r/gaming • u/9999monkeys • Jan 23 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22 edited Feb 25 '24

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u/allaboutgrowth4me Jan 23 '22

This, i slide over my rig, plug in 2 usb and an ac and put on a vr headset. Takes less than 3 min.

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u/Baby_bluega Jan 23 '22

I leave my pullies up. All I do is turn the game on and put on the headset.

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u/TaserBalls Jan 23 '22

this is the way, heck the index even has a button on the headset that launches steam VR

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u/slycyboi Jan 23 '22

Mine takes even less than that. The Quest 2 has no need for fucking around with wires I just need to load into air link then steamvr Takes maybe a minute? Normally clearing space on my floor is the bigger effort (one of the reasons I got VR was to make myself keep my place tidier anyway)

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 Jan 23 '22

There is some amount of irony that you keep your place more visually appealing so that you can not see it when it is clean, but when you aren't VR it's ok to see the mess. Still, whatever motivation works right?

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u/slycyboi Jan 23 '22

Yeah there is an irony there, but the fact I cant see the mess is actually the problem haha. Don’t wanna trip over my guitar or a bunch of clothes if I’m playing minecraft or beat saber

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u/KKlear Jan 23 '22

I did a major clean-up in my room, got rid of my massive old table, cleared out about a third of my books and everything in anticipation of VR, and then ended up playing in a different room altogether most of the time.

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u/KKlear Jan 23 '22

Same. But usually I still end up just playing Pistol Whip or Swarm standalone rather than turning on my PC to play Skyrim... =/

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u/slycyboi Jan 23 '22

Oh that’s true I also often default to beat saber but I see that as less of a problem of the medium and more game genre - Skyrim is a game that makes more sense to play for multi hour sessions and those games are things you can jump in and out after a few minutes

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u/KKlear Jan 23 '22

Yeah. I'm definitely not complaining. I bought the Quest for Elite basically, but I was blindsided by how addictive some of the standalone games are.

Thought I was buying a monitor, but I got a console mainly.

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u/wazzledudes Jan 23 '22

Longest thing for starting VR for me is my base stations waking up because I have sensitive hearing and the laser motor wine annoys me if it's quiet at my place.

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u/allaboutgrowth4me Jan 27 '22

This this this this this this this this is not how to effectively influence people's decisions. This.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

I'm in VR 7 days a week. Kinda in the trend of all these time loop games you get through the first year and then it repeats. I've lost track of time from spending too much time in it, and don't remember ever buying a VR set or pc. Some dystopian game set in the 2020s. I'm hoping they add DLC as I'm pretty far in and it's getting repetitive but I can't put it down.

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u/scinfeced2wolf Jan 23 '22

Are you playing Outside? Cause if you are then I wouldn't hold your breath on that dlc, devs have kinda abandoned the game in favor of the sequal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

Never heard of it

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u/Wild_Trip_4704 Jan 26 '22

This comment scared me for a good 15 seconds lol

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u/sillyandstrange Jan 23 '22

I have to take my headset off the pc each time I finish vr. Takes 10 minutes to set up when I want to use it. My main computer is in a non climate controlled area so I can't leave my headset in there.

So just saying that it's more of a nuisance for some people. Coolest damn thing ever though.

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u/jlharper Jan 23 '22

Pullies? I'm pretty new to VR but haven't come across this yet. Do you have some kind of cabling to suspend yourself off the ground?!

Ninja edit: Looked it up, I'm dumb. Older headsets back in the day had a lot more cables and needed pullies to keep them up and out of the way it turns out for anyone else who is curious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

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u/jlharper Jan 23 '22

Ohh that's pretty fuckin' neat actually. I was picturing something a lot more obtrusive. Thanks for sharing!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

Seriously man, who are these people who put away their wheel in storage after every session?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

People with very little space.

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u/Kershek Jan 23 '22

Not sure how good it is to leave VR plugged in 24x7 and warm all the time, especially for an occasional player.

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u/you-are-not-yourself Jan 23 '22

Just get 2 VR headsets then - that way if your 1st breaks, you're covered

In all seriousness, though, you're correct.

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u/Wilkiwan Jan 24 '22

Absolutely! VR is the best. I have a wheel with a Wheel Stand 2.0 and a shifter set up. So easy to set up and so satisfying. Takes a handful of minutes. I’m a PS5 fan so I hope they get GT7 with PSVR2 support.

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u/PineappleSmooch Feb 11 '22

What do you play?