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Re:Oculus Quest 2 by akhilcacharya on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:49PM (#24496823)
$300 is what I paid for my Windows Mixed Reality headset, which is also inside out tracking. Works phenomenally well with Half Life Alyx.

But I do agree that it seems like a killer value - I'll probably preorder one!

Re:Oculus Quest 2 by chaostheory on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:27PM (#24497385)
yeah but WMR requires a PC. Quest is an all in one device that you just turn on and put on your head.
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by anilakar on Thursday September 17, 2020 @03:08AM (#24501952)
I'd compare the Quest 2 to Nintendo's Wii and Switch. It's probably a good platform for the few exclusive titles that have been designed from the ground up to work on the gimmicky controllers and below-than-average hardware specs.
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by chaostheory on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:58PM (#24507047)
The old Quest can play Steam games. The new Quest addresses Quest 1's performance issues. When Quest 2 is linked to PC, I doubt most people would notice any large differences from Quest 2 vs say WMR or older gen Vives and Rift.
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by bserge on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:17AM (#24502285)
You can use the Quest to play PC games, too.
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by filoleg on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:22PM (#24498102)
that's why Oculus is killing off Rift S. Because Quest can do the exact same thing, but also function as a completely standalone device, all for $299/$399. It is indeed a killer value proposition.
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by VRay on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:12PM (#24499653)
> Quest can do the exact same thing [as a Rift S]

There's multi-frame latency and compression artifacts involved in this. It's really disingenuous to say that a Quest 2 is unambiguously better than an actual PC VR headset

Re:Oculus Quest 2 by bserge on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:20AM (#24502296)
Oculus Link uses USB-C
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by NavinF on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:22AM (#24513905)
What does that have to do with anything?
Re:Oculus Quest 2 by akhilcacharya on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:26PM (#24499266)
I do disagree there - the additional latency and compression artifacts are noticeable from some of the reviews of the Quest 1. I think the experience is still going to be better for graphically intensive games with a tethered headset.