Quest 3 owners etc

uksoldierboy · 8 Nov 2023 at 21:19

Haven't had much time since my quest 3 arrived to try it out, in the mean time I ordered a new strap from Maecker and a carry case.
Should have a few hours tomorrow to give it a go, any tips and or tricks please do share, or any games you'd recommend.
I'm looking forward to Half Life Alyx which looks fantastic, also this Kayaking game I've seen on the store looks really good to just chill out in.
I'm excited to say the least, how difficult is it to stream what you're seeing to a TV for others to watch?

Infidelus · 8 Nov 2023 at 21:25

The Maecker strap is definitely much more comfortable than the Meta supplied strap but the I'm also finding it very irritating as the spinner adjuster keeps resetting the size when I pick the headset up/put it down so I keep having to move it again. It just won't stay in place. I may be returning mine and waiting for the Kiwi Design one (which I had on the Quest 2).

Craig R · 8 Nov 2023 at 21:33

uksoldierboy said:
Haven't had much time since my quest 3 arrived to try it out, in the mean time I ordered a new strap from Maecker and a carry case.
Should have a few hours tomorrow to give it a go, any tips and or tricks please do share, or any games you'd recommend.
I'm looking forward to Half Life Alyx which looks fantastic, also this Kayaking game I've seen on the store looks really good to just chill out in.
I'm excited to say the least, how difficult is it to stream what you're seeing to a TV for others to watch?

You'll need chromecast or a firestick with the Airscreen app installed for streaming to TV.

Mr Badger · 8 Nov 2023 at 21:52

uksoldierboy said:
Haven't had much time since my quest 3 arrived to try it out, in the mean time I ordered a new strap from Maecker and a carry case.
Should have a few hours tomorrow to give it a go, any tips and or tricks please do share, or any games you'd recommend.
I'm looking forward to Half Life Alyx which looks fantastic, also this Kayaking game I've seen on the store looks really good to just chill out in.
I'm excited to say the least, how difficult is it to stream what you're seeing to a TV for others to watch?

Depends what you like. Half Life Alyx is indeed great. Very different but also great in VR are Walkabout Mini Golf and Eleven Table Tennis. If you like pinball tables they are fun in VR. Lots of people rave about Beat Sabre. I thought The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners was a really good VR game. Currently Dungeons of. Eternity is popular but I haven't had a chance to try it for myself yet.

SimonRigga · 9 Nov 2023 at 08:17

uksoldierboy said:
how difficult is it to stream what you're seeing to a TV for others to watch?

I know this is not to the tv, but if you don't have a chromecast etc.. you can also choose to stream from the headset to the quest app on your phone.

z10m · 9 Nov 2023 at 09:06

This is what I'm currently getting on my Quest 3, it would probably go faster but it looks like cpu is struggling with that speed plus adds on the website because its very stuttery and ping is way too high.

drakulton · 9 Nov 2023 at 10:02

uksoldierboy said:
how difficult is it to stream what you're seeing to a TV for others to watch?

How to cast Oculus Quest 2 to your TV, PC or phone | Asurion

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z10m · 9 Nov 2023 at 10:24

sideloaded android app and the resoult is definitely better

tangey · 9 Nov 2023 at 12:15

I'm impressed, I didn't think wireless tech could actually sustained anything close to 1G transfer, for some reason in my mind I thought the max was about 6-700M

z10m · 9 Nov 2023 at 12:37

tangey said:
I'm impressed, I didn't think wireless tech could actually sustained anything close to 1G transfer, for some reason in my mind I thought the max was about 6-700M

It is impressive indeed, my iPhone 13 pro max does about 790mbps using 5Ghz band.
Higher frequencies can usually transfer data faster.

Coopson · 9 Nov 2023 at 16:47

z10m said:
This is what I'm currently getting on my Quest 3, it would probably go faster but it looks like cpu is struggling with that speed plus adds on the website because its very stuttery and ping is way too high.

Gotta love Virgin Media's down to upload ratio 1GB down 100Mbps up, great..

Ravenger · 9 Nov 2023 at 16:50

Coopson said:
Gotta love Virgin Media's down to upload ratio 1GB down 100Mbps up, great..

That's a limitation of cable technology and isn't specific to Virgin Media. It was originally designed for TV delivery so didn't need massive upload speeds. That limitation still exists today though it has been improved.

Coopson · 9 Nov 2023 at 16:54

Ravenger said:
That's a limitation of cable technology and isn't specific to Virgin Media. It was originally designed for TV delivery so didn't need massive upload speeds. That limitation still exists today though it has been improved.

Nah Richard Branson keeping all the upload for himself the greedy git.

Ravenger · 9 Nov 2023 at 16:58

Coopson said:
Nah Richard Branson keeping all the upload for himself the greedy git.

Well there is that theory I suppose. Probably using it in Virgin Galactic to provide extra bandwidth to SpaceShipTwo

ShiWarrior · 9 Nov 2023 at 18:46

I don't know if I'm going to regret it yet, but I've spent all day moving my room around, not finished quite yet but furniture in place, I can now get to shelves better now (I hope) but I'm not sure if I got more or less space for VR....

ShiWarrior · 9 Nov 2023 at 19:36

z10m said:
sideloaded android app and the resoult is definitely better

How did you improve your download speed?

That's very fast

Infidelus · 9 Nov 2023 at 21:13

There was mention of 4XVR earlier in this thread. I have a couple of 3D Blu-ray movies now so I'd like to watch them in VR. I currently use Skybox VR for my films but that doesn't (yet) support 3D MVC and I'd rather not have to convert them to side-by-side just to do that. Skybox are apparently looking at adding MVC support so I'm happy to wait a bit to see if that materialises but I'm curious if there are any other compelling reasons that 4XVR is better and worth the extra ~£20. I stream all my films over the network and both apps support that, which also means I don't care about USB support.

Thoughts?

z10m · 9 Nov 2023 at 21:26

ShiWarrior said:
How did you improve your download speed?

That's very fast

Previous speed test was using website and this one using app.

z10m · 9 Nov 2023 at 23:50

Infidelus said:
There was mention of 4XVR earlier in this thread. I have a couple of 3D Blu-ray movies now so I'd like to watch them in VR. I currently use Skybox VR for my films but that doesn't (yet) support 3D MVC and I'd rather not have to convert them to side-by-side just to do that. Skybox are apparently looking at adding MVC support so I'm happy to wait a bit to see if that materialises but I'm curious if there are any other compelling reasons that 4XVR is better and worth the extra ~£20. I stream all my films over the network and both apps support that, which also means I don't care about USB support.

Thoughts?

4XVR runs at 120hz and gives me 100% smooth playback where skybox does not and drops or doubles some frames even at 72hz which in theory should be mostly smooth (3x24fps).

steve5424 · 10 Nov 2023 at 00:10

Infidelus said:
There was mention of 4XVR earlier in this thread. I have a couple of 3D Blu-ray movies now so I'd like to watch them in VR. I currently use Skybox VR for my films but that doesn't (yet) support 3D MVC and I'd rather not have to convert them to side-by-side just to do that. Skybox are apparently looking at adding MVC support so I'm happy to wait a bit to see if that materialises but I'm curious if there are any other compelling reasons that 4XVR is better and worth the extra ~£20. I stream all my films over the network and both apps support that, which also means I don't care about USB support.

Thoughts?

Only reason why I've kept my PS4 and PSVR around so I can still watch my 3D Blu-Rays easily.