Both games feature a magnet as the main character. Took me a little bit of watching to realise that he was showing footage of his game and not Mind Over Magnet

I don’t have experience with the quest 3 so I can’t tell you for sure, I’ve just seen people complain about it.

The Vive Pro uses fresnel lenses and comparatively is quite a bulky headset and is really showing it’s age. The Vive Pro 2, I have not tried it but the wireless adaptor can’t stream native resolution. Additionally it is still a very bulky headset. The wireless adaptor for these headsets is pretty expensive too. It’s also a bit fiddly with batteries and stuff though it worked for me. I’d be willing to bet it’s be out of your price range based on your post. The industry seems to have just decided that wifi streaming is the way to go for wireless, particularly over wifi 6 or 6e.

Talking about more things I don’t have experience with, you could try checking out things like Pimax but they’re also expensive and possibly fiddly.

In my opinion, there is no perfect option for VR at the moment and there aren’t a lot of options at the low end. Quest 3 seems like a good all rounder. PSVR2 is an alternative with few pros (including if you have a ps5) and a few cons (such as being bulky and I have seen some discussions on which has a better picture).

I really just want to see what Valve does.

Personally, I would rather get wireless working if I had a Quest 3 for PC VR because it’s a nice trade off for the compression. I’ve seen quite a few comments complaining about the lack of display port on Quest 3 due to the compressed video but I don’t know if that’s a vocal minority or not.

I used to have a wireless Vive Pro and I do miss the wireless a bit.

I don’t think Valve will go as premium this time. I think they’ve learned their lesson. I think the reason the Index costs so much is simply the lighthouse tech. Look at how much the base stations cost and how much the vive tracking pucks cost. Based on leaks/speculation (so, grain of salt) their current prototypes are using camera based tracking - which in theory, tells me they’re price sensitive

Haha oops.I definitely meant to type “virtual desktop” and not “cordial desktop”.

/Facepalm

As far as I’m aware, your options for mid tier are Quest 3 or PSVR2 with the PC adaptor.

I haven’t used either.

Quest 3 - if you buy a wifi 6 router that’s dedicated to quest 3 streaming, you can supposedly do passable wireless using either the Steam app or Cordial Desktop on Quest. As the other commenter said, you might want to consider a third party headstrap.

PSVR2 - No wireless option but there’s a cable (display port or HDMI - I’m not sure which) you plugin to your PC so the picture won’t have artifacting etc. Unfortunately eye tracking isn’t supported on PC. Also you won’t get the passthrough stuff you were asking about.

Pico 4 - I dunno much about. It has a display port connector and can also do wireless but no idea what it’s like or if it’s still considered an option. Also, if you’re avoiding Meta, I’m not sure byte dance is any better. I don’t know what the future holds for their vr plans

Then I think we start going up in price.

There is supposed to be some Android VR headsets announced this year (like from Samsung) and there’s also the possibility of whatever Valve is doing with deckard at the end of the year (but that’s all rumour, leaks and speculation).

Personally, I’d really love to see what Valve are doing but maybe that’s just my copium

The list was in the description of the video, but there’s no need to watch the video if you don’t feel like consuming video right now.

Iit’s a pretty humorous look at some of the more “out there” products at CES and I feel the enjoyment is lost in text but I know what you mean - not everyone has time for every video that’s posted.

Also I didn’t really realise the video title was clickbaity. I just see “Fireship” and I watch.

Similar vibes to the Lynx R1

I wonder if Epic and Gog would generate a ground-swell of support if they simultaneously announced official support for Heroic. Or even official cross-launcher support though I think Heroic would be a better long term bet.

This update also stops Windows VR headsets (WMR) from working. They decided to remove the drivers from this windows version onwards (which is the only way to get them), so it turns them into $600 paper weights.

You’re such a joker

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Single player.

• Half life Alyx
• Vertigo / vertigo 2
• Moss / Moss 2
• Walking dead: saints and sinners
• A fisherman’s tale
• Wanderer
• Star wars squadrons (YMMV)

Arcade-style games.

• Pistol whip
• Until you fall

Tech Demos.

• The lab (free tech demo by valve with some cool games)
• Job simulator

Multiplayer.

• Contractors
• Pavlov
• Legendary tales

No, I don’t think so. Maybe a couple but it’s a pretty wide net. Which ones did you think were?

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From the FAQ

I see this popup all the time since getting my 3080 and Reverb G2. I don’t recall it ever causing issues though.

I also don’t recall seeing it on my 1080 and vive pro (wireless) which is what I used to play the game the first time.

Unfortunately I have to second this

Pistol whip is also pretty great

In principal, I agree with mixing up your gaming time with other stuff but maybe you’re all good with that stuff and just looking for some ideas.

I noticed a lot of your gaming choices are very open ended experiences. Perhaps you could try playing a more “on rails” or story driven experience…

Ideas::
Sony games like Spiderman, Uncharted, God of War.
Psychonauts 2.
Titanfall 2 campaign.
Control. (? Maybe, I haven’t played it ).
Modern Warfare (the new cod) or the new Black Ops.
The latest Mortal Kombat.
Hades (1).

Or maybe something where short plays are the go, like rogue lites where you don’t feel like you need to play it forever. Good luck!

They’re just ideas but you hopefully you see what I mean. Only pick one though.

People are offering to pay for it because they understand that providing that feature would potentially cause lost revenue for Call of Duty, since (theoretically) players are buying skins so other players can see them.

I imagine there are a lot of potential solutions (I can think of a few at least) but Activision probably think the lowest risk is to do nothing.

Very nice, readable and aesthetically pleasing. I particularly like the mobile-width view.