[Official] Oculus Quest 2

[xkm1948]

I have it! Ok, first impressions are that the HMD itself is small. I pulled out my Gear VR black version with usb C connection and it's much smaller than the Gear VR. It feels pretty good putting it on, but not as good as my Rift S with it's halo strap, but taking the quest 2 on and off so far is better than Rift S. I can agree with all the reviews and say the strap is it's worst feature, but not terrible. The FOV feels bigger than the Rift S. Pressing it closer to my face and it gets even better. So, I can see users wanting a thinner face padding like my 6mm padding I bought for my Vive.

I had a hard time pairing the Quest 2 to my Oculus app because the Quest 2 wasn't showing up. I finally uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it resolved the issue. I have setup mulitple gardians in different rooms and the Quest 2 remembers them. Speakers seem to be the same not bad and pretty good when sharing between people, but headphones will be better. I have figured out one more thing that I don't care for and hopefully the Elite strap solves it. The strap placement on the sides of the Quest 2 seems high and if you don't pull the strap down far enough in the back it feels like the bottom of the headset is going to flip up.

The Visuals are amazing! The controllers feel much better than my Rift S controllers. The controller straps are better than the Rift S. The battery doors are no longer magentic and feel much tighter and the spring for the battery is tigther as well. The store is much different than the PC store. It's going to take me a little while to figure out where things are but so far the store feels much better with a lot more features like hand tracking and events.

I've only got to use it for about 15 minutes. I have it charging now. I have to get some work done.. haha

Work? Who needs work?

Nice. Keep the reviews coming.

I assume all this is currently under 72Hz?

 

[Mindweaver]

Work? Who needs work?

Nice. Keep the reviews coming.

I assume all this is currently under 72Hz?

So far I'm loving it the more I use it. I will get a better strap but for now, it's fine. I'm waiting to see what comes out of the 3d printing community. All along I've been underwhelmed with the 360 vr stuff on Youtube using my Gear VR. I mean it's been good but not great. It has a great screen but it's oled and you can see the screen door effect. The youtube app on Steam seems to be busted as well for my Rift S and no where as good as the youtube app on the gear vr.

Well, the Quest/Quest 2 app is way better. It's pretty amazing at the 360 content on Youtube so far. My gear vr youtube app is cap at 60 fps I guess. The Quest 2 app is much smoother even if it's locked at 72hz atm.

I'm still trying to find the sweet spot using the OG strap. The home enviroments are much better on the Quest 2 than my Rift S. So far I've only played Big Screen and it's no different in quality as the PC version. I'm going to try more tonight. Well that if my wife doesn't kill me.. I still have to break the news that I bought it.. haha I'll keep the updates coming.

 

[Space Lynx]

I want to get the quest 2, but I don't have a facebook account and I heard if you make a blank one they will ban you... bleh...

 

[xkm1948]

I want to get the quest 2, but I don't have a facebook account and I heard if you make a blank one they will ban you... bleh...

That thing is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over blown.

At this age and point, you are already pretty much leaking personal info within 5 miles radius wherever you go as long as you carry your smart devices with you. Besides FB does not know what is a real account versus a fake one. It does not verify your social security number or driver license number. All you need is just a legit email address which you can get a free one JUST FOR THE SAKE OF A FB ACCOUNT.

Internet is full of the doom and gloom type and lots of folks just take a talking point as gospel and repeat it without diving into it. I am not a fan of FB's practice. At the same time I have been using FB to stay in touch with my friends since 2007. It is not gonna hurt you.

So far I'm loving it the more I use it. I will get a better strap but for now, it's fine. I'm waiting to see what comes out of the 3d printing community. All along I've been underwhelmed with the 360 vr stuff on Youtube using my Gear VR. I mean it's been good but not great. It has a great screen but it's oled and you can see the screen door effect. The youtube app on Steam seems to be busted as well for my Rift S and no where as good as the youtube app on the gear vr.

Well, the Quest/Quest 2 app is way better. It's pretty amazing at the 360 content on Youtube so far. My gear vr youtube app is cap at 60 fps I guess. The Quest 2 app is much smoother even if it's locked at 72hz atm.

I'm still trying to find the sweet spot using the OG strap. The home enviroments are much better on the Quest 2 than my Rift S. So far I've only played Big Screen and it's no different in quality as the PC version. I'm going to try more tonight. Well that if my wife doesn't kill me.. I still have to break the news that I bought it.. haha I'll keep the updates coming.

I use VEER for my VR video content, also VIve Video has loads of high quality content. If I really want Youtube VR, I just use FireFox VR browser. It works quite well. Oh and also Virtual Desktop. VD is also great for viewing adult entertainment VR haha.

 

[Space Lynx]

so I can plug Quest 2 into my PC to play steam vr games like half life alyx? main thing im worried about is 72hz and how long will the way be for 90hz unlock especially if we have hardware that can easily run 90hz... :/

 

[Mindweaver]

I use VEER for my VR video content, also VIve Video has loads of high quality content. If I really want Youtube VR, I just use FireFox VR browser. It works quite well. Oh and also Virtual Desktop. VD is also great for viewing adult entertainment VR haha.

I somehow broke Firefox from using VR with Youtube. Do you mean the Firefox Vr app on VivePort? I remember installing WebVR but it now WebXR and it works with some stuff, but youtube still doesn't work. I haven't put much time into resolving it. I doubt I will now because the app is so much better on Quest 2 which tells me even Firefox is caping videos at 30 or 60 fps. My Quest 2 videos are so much smoother. Roller costers are very enjoyable now. The Disney 360 stuff people are posting that 4k and up are really good.

I didn't get to play it last night but I hope to get to later today. I'll jump in at lunch and check out some stuff and report back.

so I can plug Quest 2 into my PC to play steam vr games like half life alyx? main thing im worried about is 72hz and how long will the way be for 90hz unlock especially if we have hardware that can easily run 90hz... :/

Yes, you can use Quest 2 to play PC games. Check youtube there is already Youtubers playing it with Virtual Desktop wirelessly at 90hz and prefer it over their Rift S. Also, like @xkm1948 said it's not as bad as everyone is say about using a FB account. They just want to know your not a bot. Most sites have something in place to catch bots and ban them. We have that here. If we didn't then we would be over run with spam. If you get ban then it only takes a responses to the email they send you telling you that you were ban. I mean you are going to buy software from there store. I would want to use a real account not a trash account for those purchases. You don't have to use the FB account as a FB account where you post about your eating habbits or pictures of your family.

 

[Octavean]

I don't know how true it is but I've been hearing about Facebook banning some new Quest 2 users.

 

[Mindweaver]

I don't know how true it is but I've been hearing about Facebook banning some new Quest 2 users.

Yeah, but they are making a big deal out of nothing. You just have to verify that you are a real person and not a bot.

@Everyone
Quest 2 update - I'm loving it so far. It's not perfect by no means but what you are getting for $299 is amazing. When I say not perfect by no means I mean comfort-wise. So far this can be fixed with buying the Elite strap. I would still rather have it as is and be 50 bucks cheaper with an upgrade path than adding the extra elite strap and charging more money. I'm thinking about adding a Frankenquest to mine. I have a Deluxe Audio Strap and a 3d printer to print the adapters. I'll update you later.

 

[Octavean]

Apparently, someone is offering a ~$5000 USD award to anyone that can jailbreak the Oculus Quest 2,......

 

[Mindweaver]

Apparently, someone is offering a ~$5000 USD award to anyone that can jailbreak the Oculus Quest 2,......

Yeah the guy offered it last week. I posted it on one of the Quest 2 threads but can't remember which one. It sounds cool and I hope someone does.

@Everyone

I'm going to Franken Quest my Quest 2. I'm printing adapters to test it out. I just need to find the old clips for my old Vive headstrap to replace it. I'm probably going to let my friend use it or buy it fairly cheap. I have a few mods I'm going to try.

Franken Quest

 

[xkm1948]

My wife VETOed my Oculus Quest 2 purchase proposal.

Took her to Micro center. She tried it out, did not like the headstrap and low refresh rate ( She is super sensitive to low refresh rate) She was nasuated and had to sit there for a good half an hour to catch her breath. Her impression for the whole experience is just "feels cheap"

Looks like my quest for OQ2 finishes here.

 

[INSTG8R]

That’s rather a disappointment for their newest device was that on it’s own hardware? Think it would be any better/different run through PC? Or is it just bad hardware?

 

[Octavean]

Well supposedly it will support 90Hz,.....eventually but it won't initially be any higher then the old Oculus Quest at 72Hz.

If the IPD isn't set right it can also cause nausea in some people.

The issue isn't really how it effects some other people but rather how it effects you as the principle user.

 

[Mindweaver]

FrankenQuest is done except for fine-tuning and small changes as I use it. Check it out I also, repurposed my dk1 case.

Case

Inside (Notice I have my controllers in a bag inside the HMD)

Content (Extra Battery and Lens cloth)

Content2 (View of the added battery)

Battery cable management

My wife VETOed my Oculus Quest 2 purchase proposal.

Took her to Micro center. She tried it out, did not like the headstrap and low refresh rate ( She is super sensitive to low refresh rate) She was nasuated and had to sit there for a good half an hour to catch her breath. Her impression for the whole experience is just "feels cheap"

Looks like my quest for OQ2 finishes here.

I mean most of the stuff she didn't like can be fixed with addons. It's built with addons in mind. The strap has a modular design. Also, using SideQuest you can unlock 90hz. I've already done it. Plus, 90hz is coming officially soon. The FrankenQuest and extra battery fixed everything negative I had for the Quest 2. I would much rather have a cheap headstrap design over them adding something and charging another 50 bucks for something I may change later. I can only imagine what 3rd parties will bring to this design. Carmack has already said that it will run at 120hz in his FB connect 8 talk. So, don't give up hope so quickly, and trust me 90hz is great. SideQuest is amazing. I hope to update my thread today as well.

EDIT: The left-side adapter split, but I'll plan to reprint another one today. I may just glue it back. It doesn't affect they way it holds the DAS it's just visual.

 

[xkm1948]

FrankenQuest is done except for fine-tuning and small changes as I use it. Check it out I also, repurposed my dk1 case.

Case

Inside (Notice I have my controllers in a bag inside the HMD)

Content (Extra Battery and Lens cloth)

Content2 (View of the added battery)

Battery cable management

Oh man you are the MASTER of VR Crafting haha. Amazing results. If I am to retire my Vive DAS for Quest2 I am gonna hit you up for the blueprint for the adapter.



So an unexpected story from me and my dentist.

I went in to my university dental clinic for some root canal operation. While the dentist was working on my teeth, he started talking about this "NEW AMAZING TECHNOLOGY" and this "AMAZING GAME" called Half Life Alyx. Well with my mouth full of dental equipment I almost choked on that. He stopped and asked me whether I was OK. So I asked him "have you got to the headcrabs yet?"

Dude I have never seen this 50 yrs old dentist be that happy. He was like "OMG OMG OMG YOU PLAY VR TOOOO?" And I told him I have been doing it since 2016 when Vive first came out. He was shocked!

As it turns out he was a PSVR player and got soooo hooked onto VR that he got a Quest 2 on launch day. So far he is LOVING it in VR.

 

[Octavean]

Oh man you are the MASTER of VR Crafting haha. Amazing results. If I am to retire my Vive DAS for Quest2 I am gonna hit you up for the blueprint for the adapter.



So an unexpected story from me and my dentist.

I went in to my university dental clinic for some root canal operation. While the dentist was working on my teeth, he started talking about this "NEW AMAZING TECHNOLOGY" and this "AMAZING GAME" called Half Life Alyx. Well with my mouth full of dental equipment I almost choked on that. He stopped and asked me whether I was OK. So I asked him "have you got to the headcrabs yet?"

Dude I have never seen this 50 yrs old dentist be that happy. He was like "OMG OMG OMG YOU PLAY VR TOOOO?" And I told him I have been doing it since 2016 when Vive first came out. He was shocked!

As it turns out he was a PSVR player and got soooo hooked onto VR that he got a Quest 2 on launch day. So far he is LOVING it in VR.

I still have a PSVR and expect to use it with the PS5 whenever I can source one (sometime after November 12 one would think). The PSVR is old tech now and even the original Oculus Quest looks better. One can only imagine that the Oculus Quest 2 has much better visual fidelity.

 

[Mindweaver]

Oh man you are the MASTER of VR Crafting haha. Amazing results. If I am to retire my Vive DAS for Quest2 I am gonna hit you up for the blueprint for the adapter.



So an unexpected story from me and my dentist.

I went in to my university dental clinic for some root canal operation. While the dentist was working on my teeth, he started talking about this "NEW AMAZING TECHNOLOGY" and this "AMAZING GAME" called Half Life Alyx. Well with my mouth full of dental equipment I almost choked on that. He stopped and asked me whether I was OK. So I asked him "have you got to the headcrabs yet?"

Dude I have never seen this 50 yrs old dentist be that happy. He was like "OMG OMG OMG YOU PLAY VR TOOOO?" And I told him I have been doing it since 2016 when Vive first came out. He was shocked!

As it turns out he was a PSVR player and got soooo hooked onto VR that he got a Quest 2 on launch day. So far he is LOVING it in VR.

Man, I'm telling you I forgot how much I missed my DAS! haha it's great on the Quest 2 and yeah when you get your Quest 2 hit me up on the adapter if you don't have a 3d printer. Here is the link to the adapter on Thinaverse if you have a 3d printer. I have a Creality Ender 3 great cheap printer that's open source. I got it for around $225 on amazon.

That's a great story! Half-Life Alyx is so great! I can't wait for more people to start playing it. The way it sounds like he reacted is exactly how I act when I find VR users.. haha Also, about the Quest 2 I'm just blown away at how good it is this early. I mean nobody is even really taking full advantage of it right now. The tracking feels even better than my Rift S.

That's the only thing I miss about the Vive is the controller tracking but it's very rare you need to truely track them behind your back for a long period of time. The actual tracking behind my back is actually pretty good when making fast motions. Like reaching for things and using bows. It's just when you try to lose tracking and put your hand behind your back and wait a few seconds then you notice the controller just stuck in space but once it comes back into view it's good.

I'm still blown away at how I can go into any room and within a few seconds have a gardian boundary setup and it will remember it when ever i go back. Inside-out tracking is the future for ar and vr. Plus quest 2 has hand tracking out of the box. I haven't used it yet but I will soon. My daughter is into harry potter so I plan to pick up walts of the wizard and let her have at it. It has full hand tracking.

 

[xkm1948]

The major roadblock is non tech-savy people will not be able to get the 90Hz working flawlessly right away. My dentist dont know what I am talking about when I mentioned 72Hz versus 90Hz. Most of these folks expect Plug and Play.

He actually plans to get an Index and he is already in queue for Index. Only reason he got Quest2 was because his daughter is super into VR fitness.

 

[Mindweaver]

The major roadblock is non tech-savy people will not be able to get the 90Hz working flawlessly right away. My dentist dont know what I am talking about when I mentioned 72Hz versus 90Hz. Most of these folks expect Plug and Play.

He actually plans to get an Index and he is already in queue for Index. Only reason he got Quest2 was because his daughter is super into VR fitness.

Yeah and that the big selling point of the Quest 2 is it being aio. I don't know if I would buy an Index at this point. Tyler just put out a video of a recent talk with Gabe and Tyler thinks they are working on a Index 2 that will be easier to build sort of like the Quest 2 but still with highend VR in mind. Valve still only wants to push the tech and only offer highend which is good. I can maybe see the Index go on sale this holiday season once they catch up with sales. They are only out 2 weeks now.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong I'd love to have an Index, but after having a Rift S without having to deal with Lighthouses and now Quest 2. I don't even want to put up my lighthouses or my ceiling cable managment.. lol

 

[Octavean]

Apparently there are reports of the Quest 2 Elite Strap breaking:

There may be a problem with the Quest 2 Elite Strap design

Many people are reporting Oculus Quest 2 Elite Straps are breaking under light use. Facebook may be dealing with a product defect.

www.tweaktown.com

 

[Mindweaver]

Apparently there are reports of the Quest 2 Elite Strap breaking:

There may be a problem with the Quest 2 Elite Strap design

Many people are reporting Oculus Quest 2 Elite Straps are breaking under light use. Facebook may be dealing with a product defect.

www.tweaktown.com

I was so close to buying one on day one.. but figured I'd wait to see other options. I'm glad I waited and used my DAS. Hopefully this is just a bad batch and not all of them. The DAS had issues at first where the padding would lose it's first layer of material. That had a big backlash as well. I choose to keep mine. It justed washed off with warm water. I thought it was fine it just lost its shine.. ahaha This is bigger but it sounds like FB/Oculus is responding quickly to these Elite strap breaks.

I have to say using SideQuest to unlock 90hz and set CPU and GPU to max, and Set default Texture Size. The texture settings is 512, 768, 1024, 1280, 1536, 2048, 2560, and 3072. I have mine set to 2048 and it's smooth at 90hz and a nice bump in resolution. It's crazy as much as I like the PC version I think I like the Quest Version more due to not having any wires and it looks really good.

 

[Octavean]

Apparently, someone is offering a ~$5000 USD award to anyone that can jailbreak the Oculus Quest 2,......

It looks like someone or a group will be collecting that reward.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the Oculus Quest 2 has reportedly been hacked.

 

[xkm1948]

It looks like someone or a group will be collecting that reward.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the Oculus Quest 2 has reportedly been hacked.

And a good chance TPU news staffs would never cover these good stories, as they only want to paint VR in a bad light to please the relatively large "we hate every new technology" crowd here.

 

[Mindweaver]

It looks like someone or a group will be collecting that reward.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the Oculus Quest 2 has reportedly been hacked.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting to think about what modders will be able to do having access to root. If I'm being honest I'm pretty pleased just having SideQuest and all the bells and whistles from FB's software/games push. I've had multple open HMD's with a ton of crap shovel ware. As much as I love SteamVR the games could be better.. for every good game you have 100 bad games..

And a good chance TPU news staffs would never cover these good stories, as they only want to paint VR in a bad light to please the relatively large "we hate every new technology" crowd here.

Let's not be too hard on the Staff. We are over worked and under paid! haha Wait can you consider no pay as under paid?.. lol I'm a glass half full kind of guy let's hope that VR continues to grow and we get more great news for them to report on.

 

[xkm1948]

Yeah, it's pretty exciting to think about what modders will be able to do having access to root. If I'm being honest I'm pretty pleased just having SideQuest and all the bells and whistles from FB's software/games push. I've had multple open HMD's with a ton of crap shovel ware. As much as I love SteamVR the games could be better.. for every good game you have 100 bad games..


Let's not be too hard on the Staff. We are over worked and under paid! haha Wait can you consider no pay as under paid?.. lol I'm a glass half full kind of guy let's hope that VR continues to grow and we get more great news for them to report on.

Take a look yourself with news from TPU that are tagged with VR.

There are only 2 types in terms of titles:
1. Press release
2. VR something something dead or VR something something bad.


Don't trust me? Let's see some clicky baity titles and comments shall we?

Deleting your Facebook Account Makes You Lose Ownership to Oculus Games
Looking for a Paperweight? Buy an Oculus Quest 2 and Get Your Facebook Account Locked
The VirtualLink USB-C VR Headset Connection Standard is Dead
Facebook Technologies Stops Sales of Oculus VR Headset in Germany
Have Some Facebook With Your VR: Facebook and Oculus Integration to Become Mandatory
Valve Removes SteamVR Support on macOS
Half Life: Alyx - The VR "Killer App" That Likely Wasn't ------------Like WTF? One of the most innovative game in 2020 and our news staff call it dead
2018 Was the Year of VR Headsets - Except it Wasn't, According to Steam Hardware Survey


Look at the amount of comments (interactions == site traffic ==potential ad revenue) for ANY article that paints VR in a bad light. Instead of presenting a story unbiased, the news staff likes to generate click baits to feed the trending TPU culture of hating on any type of new technology.

Anyway, nothing I can do and nothing I can change. Haters will always be haters. Not my job to shovel stuff under their nose and tell them (be open minded for new tech just once).