Who owns a VR or AR HMD?

Octavean · Oct 31, 2021

Unfortunately the Oculus Quest 2 arrived when I was out of town for the weekend so I won’t likely have any time with it until later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

I did bring the Oculus Quest v1 with me and have been logging some time playing “Half-Life: Alyx” and “Lone Echo”. Both games are great and are also good for pixel peeping. This should help with the comparison but the real test would probably be Quest games that have improvements for Quest 2.

bonehead123 · Oct 31, 2021

Liviu Cojocaru said:
I had an Oculus Rift bundle, got it for 399£ and I did use it for a while then I got bored with it. It's a nice gadget to own but I think it still needs to evolve a lot, I sold it for the same price so did not lose anything...I'll go back to VR when it gets better

I've tried all 4 of the OP brands, and they were fun..... for about 15 mins..... then y/A/w/N....

I returned 1, resold 1, and gave the other 2 to younger relatives, so as Livid said, once the tech matures and is actually useful for something other than playing games, then perhaps I will take anutha look

Mindweaver · Oct 31, 2021

Octavean said:
Unfortunately the Oculus Quest 2 arrived when I was out of town for the weekend so I won’t likely have any time with it until later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

I did bring the Oculus Quest v1 with me and have been logging some time playing “Half-Life: Alyx” and “Lone Echo”. Both games are great and are also good for pixel peeping. This should help with the comparison but the real test would probably be Quest games that have improvements for Quest 2.

I can say without a doubt get Walking Dead Saints and Sinners for Quest 2. It's also cross-buy. You'll get it on PCVR Oculus app as well. Also, I'm really enjoying Resident Evil 4. The weapons feel satisfying to shoot, but RE4 is a much different game than Saints and Sinners. SS was built for vr from the ground up and you can tell.

r9 · Oct 31, 2021

Samsung Odyssey+.

Mindweaver · Oct 31, 2021

r9 said:
Samsung Odyssey+.

Nice! Also, heads up you can add your VR HMD to your system specs.

68Olds · Oct 31, 2021

I have an HP WMR 1440^2 headset w/ controllers that I got on closeout years ago. It works great with the old racing sim Live for Speed. I also want to see if it will work with MS Flight Sim 2020 - that will be awesome if it's compatible.

Mussels · Oct 31, 2021

68Olds said:
I have an HP WMR 1440^2 headset w/ controllers that I got on closeout years ago. It works great with the old racing sim Live for Speed. I also want to see if it will work with MS Flight Sim 2020 - that will be awesome if it's compatible.

I had that and gave it to my brother (who never uses it!)

They should work with anything out, still

toilet pepper · Nov 1, 2021

I just traded my Rift S for a Quest 2 as I'm planning to go wireless. Any tips or tweaks I should do to make Air link as work best as possible? I already have a Wifi 6 router next to it and the BoboVR Halo strap is on the way. (The stock strap sucks)

Mindweaver · Nov 1, 2021

toilet pepper said:
I just traded my Rift S for a Quest 2 as I'm planning to go wireless. Any tips or tweaks I should do to make Air link as work best as possible? I already have a Wifi 6 router next to it and the BoboVR Halo strap is on the way. (The stock strap sucks)

You should be set with your wifi 6 router in the same room. Try airlink and virtual desktop. Right now I like virtual desktop better. I just upgraded my Orbi wifi mesh system AC2200 to a Eero Pro 6. My Orbi system work ok with airlink and great when no one was at home. My satellite doesn't have an ethernet port and our new house does not have ethernet port in our computer room.. yet.. lol Funny thing is that it's ran everywhere else but where we have our office.

The biggest thing with airlink is that you need to have your pc wire/ethernet connected for the best results. My Eero pro 6 should be here today. I'll make an Airlink/Virtual Desktop thread to get a feel of what everyone is using. Comfort wise the Rift S is still better, but visually the Quest 2 is better and the ease of use having wireless out weight the Rift S. Plus, the Quest 2 is actually getting some great games.

Mussels · Nov 1, 2021

This is why i like my wired-wireless setup with mesh networking - the repeaters have eth out, so i can have a PC with eth, with full wired speeds to a wifi device in the same room - but both could have slow internet access yet full AC1200 to each other

Mindweaver · Nov 1, 2021

Mussels said:
This is why i like my wired-wireless setup with mesh networking - the repeaters have eth out, so i can have a PC with eth, with full wired speeds to a wifi device in the same room - but both could have slow internet access yet full AC1200 to each other

Yepper, That's exactly why I picked up the Eero mesh system. I could have bought another sat that had ethernet but it was going to cost me 3/4 the price of the Eero wifi 6 system. I have a friend that has the ac1200 google mesh system and his works flawless due to what you said. That's what give me the itch to upgrade.. lol It should be here today. I can't wait to see how well it performs.

Steve-007UK · Jul 14, 2022

Just picked up a quest 2 with carry case, strap and battery and another spare cooling headband thing.
I'm not sure if its the 128 or 256gig version but got the lot for £250

AMF · Jul 14, 2022

ifu like it cool i just cant get into it wearing crap on my head and whatnot

xtreemchaos · Jul 14, 2022

Mindweaver said:
Comfort wise the Rift S is still better

i find the quest 2 with the BOBOVR mk 2 headstrap better comfort and cooler on the face than my rift s.

Steve-007UK · Jul 14, 2022

I have the rift s to and love it but i have a small room so the quest 2 allows me to use the wireless and play games in a bigger room haha

anfazi54 · Jul 15, 2022

oculus rift and samsung vr

Mussels · Jul 16, 2022

This thread reminds me i need to set up a 'seat saber' setup

lower back/leg issues make it too painful to stand, but if i can just pretend i'm short and sit maybe i can keep this up for another decade

Steve-007UK · Jul 16, 2022

Finally picked everything up now to give the PC a damn good clean and pack the Rift s up then do some cable management then its time to have a drive or play some other VR game

Mussels · Jul 17, 2022

I got myself a powered 5 meter USB-C to USB-A cable, combined with a HDMI extension I should be good to go for VR anywhere

Now I just need to figure out how roof-mounted cable guides work without causing damage, i'm definitely not the home handyman type

r9 · Jul 17, 2022

Anybody tried F1 22 in VR ?
The default VR resolution is very low the the picture is very blurry.
I tried on the Samsung Odyssey+ and for one SteamVR doesn't show it in the list to set per game resolution and the in game override SteamVR resolution doesn't work either.
I tried setting the resolution in the hardware vr config file but anything than the zeroes that are there is crushing the game.
Basically same shit as Dirt 2.0.
Anybody has a fix for this ?

Mussels said:
I got myself a powered 5 meter USB-C to USB-A cable, combined with a HDMI extension I should be good to go for VR anywhere

Now I just need to figure out how roof-mounted cable guides work without causing damage, i'm definitely not the home handyman type

Got these from Amazon.
My ceiling is not smooth so I thought the adhesive they come with won't hold those for long but it's been a year now no issues and they work great.

Mussels · Jul 18, 2022

I must have closed a tab before finishing editing my post - i did get a kit from amazon that included adhesive that people seemed to like

I tried seated VR previously and nearly destroyed the built in cables to the headset and had issues reaching items on the 'floor' in game, but in hindsight i just need to calibrate the height if i change between sitting and standing

AlwaysHope · Jul 26, 2022

I avoid VR & AR headsets, they are too sophisticated for me.

Mussels · Jul 26, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
I avoid VR & AR headsets, they are too sophisticated for me.

Then what the heck is the webcam stuck on top of your head for?

DAPUNISHER · Jul 27, 2022

My son uses the Samsung Odyssey+.

Mrs. won a Quest 2 last month from a raffle.

I have the OG Quest, but use the Q2 now for streaming content since the screen is better.

I mostly use my Quest for Thrill of the Fight and Beat Saber.

Gratitude to @xtreemchaos for the BOBOVR info. I was intending to search for upgrades, since everything but the screen on Quest 2 is a step down from the first model IMO. Couldn't even keep the magnetic batter covers? BOBOVR with battery pack FTW. That will address the biggest complaints I have with it. Of course, it was free so can't complain too much.

Kwadratowicz · Jul 27, 2022

I've got HTC vive cosmos elite, and I'm only playing one game mcosu, rythm games are best in vr.

Processor	RyZen R9 3950X
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Taichi
Cooling	Coolermaster Master Liquid ML240L RGB
Memory	64GB DDR4 3200 (4x16GB)
Video Card(s)	RTX 3050
Storage	Samsung 2TB SSD
Display(s)	Asus VE276Q, VE278Q and VK278Q triple 27” 1920x1080
Case	Zulman MS800
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Seasonic 650W
VR HMD	Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest V1, Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 64bit

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Motherboard	AZW SEI
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Audio Device(s)	Yamaha ATS-1060 Bluetooth Soundbar & Subwoofer
Power Supply	65w brick
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2
Keyboard	Logitech G613 mechanical wireless
VR HMD	Whahdatiz ???
Software	Windows 10 pro, with all the unnecessary background shitzu turned OFF !
Benchmark Scores	PDQ

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Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / NVM3 PC801 SK hynix 1TB
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Case	Phantek "400A" / Dell XPS 8960
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Sound Blaster X1
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / 750w
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3 Hyperspeed Wireless / Glorious Gaming Model O 2 Wireless
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (512gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

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Display(s)	50" 4k TV \| Dell 27" \|22" \|3.3"\|7"
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+ \| Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro\|Windows 10 Pro\|Windows 10 Home\| Server 2012 r2\|Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Tower of Power / Delliverance
Processor	i7 14700K / i9-14900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II / Z690
Cooling	CM MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB Close-Loop AIO / Air
Memory	CORSAIR - VENGEANCE RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 7200MHz / DDR5 2x 16gb
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti / GeForce RTX 4080
Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / NVM3 PC801 SK hynix 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 32" Odyssy G5 Gaming 144hz 1440p, 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k / 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k
Case	Phantek "400A" / Dell XPS 8960
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Sound Blaster X1
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / 750w
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3 Hyperspeed Wireless / Glorious Gaming Model O 2 Wireless
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (512gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

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DAPUNISHER

Kwadratowicz

System Name	Gamer
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite WIFI
Cooling	Apogee XL, MCR360, MCP655, Micro-rez
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill DDR4-3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Red Dragon RX 6800 XT
Storage	WD SN850 1TB & SN750 1TB
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" 1440p 144Hz
Case	Rocketfish (Lian Li) e-ATX
Audio Device(s)	Harman Kardon HK695 2.1
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GM-750
Mouse	HP Gaming wired
Keyboard	Logitech G110 wired
VR HMD	HP WMR 1440^2
Software	Win10 Pro 64bit

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Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
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Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

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Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750 Gold SFX
Mouse	Glorious Model D Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2
VR HMD	Quest 2
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Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700x3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming.
Cooling	White arctic liquid freezer iii 360 a-rgb AIO.
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Storage	2 Samsung 860 EVO's 500gig / 2TB crucial P3-NVME / WD-BLUE SN550 1TB M.2 / SP A55 512gig / 8TB HDD
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Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G6 750W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Some cheap wireless thing
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa lite
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2 128gig version
Software	Windows 11 pro 64bit

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Motherboard	ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming $ 125 open box
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Keyboard	Corsair K57 50$
VR HMD	Dont give a damn about vr
Software	win 11 pro modded by me no ai no remote connections free hehe
Benchmark Scores	8188 multi 540 single cinebench r20

System Name	1.FortySe7en VR rig 2. intel teliscope rig 3.MSI GP72MVR Leopard Pro .E-52699, Xeon play thing
Processor	1.3900x @stock 2. 5950x undervolted . 3. i7 7700hq 4 E5-2699 V3
Motherboard	1.aorus x570 ultra 2. Rog b550 f,4 MR9A PRO ATX X99
Cooling	1.Hard tube loop, cpu and gpu 2. Hard loop cpu and gpu 4 360 AIO
Memory	1.Gskill neo @3600 32gb 2.corsair ven 32gb @3200 3. 16gb hyperx @2400 4 64GB 2133 in quad channel
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Storage	1 M.2 1tb +1tb , 2 3tb HDs 2. 1tb m.2 3tbHD 3. 256 m.2. 1tb ssd 4. 2gb ssd
Display(s)	1.LG 50" UHD , 2 MSI Optix MAG342C UWHD. 3.17" 120 hz display 4. Acer Preditor 144hz 32inch.z
Case	1. Thermaltake P5 2. Thermaltake P3 4. montech king 65
Audio Device(s)	1 Onboard 2 Onboard 3 Onboard 4. onboard.
Power Supply	1.seasonic gx 850w 2. seasonic gx 750w. 4 RM850w
Mouse	1 ROG Gladius 2 Corsair m65 pro
Keyboard	1. ROG Strix Flare 2. Corsair F75 RBG 3. steelseries RBG
VR HMD	rift and rift S and Quest 2. rog ally 2tb m.2 1tb SD.
Software	1. win11 pro 2. win11 pro 3, win11 home 4 win11 pro
Benchmark Scores	1.7821 cb20 ,cb15 3442 1c 204 cpu-z 1c 539 12c 8847

System Name	MESIN TEMPUR
Processor	INTEL XEON L5420
Motherboard	MSI P35 NEO2
Cooling	Deep cool ice edge mini fs v2.0
Memory	8 Gb
Video Card(s)	Radeon HD 7770
Storage	SSD 512Gb + HDD 2Tb
Display(s)	LG Monitor 24 inch
Case	Dark Flash Aigo
Power Supply	Corsair CV 450 W

System Name	Ryżem
Processor	AMD ryzen 2700
Motherboard	MSI b450 tomahawk
Cooling	Silentiumpc grandis 2
Memory	2x8gb corsair venegance
Video Card(s)	Zotac gtx 1070 Ti mini noctua industrial 140mm fan
Storage	500 GB Samsung 970 Evo plus, 3tb Toshiba p300, 1tb WD blue
Display(s)	Dell 21 inch fhd
Case	SilentiumPC regnum rg4t
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Seasonic focus plus gold 550
Mouse	Logitech Mx master 2s, g100, corsair dark rock pro rgb
Keyboard	Motospeed ck104
VR HMD	HTC vive pro
Software	Windows 10 ltsc