I had 2 q2s, so sold one, my boy uses the other.
Quest 3 owners etc
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I had 2 q2s, so sold one, my boy uses the other.
How long does the beat sabre addiction last, Nothing seems to pull me more into wanting to play on the quest 3 and my shoulders are killing meThan and the kids keeps taking the high score and they shalt not pass !!
Yeah, the high score thing will keep you locked in for a while!
Just brought one, arrives tomorrow, first proper VR.
Any tips or suggestions please?
Start with First Steps, it's a free Meta offering that introduces you to the controllers and VR, and how the buttons are typically integrated in most games. And it's quite fun. Good one to show to family because it takes them through the controls, and you still get to watch them dance with a robot.
First Encounters. Shows off mixed reality really well, play in a room with a bit of furniture, or even a bed, since it's all 3d scanned, and it's impressive to watch the fuzzies get hidden behind real objects.
Unlike a poster above, I would absolutely not recommend rollercoaster sims, especially as a first time introduction. It's the quickest way to lead to VR motion sickness.
You should still get Asgards Wrath 2 for free I believe, as it's a new purchase. It's a 90 hours game, that you unlock new abilities constantly in the opening sagas. Great game, wish I found the time to do more of it.
The following games are generally cheap (and you can get 25% off with a referral, feel free to send me a DM if you want one, I get £4 credit, you get the discount)
Walkabout mini golf. Absolute staple of VR. Cheap to buy the "base" version, a huge number of DLC courses that you can play if you play with someone who has paid for it. Gorgeous simple graphics, and one of the best social games out there. If you fancy it, there's a group of us from the forum, who usually play this every Monday evening, 8pm. Check out the Social Gaming thread.
Eleven table tennis. Mixed reality has massively improved this for me, since now I can still see the real world whilst playing, meaning I'm at no risk of hitting the tele!
Thrill of the fight. Simple graphics, mixed reality allows you to "fight" in your home, no chance of accidentally uppercutting your toddler or wife, hell of a workout!
Beat Saber. Surely you know this!
Pistol Whip. Another rhythm game, but shooting enemies and dodging incoming bullets, can be a good workout on the hard difficulty.
In death unchained. Archery based game. Roguelite. I've not played it so much now, but I have put a lot of hours into it, so definitely got my moneys worth! Still dip in occassionally.
Demeo, table top Heroquest like game, upto 4 players. Quite a few fun adventures, another one to play with a group, you can go online to play with randoms.
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Rec room is free, if you have a group to play with, a lot of fun, even if simple graphics etc.
I've got a 4090, so hopefully I'll be good.
I'm going to try and sneak out of work later and pick one up and see if the hype is real
Quite looking forward to playing through HLA for the millionth time.
I don't know if you need the meta app on your phone yet? Maybe. You may be able to still get the referral credit. You'll need to remove any other headsets from your meta app first. Then follow a referral link when activating your new headset. £23 store credit for you and your referrer (happy to DM mine if you don't have a mate you can give it to!).
Then you can spend some of that credit on Walkabout Mini Golf, and join us on Monday evenings (we do play other things, but that's the staple).
Nausea as advised, stop as soon as you feel sick. Don't try driving/flying sims yet, don't do rollercoasters either. Try and stick with stationary experiences at first, where your movements are directly reflected (demeo, eleven table tennis, beat saber), also try games with teleportation movement. If you need glasses in every day life, you might need them for VR too.
As for disassociation, it's normal enough, usually stops in the first week or two as your brain works out the differences.
The manager probably has no clue what he's doing. Talk directly to meta.
Did you order it online? Doesn't matter if you picked up in store. If ordered online you have 14 days to return it anyway.
You only picked it up less than 2 weeks ago right? Any online order, regardless of instore pickup (I believe), gives you a 14 day cooling off period. You can return it. Unless it specifically states where you ordered, that there's no cooling off period (and I don't believe it would qualify).
Take it back, tell them you want a refund, if they tell you you claimed it wasn't working properly, you've got them coming an going.
Argos have a 30 day cooling off period anyway: https://help.argos.co.uk/help/refunds-&-returns/returns-product-support-and-repairs/returnsproductsupportrepairs#:~:text=If you've changed your,with the tags if applicable)
Changing your mind about something you've bought
What you can do if you’ve changed your mind about something you’ve bought - your rights, whether you can take it back and get a refund or an exchange.
EDIT - It's in good condition, resealable packaging I presume etc.
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99% sure that's not important. Especially when it comes to the 14 day online purchase law. You are allowed to change your mind, even if opened. It cannot be damaged/marked etc, but as long as it is working correctly, all accessories etc present, they have to take it back and refund.
Accepting returns and giving refunds: the law
When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers
You are allowed to open the items to actually find out you don't want them (wrong size being a classic example).
Meta Support has always been good when I've needed them.
Long hold of the oculus button normally does it.
You can use a referral for it, so make sure you do. There's a few steps to it, but you can get £23 store credit, as can whoever refers you.
Otherwise it's more of less plug and play replacement.
Some sort of headstrap replacement/insert will be useful, and I'm waiting on the vrcover facial interface.
You just need a new device and to do it right. I've guided people here on how to do it before and it worked.
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Look, I can only tell you that it's worked for @teaston and @Infidelus at least that I can confirm (since I got the free credit for referring them both as well).
It's worked before, and I see no reason why it wouldn't continue to do so, whatever the terms state. It has worked.
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Sometimes the headsets can still show in the web browser version of your meta account, so make sure it's removed from both.
Last night I left my headset charging and turned on. When I came to fire it up this evening there was a message in the menus stating that I needed to log into the mobile app or website www.meta.com/devices and input a code displayed in the headset. Now I've got a FirstTimeNux icon in the menu which wants to teach me how to use the hand controllers.....
I must be a noob
I believe it's from the meta/facebook and a ton of other services crashing. Basically a lot of people have needed to log back in. I've not fired mine up since, so don;t know if I'll need to or not.
When developers have gone hard with it for the q2, it becomes extremely glaringly obvious on the q3.
Put a powerbank on the back with some velcro cable ties or hairbands. The counter weight improves comfort, and it gives longer gaming sessions.
Pick up a cheap second hand quest 2. It'll give you enough of an idea if you enjoy it, and you can resell it for not much if any loss.
As soon as you feel sick, you need to stop. You will build up. Try things with teleportation at first. Racing sims will be one of the hardest things, so build up
.Walkabout mini golf is amazing in a group, and you happen to have a built in group to this forum, who play every Monday evening (usually minigolf, but it varies), just look in the social gathering thread here.
Asgards Wrath 2 is good, although I've dropped down on my vr playing time, so haven't done much with it recently.
Demeo is a nice table top adventure game. Beat saber is of course a classic, pistol whip is fun too.
Before buying much, mention here and request a referral, it'll save you 25%, and give the referrer £4 free credit.