You can always add on an external battery. There are various different ways to do it.
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You can always add on an external battery. There are various different ways to do it.
Soldato
Add on battery pack solves your concerns easily 
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My quest 2 was my first headset too, loving it.
Drop onto the hangout thread if you want to find some people to play with. We try and play every Monday evening but I'm sure people will be happy to have done more spontaneous games too.
.My quest 2 was my first headset too, loving it.
Drop onto the hangout thread if you want to find some people to play with. We try and play every Monday evening but I'm sure people will be happy to have done more spontaneous games too.
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Congrats!!! You should love it! The Quest 2 is a great first headset and you got in after they changed the facial interface and increased the storage to 128gb so great timing!! What kind of games do you like? I'm sure you can get some good recamondations on hereJust bought a Quest 2 128GB. An impulse buy, not sure why... maybe because I'm so bored at home in my tiny apartment and it's not too expensive. Preorder should arrive on Monday/Tuesday.
I haven't done any gaming for years and I have never tried any sort of VR before so I'm actually getting quite excited. My main PC is an Intel NUC 8 (i5-8259U) so I will mostly use the Quest 2 standalone.
Busy reading through various threads here and other sites to get an idea of what it can do. Just one concern so far is battery life. Seems like around 2 hours is expected which I think is adequate but how well does the battery age? Does the battery life decrease substantially after a few months of heavy usage and is it replaceable?
Thanks for the kind replies!
I didn't know about the external battery so that's great. Seems like another strap is recommended anyway for comfort so I may get that after a while.
Will try a variety of games, movies, videos and other applications to see what I like. All the reviews and opinions I have read are very positive about the experience (well, except the Facebook integration
) so I'm really looking forward to it.
I didn't know about the external battery so that's great. Seems like another strap is recommended anyway for comfort so I may get that after a while.
Will try a variety of games, movies, videos and other applications to see what I like. All the reviews and opinions I have read are very positive about the experience (well, except the Facebook integration
) so I'm really looking forward to it.
Soldato
First thing i did when i got mine was replace the head strap, facial interface and add an external battery pack.
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Yeah head strap is a must, facial interface is nice and I haven't personally done the battery pack since I never really feel the need to go over 2 hours play time but all 3 are excellent additions
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Welcome to vr. Quest is such ridiculous value for money.
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couldn't resist in posting him for you
I believe the term is 'Whelk erm to the oasis'
The normal greetings are:
"Welcome to the Grid, Program!"
and
"Buckle up Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye bye"
The normal greetings are:
"Welcome to the Grid, Program!"
and
"Buckle up Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye bye"
those are also acceptable.
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Lol. The quest is not the best vr headset on the market but I think it is the most important.I believe the term is 'Whelk erm to the oasis'
It is the 1st device to bring "proper" high quality vr at impulse purchase price bracket with no need for extra hardware.
If the quest isn't enough to get vr into the mainstream then I don't think anything will.
Soldato
They're hoping for 10 million units sold by the end of the year i believe. I reckon that qualifies sufficiently as mainstream compared to consoles.
couldn't resist in posting him for you
It seems he' lost a lot of the whelk and erm in his latest videos. Here's some classic whelk and erm-ness.
Just bought a Quest 2 128GB. An impulse buy, not sure why... maybe because I'm so bored at home in my tiny apartment and it's not too expensive. Preorder should arrive on Monday/Tuesday.
I haven't done any gaming for years and I have never tried any sort of VR before so I'm actually getting quite excited
Busy reading through various threads here and other sites to get an idea of what it can do. Just one concern so far is battery life. Seems like around 2 hours is expected which I think is adequate but how well does the battery age? Does the battery life decrease substantially after a few months of heavy usage and is it replaceable?
Where did you preorder from? Didn't think preorder was available yet?
I moved to Japan a few years ago, but I'm still occasionally active on this forum. Here, it's available to preorder from Amazon or directly from Oculus.
It was originally due for release today but now delayed by 1 day so should arrive tomorrow. They charged my credit card today.
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Hehehe top quality Whelk-erm-ness right there!
Soldato
Link cable isn't necessarily a must have, definitely not the official one.
Facial interface and headstrap are popular. But try without at first. A power bank and a way to fix it to the back of whichever headstrap you'll use is a very helpful accessory.