Quest 3 owners etc

[Vimes]

Still waiting for my "next day delivery" from an order placed last Monday! Royal Mail already lost the first one sent, and the replacement sent on Thursday hasn't arrived yet either!
My local post office must be have a great time!

That's pretty bad indeed. Not sure if to be surprised or not, altho I would have expected a better tracking courier option due to the value of the goods involved.

Got my Quest 3 from Very. Unfortunately it has a rattling sound as if a screw it something loose inside the headset. Apart from that it works fine. I was surprised that it just came packaged in a plastic bag with the metaquest box in it though. I think I may need to return for exchange as it's too expensive not too, bummer.

Yeah as above Royal Fail. Maybes they used mine as a football I dunno.

Ouch, that is not good. Hopefully they can exchange and not refund, as the price probably isn't the same now..?

 

[Vimes]

I have been enjoying the Quest 3, with the Ar link, used for Google earth and a couple of other games.
Using the library function for the installed games, bought from the Meta store, is easy enough.
As is the Steam VR link.

I also bought Virtual Desktop to try out. Whilst it has some decent settings, not sure on the actual differences tho, it is not as easy to use, for the rest of the family, as is the library and Steam VR function.

So far impressed, very impressed indeed with the KKCOBVR head strap and battery pack. The AMVR face pad is "ok".

 

[Infidelus]

Hey. I remember a while back people were talking about watching movies and 3d movies on their Quest 3s and the difficulty they had getting it to work... i'm thinking of getting a Quest for exactly that purpose because I find it hard to get any quality time at home. Did anyone come up with a fix/way to do it reliably? If so, is it worth getting the 512Gb version (in general as well actually) or is 128Gb still OK for most users?? Thanks

I do this quite regularly. I use both Skybox VR and 4XVR (both are paid apps). 4XVR has the advantage at the moment as it's about the only player that plays native Blu-ray 3D rips (MVC format) whereas others only do SBS. Both of these will stream across your network and I think both will work via USB, though have never tried. There's also Bigscreen beta, which is free and can play via DNLA.

 

[Trig]

Grrrr, just tried to get mine from Very, via TCB, it didn't apply my VeryPay discount or my bloody 'welcome' code and tried to charge me full whack...
Am I buggery paying full price for something I'm not entirely convinced I'm keeping...

Gonna give them a ring in the morning now I'm back in the world of the internet and proper phone signal...

 

[BS Dave]

I do this quite regularly. I use both Skybox VR and 4XVR (both are paid apps). 4XVR has the advantage at the moment as it's about the only player that plays native Blu-ray 3D rips (MVC format) whereas others only do SBS. Both of these will stream across your network and I think both will work via USB, though have never tried. There's also Bigscreen beta, which is free and can play via DNLA.

Ah i should have made myself clear. I'd like load a film onto the headset then watch it in my shed at the allotment - so i won't be able to stream

Ive just checked them out on the oculus store - it looks like both support having the files on USB - if you wanted to convert a back-up of one of your Blur-rays for use with SBS would that work? or are you really best sticking with MVC 3D? Do you need a special PC blu ray player to back-up 3d discs as opposed to 2D ones?

 

[13oots2]

I do this quite regularly. I use both Skybox VR and 4XVR (both are paid apps). 4XVR has the advantage at the moment as it's about the only player that plays native Blu-ray 3D rips (MVC format) whereas others only do SBS. Both of these will stream across your network and I think both will work via USB, though have never tried. There's also Bigscreen beta, which is free and can play via DNLA.

Skybox VR is one of the few apps I have bought, rewatched Under The Dome, and it was a brilliant piece of software, also watched a few films Ready Player One was amazing.

Have not really done anything with the headset for a couple of months, went through a bout of feeling tired all the time and zero motivation/lack of interest. Seem to have my mojo back now and everything is catching my interest, will pull the Quest out, or better still take it with me when I visit my friend soon. She is a huge fan of The Walking Dead, so watching her beat the "living" daylights out of some zombies in SAS should be highly entertaining.

 

[Jimbo]

Grrrr, just tried to get mine from Very, via TCB, it didn't apply my VeryPay discount or my bloody 'welcome' code and tried to charge me full whack...
Am I buggery paying full price for something I'm not entirely convinced I'm keeping...

Gonna give them a ring in the morning now I'm back in the world of the internet and proper phone signal...

Same thing happened to me my 20% wasn't applied so I rang them and they took it off after a day of so, so make sure you do so.

 

[Jimbo]

I have been enjoying the Quest 3, with the Ar link, used for Google earth and a couple of other games.
Using the library function for the installed games, bought from the Meta store, is easy enough.
As is the Steam VR link.

I also bought Virtual Desktop to try out. Whilst it has some decent settings, not sure on the actual differences tho, it is not as easy to use, for the rest of the family, as is the library and Steam VR function.

So far impressed, very impressed indeed with the KKCOBVR head strap and battery pack. The AMVR face pad is "ok".

I just ordered the KKCOBVR I hope it's good as the default battery on wireless is shockingly bad.

 

[Vimes]

I just ordered the KKCOBVR I hope it's good as the default battery on wireless is shockingly bad.

It is not documented in the manual, I chatted with the devs, there is a button on the battery.
Press once, turns it on.
Press twice to turn off.

Make sure yours has the thing that looks like a ferrite core in the wire of the battery unit connecting to the Quest. The recent version included that to stop buzzing sounds.

Wireless and battery drain........

Just ordered a second battery for that head strap.!

 

[Infidelus]

Ah i should have made myself clear. I'd like load a film onto the headset then watch it in my shed at the allotment - so i won't be able to stream

Ive just checked them out on the oculus store - it looks like both support having the files on USB - if you wanted to convert a back-up of one of your Blur-rays for use with SBS would that work? or are you really best sticking with MVC 3D? Do you need a special PC blu ray player to back-up 3d discs as opposed to 2D ones?

All 3 of the apps I mentioned should work with SBS. I just can't be bothered with having to convert them all after I've ripped them to their native format with MakeMKV. Nothing special needed, just a Blu-ray player and software .

 

[Jimbo]

Well the rattling seems to have diasapeared so going to see how it goes. Tried a few demos and Steam link and have to say very impressed so far. Steam link gave me a warning about not using over wifi but it ran ok. Im on VM 1gig with wifi 6e. I plugged headset into one of my usb ports on my pc however the battery is still going down? I thought this would keep it charged? What paid/free games or experiences on steam or meta are worth getting? I know Half Life Alyx is and thats on my hitlist. Ive got Walkabout mini golf so far.

 

[Unseul]

Well the rattling seems to have diasapeared so going to see how it goes. Tried a few demos and Steam link and have to say very impressed so far. Steam link gave me a warning about not using over wifi but it ran ok. Im on VM 1gig with wifi 6e. I plugged headset into one of my usb ports on my pc however the battery is still going down? I thought this would keep it charged? What paid/free games or experiences on steam or meta are worth getting? I know Half Life Alyx is and thats on my hitlist. Ive got Walkabout mini golf so far.

The USB typically won't supply enough power to also charge the headset whilst sending data. Think you can get special USB splitter type things that also plug into the wall to supply more power.

Personally I prefer wireless and a powerbank on the back to act as a counterweight anyway.

What type of games do you like?

Monday evenings, 8pm, Walkabout Golf, private game password = OCUK

That's the social group gaming night, usually a good laugh, if you check the thread you can see if it's still the plan, next week is a new course, so it'll almost definitely be walkabout golf .

 

[Jimbo]

Thanks for the invite. I like games like half life, survival, driving, puzzle, adventure.. i'll try anything really in VR. So much to choose from on Meta and Steam.

 

[Unseul]

Thanks for the invite. I like games like half life, survival, driving, puzzle, adventure.. i'll try anything really in VR. So much to choose from on Meta and Steam.

Check to see if you have a trial period for Meta Plus (think that's what it's called), it's the subscription service, it gives 2 different games per week/month but importantly, also has a large catalogue of games to just play. Great way to try a load of different stuff.

 

[Jimbo]

Oooh I have 6 months of that I'll give it a blast cheers.

 

[Trig]

Same thing happened to me my 20% wasn't applied so I rang them and they took it off after a day of so, so make sure you do so.

Do they stack discounts, as I should have a 'Welcome' 10% as well as the VeryPay's 20%, should bring it down to ~£345...

 

[drakulton]

Well the rattling seems to have diasapeared so going to see how it goes. Tried a few demos and Steam link and have to say very impressed so far. Steam link gave me a warning about not using over wifi but it ran ok. Im on VM 1gig with wifi 6e. I plugged headset into one of my usb ports on my pc however the battery is still going down? I thought this would keep it charged? What paid/free games or experiences on steam or meta are worth getting? I know Half Life Alyx is and thats on my hitlist. Ive got Walkabout mini golf so far.

These can come in handy for keeping the battery topped up whilst you're playing wired.

5m USB 3.2 Gen 1 C/C Active Extension

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[Jimbo]

These can come in handy for keeping the battery topped up whilst you're playing wired.

5m USB 3.2 Gen 1 C/C Active Extension

The Lindy USB 3.2 Active Extension Cable uses built-in active electronics to extend the cable length of a USB 3.2 device by an additional 5m whilst continuing to support fast and efficient data transfer rates of up to 5Gbps. With a reversible Type C input connector and Type C female port, this...

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USB 3.1 Type-C Active Extension Cable - 5 Metres LN111890 - NLUSB3C-EXT5M | SCAN UK

Magic cheers

 

[Jimbo]

Do they stack discounts, as I should have a 'Welcome' 10% as well as the VeryPay's 20%, should bring it down to ~£345...

Not sure as I only had new order 20% Off. But no harm in asking on phone, lady I dealt with passed me to another woman who applied mine. Give them a ring.

 

[Jimbo]

So I installed Meta plus 6 month trial and installed Red Matter, Green Hell and Fruit Ninja. Red Matter seems a great game, lot of wow moments and just seems very well done. Green Hell seems a bit meh but I'll persevere and F Ninja is a lot of fun I can play with my girlfriend. So good shout Unseul.

Plus another great thing is so far I haven't experienced any VR sickness. I think it's because I'm mostly using teleport movement in stuff I've tried so far.