VR On A budget

ZeusMC · 23 Jun 2021 at 17:17

I'm wondering, is it possible to get a cheaper Chinese smartphone that is quite close to say the Galaxy 7 series spec? Then overclock, mod it so I could run VR sci-fi games on it. Know little about CPUs, overclocking, but am interested in electronics, amateur radio. I love sci-fi would be great to do VR affordably.
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Unseul · 23 Jun 2021 at 17:26

Would have thought a second hand quest 1 would be the easiest way to actually get a half decent experience at the lowest budget.

Ravenger · 23 Jun 2021 at 20:49

Unseul said:
Would have thought a second hand quest 1 would be the easiest way to actually get a half decent experience at the lowest budget.

Yep, any of the other options are poor VR and poor value for money.

Mind you, a Quest 2 isn't hugely expensive either.

KeanuIsLife · 3 Jul 2021 at 16:51

Yeah I don't think that's going to get a good enough experience to be honest. The 64gb Quest 2 is probably the absolute best bang for your buck unless you can find a Quest 1 for sub £200

varkanoid · 3 Jul 2021 at 17:23

Problem with the phone VR is lack of dedicated controllers. Better off picking up a Quest/Quest2 better all in one package and cheap.

silvagti · 7 Jul 2021 at 12:31

Yeah, basically an Oculus Quest is the cheapest option for VR that gives you the full experience.

You can get an Oculus Quest 1 for around £150-175 second hand going by eBay. Though the Quest 2 is worth the extra outlay IMO if funds are available.

Playstation VR is pretty decent as well though by the time you get the PS4, headset, cameras and move controllers it'll probably work out more expensive than a Quest.

chroniclard · 7 Jul 2021 at 12:34

What exactly are you wanting to run in VR?

BigBANGtheory · 8 Jul 2021 at 11:20

yeah in terms of value and budget the Quest 2 64GB is your starting position and then you have to comprise on price vs. quality from there

2nd hand could be an option but you'd need to get one from a reliable source as you could inherit something with faults and being out of warranty, personally I wouldn't waste ur money on trying to get a VR HMD experience via any smartphone

Mr Badger · 8 Jul 2021 at 16:14

Do you currently have a PC that will run games or not?

DONOHUE07 · 3 Aug 2021 at 09:41

These VR hacks were quite common a few years ago, but to be honest they are quite crap now.

A Quest2 or second hand Quest1 gives you a wonderful VR experience

rayraydj · 17 Aug 2021 at 21:16

You can't really call 3 degrees of freedom "virtual reality", at that point it's just a screen strapped to your face. 6 DoF is what you're going to want, and a smartphone isn't going to get you near that

rayraydj · 17 Aug 2021 at 21:17

If you have an alright pc, consider maybe buying a rift cv1, they're going for fairly low prices