Yessss

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 01/11/2019 at 16:23 • Filed to: None

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$120 from a coworker for this lightly used VR headset. Very excited to get home and thrash around in Assett o Corsa!

CaptDale - is secretly British > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/11/2019 at 16:33

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10/10 is fun!

Nibby > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/11/2019 at 16:33

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time for some VR porn

MM54 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/11/2019 at 16:33

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Neat

(knows nothing about VR stuff)

Mercedes Streeter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/11/2019 at 17:23

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TIL: Acer makes VR gear!?!?!

facw > Mercedes Streeter 01/11/2019 at 17:28

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There are a bunch of companies making Windows Mixed Reality headsets, though I’ve heard very little about whether they are actually good. HP, Acer, Samsung, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, etc. The Acer one is currently on sale for $200 with controllers, which is pretty nice deal if it works well:  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/vrandmixedrealityheadsets

facw > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/11/2019 at 22:42

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OK, you convinced me. These have gotten cheap enough that I’m willing to mess with one. Obviously the new Vive has some significantly nicer features, but it’s going to be a long time before that gets this cheap. Obviously $120 is nicer than $200, but probably worth the premium vs. trying to find some random used unit. I do sort of wonder if the fact the MS has this, as well as the Dell and Lenovo units (though those are sold out) on sale means they are giving up, but as long as it works with SteamVR there should be fun to be had. Hopefully it doesn’t suck!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > facw 01/12/2019 at 11:40

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They work great with SteamVR. Only issue I’ve found is that the hand controls are tracked via the cameras on the front of the helmet so if your hands go too far to either side and the camera loses sight of them things get a bit weird. 

facw > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/12/2019 at 14:53

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That’s good to hear. The reviews I looked at seemed indicate that the VR experience was not as good as the Vive Pro (and of course everyone raves about the Vive’s optional wireless), but seem to say this is more comfortable and easier to set up, and massively cheaper than the whole Vive setup. The biggest complaint seemed to be that Windows Mixed Reality can be used on machines that are way to feeble to actually hit the framerates needed at a resolution that looks good. On high-end hardware, it sounds like it is roughly on-par (with some pluses and minuses) compared to the Occulus and original Vive. Having not tried those, I may not notice even if it is worse, it probably doesn’t need to do much to out-pace the Samsung GearVR.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > facw 01/12/2019 at 17:14

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I do think the field of view is a little cropped compared to the Vive. It’s FAR more comfortable though. Like, no comparison whatsoever.