i tried and it wasn't great.

Any recommedations of games that I can look at now?