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Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by FractalHQ on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:24PM (#32242750)
My Quest 2 runs glorified arcade games with 20 year-old graphics. What games are you playing that you enjoy for more than 5 minutes? Beat saber and VR-Chat bore me to death.
Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by QuantumGood on Thursday July 28, 2022 @11:00AM (#32265263)
• Eleven table tennis is absolutely terrific with or without adapters.

• Biking/walking through interesting locations (museums, beautiful nature) together with my disabled wife is wonderful.

• Contemplating while visiting some beautiful locations such as Horseshoe bend from above is very nice.

• Biking through brightly-lit locations while actually being in the dark in my air-conditioned bedroom while my wife sleeps is nice.

• I don't play the games, but the best of them have enormous dedicated followings

• Viewing 3D pictures taken by users is often interesting.

• I find anything approaching porn very creepy, but imagine that the "virtual live sex doll" nature of it is very popular.

Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by rblatz on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:38PM (#32242918)
Demeo and Echo Arena are great if you have friends that also have a Quest 2 you can play with. I'm past the age where I want want to risk the enjoyment of my limited gaming time to the random match maker gods.
Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by phkahler on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:51PM (#32243078)
Assume you mean Echo VR. Fantastic game! I agree that playing with random people can be a downer, so I've "friended" several people who are competent players and not annoying. One likes to play private matches with 10 known "adults" and it's amazing.

It's not all about graphics, it's about gameplay, cooperation, competition and good sportsmanship with some friendly ribbing. I've got more than 2K matches in and still play a couple times a week until the battery dies.

Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by rblatz on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @04:06PM (#32243281)
Ha I guess you are right, not sure when they rebranded it from Echo Arena to Echo VR.
Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by BudaDude on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:38PM (#32242910)
- Blade and Sorcery

- Star Wars Vader Immortal, is so good I can only compare it to a Disneyland ride.

- Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners

Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by nickthegreek on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:32PM (#32242850)
I logged hundreds of hours in Demeo. Also enjoyed Puzzling Places and walkabout golf.
Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by arbitrary_name on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @04:47PM (#32243759)
Population One is awesome, great first person shooter in VR.
Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by ilaksh on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:50PM (#32243056)
Eleven Table Tennis

There is also Golf+ plus I am way more into table tennis.

Re:Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD by dmix on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @07:49AM (#32249343)
Resident Evil 4