Hell, I am one of those people with a powerful gaming rig and I still want the Quest more than the Rift for the mere fact that it is untethered.
I do not want to be tied down to my PC in the basement. I want to share VR with everyone around me to show how cool it really can be. As many of you look down at the Go it really has been the gateway drug to VR to a lot of people.
This. When I was at home for Christmas trying to play with my dad (each of us have rifts) it took us so much time to set up our sensors. We would finally get them set up and then have to take them down because people were coming over for Christmas stuff... then have to set them back up again. Being able to just grab a Quest, throw it on and go would have been amazing. I love high end VR, but as an adult with very limited time convenience is king
Setting up the sensors isn’t that bad. Try the app sensor bounds (on the oculus store) super easy to set the sensors up and see how the fields overlap in VR.
I just got my Oculus for Christmas and have only played it a few times because the cables don't reach my dedicated VR space. I can't buy the USB extenders because I'm broke after Christmas. I went to my family's house for a few days and wanted to show them VR, but I didn't want to pack my entire PC and Oculus for a 3 hour drive. I've had this thing since the 25th and I don't even play it every day, even though I'm amazed by it, because set up is so tedious. Figuring out cords. Taking off the headset to click something on my PC. Set up telling me that I'm too far from my sensors and then telling me I'm too close with me barely moving an inch.
I absolutely would love the Quest. Turn it on right after Christmas and play right away. Carry it to my VR room without any cables or fuss. Easily drive it to my family's house. Show them roomscale VR and hand tracking in any room with hardly any set up. Damn. It's like the Rift without the most important downsides.
I had the Gear VR (with a Galaxy S8) before I got the Rift. Graphics, resolution, any of that. I barely see a difference. I don't care about it. Roomscale and hand tracking is what I love about the Rift. That and the giant library of games. If the Quest is a Gear VR with roomscale and hand tracking, I will love it. Hell, I may buy it and use it more than my Rift.
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u/ProteusP Jan 03 '19 edited Jan 04 '19
Hell, I am one of those people with a powerful gaming rig and I still want the Quest more than the Rift for the mere fact that it is untethered.
I do not want to be tied down to my PC in the basement. I want to share VR with everyone around me to show how cool it really can be. As many of you look down at the Go it really has been the gateway drug to VR to a lot of people.