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I got one through an incentives program at work so went for the full blown model rather than one of the two S models. I've had it for a couple of weeks now and I'm seriously impressed with the thing. I had the PS4 VR headset but limited playing space and didn't like constantly pissing about with multiple leads and external camera every time I wanted to use it. With the MetaQuest I just hang the headset on the side of my desk and two controllers on the shelf. When I want to play it's 30 seconds to make a bit of space, stick it on and put the controllers on my hands and I'm away.

I'm obsessed with playing gun club and the mini Golf on it right now. And I've also done myself a right turn playing one of the boxing games as I'm really too old for that shit. 

If you can afford one then go for it. I'm lucky that my missus took an interest and is now considering paying half of the £469 bill I paid for it :-)

I got my son one for his birthday and I will get one sometime. Amazing never experienced stuff like that before.

You don't even need a computer. I've only had a little play with one and it is a must for the future. Awesome, it'll take your breath away.

Wahey!

VR is pretty cool mind, I mean, I know I sort of said my piece in regards to the different setups, and for me the PSV2 does come out on top, but the Q3 is still a nice bit of kit!

Get it tethered to the PC and get yourself into the Lone Echo's, the first one is outstanding in it's immersion, especially when you turn the anti-motion sickness settings off, and you can float/spin as if you are in zero gravity.

I had a ball with that, luckily, I don't suffer from motion sickness... Though, on the odd occasion, the illusion of height in some games has given me the odd wobble on when it has tricked and confused my mind and body, lol, a few times looking over a cliff or something I've had a little "woahhhhh" moment!  Hehehe

One old game I'd absolutely adore to see in VR is a modern update/remake of Descent that was on the PS1... I loved that game and think it would be perfect match for VR and, well, a sick bag!  Hehehehe

Dabz

Quote from: Pfaber11 on January 24, 2025, 04:00:53You don't even need a computer. I've only had a little play with one and it is a must for the future. Awesome, it'll take your breath away.

Good point. I should have mentioned that. You actually don't need to plug it into anything - apart from your head

You can link it to a computer as well, as Dabz said, and I assume that has benefits for maybe bigger games that take more processing, but I've not needed to and probably won't bother because I only have a windows laptop anyway, and it's a faff accessing the leads at the back to do all that. 

I loaded up drunkn barfight and had a play with that last night. Great fun slapping the crap out of bar punters and taking on the whole bar. Bit crap with the constant loading between rucks though. Lazy optimising, I reckon.

As for Descent, I remember it well from the PC desktops of the mid-late 90's. That would be a good game on VR, especially for the head-fuck that moving around does to you because it's like open space, so you could be moving forward in any direction as well as viewing anywhere else. That would probably be incredible, if a bit panic inducing.

I think I'd like to play something like the original Duke Nuke-em with this, though. Now that would be awesome. COME GET SOME !!!

With a monitor even first person 3D games are a window into the that world but with the Quest 3 you are in it almost literally, these things are incredible and expensive but, wow.

The next purchase on my PSV2 hit list:


This looks amazeballs and right up ones street!

Dabz

Yup, does look good on the video. Doesn't look like you can get it on the metaquest, however. Seems strange, as it is on PC, but I couldn't find it.

Reading up on it, it looked like it was intended for PSVR2 only, but the engine it uses is compatible with SteamVR, and the devs decided to target that as well... You should be able to play it via Link:

  Aces of Thunder on Steam

None tethered Quest 3 support, never seen anything in regards to that, so I wouldnt expect it as the engine doesnt cover it.

Dabz