4558

Yeah, I wish Oculus hadn’t abandoned stand-alone headsets and had done something visually comparable to the Reverb G2. The Quest 2 looks better than the older one, but it’s not in the same league as the Reverb. And since I want this mostly for sims, with standing/controller games just a nice bonus, the visuals are key.

But boy, Oculus is less hassle than dealing with Steam VR and WMR (and Revive, if I can get it to work).

4559

Yeah my G2 will be pretty much exclusively for seated games too, so I’m not that concerned.

I am hoping the controllers work well enough for No Man’s Sky though, which by nature is a slow-paced grindy affair where I find myself looking around while my controller is busy doing something else. Rift S controllers work well here.

And I got the Quest 2 specifically for the wireless standing/room-scale stuff.

4560

It seems some of the hardcore VR simmers are watching this thread now. I too have a Reverb G2 on its way to me soon-ish (pre-ordered in August). I have only had PSVR up until this point, but I am excited to try some PC based games. Currently Star Wars Squadrons on PC with the G2 is the top of my desire list, but other games will follow.

Beyond that, I should just go ahead an order this set of batteries for the G2?

Most critically, I can’t decide if it is worth it to go full in on a Virpil stick and throttle. Or maybe a VKB set. I have been eyeing each of their sites for a month or so now, but still stumble at the price tag. I only have a console friendly Thrustmaster Hotas 4 right now.

4561

If you’re only playing sims you won’t really need the batteries. Squadrons for example doesn’t use touch controllers.

But when you play other stuff, apparently yeah you will need batteries that put out 1.5v, which rules out the old NiMH rechargeables.

And I guess if you play a lot you will burn through cheap alkalines pretty quick given battery life on G2 isn’t the best.

Those EBL looked good but also consider the Jugee ones, which seem more ‘modern’ to me. They have a really flat power output, only dropping down from 1.5v at the end of the charge cycle, unlike most other rechargeables.

This was pretty positive:

4562

Can you recharge 1.5v rechargeables in a normal Sanyo Eneloop charger?

4563

No, these are lithium-ion batteries, different tech to the Eneloop’s NiMH, so need their own charger.

The EBLs and Jugees mentioned above both come with a charger.

4564

I just ordered whatever Denny recommended and didn’t even bother to look at what came with it lol. I guess I really trust him :)

4565

It’s a nice set. :-) It includes Ltihium eight batteries and an eight-battery charger that plugs into any 2A+ USB charger. The 8-battery charger is a bit of overkill since four batteries will usually be in use…

4566

The new Oculus Link looks insane on 1.3 render quality and using USB 3.0. I think I still prefer Virtual Desktop for roomscale games but for Squadrons it’s great to have such clear images.

4567

Okay, I fixed my ReVive problem. It was an IUE. (Idiot User Error.) I’d read that having the Oculus service running when using a WMR/SteamVR headset could confuse DCS, so I set it to manual startup.

If you’re gonna run Oculus games, you kinda need the Oculus service… Ooops. Set it back to Automatic Startup and proceeded to load Vader Immortal II with no problems, and play a round of the Oculus version of Beat Sabre with no issues. Even checked out the cityscape scene in Oculus Dreamdeck. (Which is even scarier with such a clear view.)

4568

Has anyone tried jailbreaking their Oculus Quest 2? I read sometime ago it was possible now.
edit.: removed what was me being annoyed.

4569

Dis you need a previous Oculus device to play Oculus games with the Reverb 2?

4570

The Rift S has a camera on top of the headset, that the G2 hasn’t. How is the tracking when putting the controllers above your head?

Similarly, the Quest 2 cameras are on the corners, while the G2 lateral cameras are very on the sides, it seems to me that it could have blind spots putting the controllers directly below the headset.

4571

It never was published. There are some people saying it was fake all along.

4572

If you want to control it automatically this helps.

4573

oh - ok, thanks!

4574

Humble bundle has the Bethsoft VR games cheap right now.

Gorn is ten bucks, too

4575

Do you mind if I ask you all what games you like to play regularly in VR?
I’m curious to see what a cross-section of QT3 is using it for.

4576

Alyx and TWD: Saints and Sinners are my controller go-to’s. Alyx has had my head glued to a headset all this weekend.

I’m thinking that ED and War Thunder are going to be my HOTAS go-to’s. More sophisticated stuff like IL-2 BoX/DCS is fine but they’re too fiddly and require too much keyboard interaction for comfortable VR use.

I also use the Quest 2 for pancake headtracking, e.g. WoFF.

In short, I find myself being omnivorous with VR.

Forgot to throw SW Squadrons in there.

4577

In Death is my favorite. Rogue like archery shooter against gothic enemies.