For those using VD, I'm guessing a PC based rift version (especially @£9.95) will be better that a standlone quest version ?
Oculus Quest (Santa Cruz)
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That looks really good, but when I try to buy it, it says it can't ship from china to UK ?
Wow, the price has jumped quite a bit since I bought!
Still loving it, no more pressure lines on my face lol
Seem to be around £60 if you buy in the uk.
Don
How fast is that Chinese strap to change size for different heads? My son and I frequently take turns in the headset but it's a faff to re-adjust it. He's only 6 so has a significantly smaller head then me.
Don
Righto. Bought. Will need to re-design my headphone mounts.
Soldato
what's the best way to pay for this as its in dollars? credit card for best protection?
I just used my credit card, didn't think about fees if I'm honest. They wouldn't be huge.
The public test channel V19 now has quality settings for Oculus link - you can select between Quality, Balanced and Performance.
To get it to show I had to connect my Quest, then re-run link setup, and restart the client.
Opt into beta Oculus PC client updates to get it.
To get it to show I had to connect my Quest, then re-run link setup, and restart the client.
Opt into beta Oculus PC client updates to get it.
Think you could already do this via OTT.
True, but this is officially supported, and easier to enable.
Soldato
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And can you tell any difference?
Not had a chance to try it properly get. Going to give it a big go tonight.
use the dropdown at the top and get it priced in sterling, and use a UK card.
Soldato
Hmm didn't see that option. Have ordered it in dollars now off a credit card.
Caporegime
Is the Rift S still the best budget tethered headset?
The PC version will be higher fidelity of course, but if playing wirelessly via VD the latency will put you at a significant disadvantage in online play. Works fine for offline play where it’s hard to notice the lag in my opinion... in online however and extra 30ms or so can be the difference between life and death!
so in short I’d say it depends... if you intend to play online and want no wires then the native quest version is probably going to be best.
There is definitely improved compression in dark areas on the latest nvidia drivers (both on link and with VD streaming). A good game to see it on is Alyx... in the grey landing screen after booting up you used to be able to see significant blocky bands in the dark grey area when you looked to your back right and left... seems to be gone now.
worth noting even with PTC v19 installed unless you have the latest Nvidia drivers you won’t see the graphics option (or at least I didn’t’).
I think it must be pretty much the best bang for the buck in terms of polished experience, ease of use, oculus software etc on a tethered headset. Latest updates have proved to be quite buggy for rift S users I believe but seems to mostly be sorted for now from what I gather.
Apparently there is a new version of the Quest coming. It's not really a new Quest but more of an incremental update to the old one. Better Ergonomics, higher refresh rate etc.
This would definitely tempt me. Would be a good second headset to have around the place.
This would definitely tempt me. Would be a good second headset to have around the place.