What Virtual Reality games are you playing?

Quest 3 is the best bang for buck, and that's significant bang.

3s is a great entry point for also brilliant price.

Personally I'd look on your local Facebook for very cheap 3s or even q2, to try it out. At this point you should be able to get a q2 for £100 or less. Q2 will give you a solid introduction to the tech.

Or check the members market here.
 
Last edited:
you have 2 types of tracking
Base stations - laser tracking basically, the most accurate but requires a fixed room setup.
SLAM tracking or inside out - Simultaneous Localization and Mapping - tracking is relative to the headset and data pints in the room, its becoming the standard, more flexible but not as accurate.

be aware there are some difference between the quest 3s and quest 3.

you have a lot to read up on so ask questions :) and people will do there best
 
Worth noting that all the headsets mentioned in the last few posts (Cosmos/Quest 2/3/3S) are inside out tracking and do not require base stations
 
@arc@css forgot to say we have various people and groups on the forum which enjoy social games, so if it helps there will be people you can play online with a fair few titles.

worth moving your post to an independent thread so it doesn't get lost.
 
Last edited:
I picked up the Alien VR game finally yesterday.

Not played yet as too much football / rugby on!

However will have a play later and let you know how it goes. If I don't post it's because I had a heart attack...
 
arc@css said:
I don't mind which unit I purchase providing it gives me a good experience, and although I have no set budget,
I tend to prefer to buy hardware which sits in the VFM segment of high-end, if that makes sense. :)

I didn't realise there were 'base stations' involved, or, for that matter, different versions, e.g. 128GB through to 512GB.

Plenty to read up on.
Click to expand...

It would probably be worth having a shot of a VR unit before buying, some people can get bad motion sickness from them. A lot of games have mitigating settings to help with this though and besides you get used to it.

Once that's ruled out, the next key difference for me would be the lenses; fresnel or pankcake. The latter can bloom a little in very high contrast scenes, but the large sweet spot makes it worth it for me and it's also a higher resolution. Also, the Quest 3 has genuine continuous eye adjustment, as opposed to three presets which may not match your eye positioning - although you can bodge it in-between the three presets.

If you are going to be mainly PCVR, then the storage size may not be quite as important. I got the 128GB version of the Quest 3 as I'm mainly PCVR, but I do have a few standalone games and it fills up fast, so I wish I had got the 512GB. That's not an issue now with the Quest 3 as it's only 512GB, but if getting the Quest 3s I'd be looking at the 256GB version.

Link to specs comparison (OC don't sell the Quest so I'm hoping links are ok?)

Argos currently have the Quest 3 (512GB) on sale at £445 and the Quest 3s (256GB) at £330 (Amazon have it at £320). It's only a little more than a tank of petrol difference for better spec and twice the storage.

It can be a little daunting at first when you fire up the Quest, but it's pretty intuitive. There's also other non-game stuff that is pretty cool including YouTube videos in 180° and 360°, pretty cool 3D animations, 3D documentary type stuff and you can even watch 3D movies (although it's a bit of a faff). When it comes to PCVR, it can also seem daunting but there's tons of help around and it's much better now compared to back when I had the Quest 2. Oh, regarding PCVR, if doing it wirelessly then it's highly recommended to have a dedicated router for it and ideally WiFi 6 rather than using the shared household one. I went with the ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400, but that was almost four years ago.

Good luck with your VR journey should you start it.
 
Oh and the big thing about VR online gaming is avoid playing with Randoms unless you can help it.

It used to be that VR gaming's audience was quite mature due to the expense needed of headsets and the PCs used to play it, but now with Quest headsets being standalone and much cheaper, there's a lot of kids on there who aren't the best people to play with.

Team up with people on here and you'll have a way better experience.
 
depends on the kids tbh. i had a good experience when i played forefront, i had a young chap teaching me the basics to get me up and running quickly.
the game i was on sunday quickly wasnt so bad for what i stayed for, just lots of frustration
 
arc@css said:
After all these years, I'm considering trying VR out for the first time.

What's the recommended options for a decent headset?

TBH, I don't have much of an idea which games are even VR capable, though I believe there's a version of Doom 3 in VR, which I would love to try.
Half-Life Alyx is another, IIRC?

I should add I'm running an AMD GPU, which might not be in my favour where VR is concerned?
Click to expand...

Your PC is perfectly capable of running VR. You are fine on that front. As for VR capable games, you will be surprised at how many games out there are VR capable. Most of the flight sims and cars sims, Elite Dangerous etc. can be played in VR. A lot of games have VR mods available, like Skyrim, Alien Isolation, Fallout 4 etc. Then there is a whole host of actual VR games, like Half Life: Alyx, Walking Dead Saints and Sinners, Vertigo, Boneworks etc. etc. If you get the Quest 3, you will have access to a whole lot of games that you can play standalone, exclusives to the Quest, like Batman, Assassins Creed Nexus, Asgard's Wrath. etc. There is so much to do in VR.

There is really only one option for the beginner without spending too much money and that's buying a Quest headset. So many second hand Quest 3 headsets out there. Or keep an eye on the member's market here. You might be lucky and get one with a aftermarket headstrap and facial interface. Even buying new, the Quest 3 is still great value.

If you decide to get the Quest 3. Two things you need to be aware of, first, you are probably going to want to replace the stock strap at some stage. It's something that you should budget for.
Second thing: You need decent Wifi. And the Wireless router that you are connecting the Quest 3 to needs to be hardwired(at least Cat 5E Network cable) back to the computer your games are on. Again, it's not something to worry too much about in the beginning but something that you will probably look into changing down the line.

Any other questions, feel free to ask.
 
Richard Burns Rally is incredible in VR! It's the only thing that I can ran on Pimax Super at 150% resolution and it's a wild experience - massive elevation changes, jumps, drops, camber changes, sheer cliffs, narrow roads with tons of sprite vegetation that looks real above 30mph... And believable physics to boot.

Nowadays RBR is a simple install, with all QOL updates and VR patches already patched in.
Highly, highly recommended even if you've never been a fan of rallying before (like me). Steering wheel is a must, I'm also using my joystick for handbrake :)
 
Last edited:
Started Arizona Sunshine 2. Not sure how I feel about it, I think coming from the Remake instead of the original I'm not feeling it as being as much of an upgrade. Not keen on the running scenes, especially when the dog runs through a door and shuts it behind him locking me out to be mauled. Seems a little more buggy as well, but still a great game.
 
Rezzil have a game out called Premier League Player. It's now free. It's a soccer game where you use your arms as legs. :cry: Yeah, it sounds funny and it plays funny. It's frustratingly difficult to play soccer without using your feet. I am only posting it here because I never heard of it until yesterday. There is no real game, it's just a collection of mini games and special game moments from real premier league games. The various stadiums you play in look amazing. However the player models look like crap.

If you really like soccer, it's definitely worth trying out. Nothing to lose.
 
I splashed out this Black Friday and bought Marvel's Iron Man on the Quest 3. My extravagance knows no limits :p

The game hasn't grabbed me at all. It doesn't play as good as I expected. I don't feel much like Iron man to be honest and it sometimes feels I am just playing a series of cutscenes.

And speaking of cutscenes, the bits where you are talking to the crowd from the stage are terrible.
 
A new update has dropped for Fallout London VR with a new installer that handles upgrades and the new Rabbit and Pork DLC, so I think I'll try to get that working later. Not tried that on my 5090 yet :)
 
I've bought Solara One and maybe 2 or 3 others I can't even remember tbh :p oh and I bought a new 512GB Quest 3 because my original one is tired now, it works fine on the whole but little niggles here and there so I paid £320 for a brand new 1 from Ebay, I've checked on the Meta website the S/N is already registered to my Meta account and thankfully it hasn't bricked by Meta due to being stolen etc like I feared it might have been.
 
Last edited:
Tried the new Fallout London VR installer last night and it's just such an easy process to get the game running. It's almost a 1 click install.
Just download the GOG Fallout London and install and as long as you have FO4 installed, the VR Installer makes it incredibly easy. It even copies across the new Rabbit and Pork DLC.

Click on the VR shortcut and it just works first time.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom