No prices yet. I may never financially recover from this.

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Been waiting for this vr headset to release for years, only to find they’ve used lcd’s instead of OLED screens. I’m so disappointed and pissed.

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      3 hours ago

      They said they went LCD because of the light loss due to the lenses.

      I dunno if they could implement a controlled backlit array + high constrast panel layer at that scale, but it would be killer if they did and made it seem 80% like a real OLED.

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        2 hours ago

        Hmm. Ok. That’s fair I guess. Still bummed, but I guess I’ll give it a try when it’s released. Still better than a quest.

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      4 hours ago

      Fair assessment. It’s got all the bells and whistles except OLED. Makes me wonder if they’re planning on an OLED model in a year or two like they did with the Deck. They know there will be plenty of double dippers.

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      6 hours ago

      VR is the most expensive toy you will use for a couple of hours before getting bored of it.

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        3 hours ago

        I’ve already had a headset for years, and it’s incredible. You don’t know what you’re talking g about.

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        4 hours ago

        My 200 hour playthrough of Skyrim VR back in 2019 justified my headset purchase and GPU upgrade (gtx 1080, oooh, aaah) all by itself.

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          5 hours ago

          I guess that’s fair.

          I found most VR games I tried to be shallow experiences. Resident Evil was cool but it made me feel motion sickness after about 30 minutes.

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            5 hours ago

            It’s much better for games that were designed around VR in mind.

            Some of my personal favorite recommendations:

            • Beat Saber
            • Super Hot
            • I Expect you to Die (trilogy)
            • Half Life Alyx
            • The Myst and Riven remakes
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              3 hours ago

              Elite Dangerous is phenomenal in VR. Same for Star Wars: Squadrons. But I’m a big space sim fan.

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            4 hours ago

            Half life alyx was a solid game and I would expect valve to release another VR game for this things release. Even if not, there’s good stuff out nowadays.

            Although I don’t get the motion sickness that people have mentioned so maybe I have more options.

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            5 hours ago

            I’ll probably use VR mostly to play sims. Elite Dangerous, X4, I also have a few racing sims.

            But ultimately depends on the price. I’m not going to sell my organs for what is essentially a really cool immersive gimmick.

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              4 hours ago

              Racing sims are 11/10 in VR. Any cockpit game really. No going back for me.

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                4 hours ago

                House of the Dying Sun is a space sim with a strategic map view in addition to piloting a fighter yourself.

                It is so good in VR.