Meta VR Headsets (5 Viewers)
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Otis
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For that last sentence, you are still talking about the headset aren't you and not your daughter?
Ian1779
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I don’t have Facebook either but my wife set it up from her account easily, so he had a child Meta account connected to her Facebook account.
You can link it, don’t know exact details though.
Covkid1968#
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I’m not in to techie stuff but this gives me an opportunity to brag about my cousin who won an award for his creation of Apples VR headset . We don’t have a lot in common… he lives in California in a huge house with a swimming pool and earns millions and I don’t! But he’s a top lad who I used to tell him he’d make nothing of his life by playing video games all day. Since then he’s won a BAFTA for his programming work on a TV series and did the programming on the Apple headset. Fricking geek!!
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My 11 year old lad has one and he uses it quiet often, I used it for the other night as I have always wanted to be a Jedi and it’s great fun but very hard work.
Nick
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Ha good exercise?;
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It was but I am sure I looked a right twat, weird when I took off the glasses I was facing in the other direction than I expected plus I find it hard to stay in the circle
Nick
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Do you end up punching the stuff around you?
I don't have a massive amount of space so don't want her putting my TV through.
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shmmeee
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I’ve got a quest 2. Youngest, the iPad kid, loves it. Job simulator is a massive hit. Haven’t dared tell her Roblox is available yet lol.
shmmeee
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It’s fucking weird. Mostly cos you look down and it’s some stacked black dude with a 12 in cock and not a pasty fat white guy packing 4 inches.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Alkhen
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My kids loved Job Simulator on the PSVR, hours of fun on that. Literally the only game they played for more than 10 mins.
Actually considering a meta quest as the PSVR is such a faff to set up and requires loads of space.
shmmeee
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Yeah mr PSVR broke that’s why I no it the quest
RegTheDonk
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Had the Quest 2 for nearly 2 years now, play it quite often ... usually virtually with my lad or one of the grandkids, who have their own.
My grandaughter borrowed mine for a while and used it a lot, mainly in kids type apps like Rec Room, VR Chat or Meta Quest Horizons. Plenty of kids doing kids things there, but obviously tell her to watch who she friends, you never know. Suggest you also look at Sidequest VR and see what would be suitable for her ... it lists things available to download via your Quest account, but not necessarily listed in the Quest store if that makes sense.
As an adults I find it a lot of fun and multi or PvP is very engaging. Pavlov is a decent shooter; 11 is a very responsive table tennis game; and somone like you who works out, there's plenty of fitness progs to try. IB Cricket is pretty good and once they finally update it so you can bowl as well as bat in a match, pretty sure it'll be a big seller. VRFS is a free, multi-player football game available from the "App Lab" which is great fun though difficult to get to grips with. Amazingly, when you speak and everyone realises you're an old fart, they flock around and want to help you rather than take the piss. Sorry though Nick, unfortunately you can't two foot anyone from behind.
My grandaughter borrowed mine for a while and used it a lot, mainly in kids type apps like Rec Room, VR Chat or Meta Quest Horizons. Plenty of kids doing kids things there, but obviously tell her to watch who she friends, you never know. Suggest you also look at Sidequest VR and see what would be suitable for her ... it lists things available to download via your Quest account, but not necessarily listed in the Quest store if that makes sense.
As an adults I find it a lot of fun and multi or PvP is very engaging. Pavlov is a decent shooter; 11 is a very responsive table tennis game; and somone like you who works out, there's plenty of fitness progs to try. IB Cricket is pretty good and once they finally update it so you can bowl as well as bat in a match, pretty sure it'll be a big seller. VRFS is a free, multi-player football game available from the "App Lab" which is great fun though difficult to get to grips with. Amazingly, when you speak and everyone realises you're an old fart, they flock around and want to help you rather than take the piss. Sorry though Nick, unfortunately you can't two foot anyone from behind.
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RegTheDonk
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Think you can also use other Meta/Facebook apps to register like Instagram.
You can watch normal YouTube through the built in browser, but there's also a YouTube VR app ... a bit limited for the amount of content IMHO but has some nice panoramas.
You can link it to a PC which is handy for charging*, though you are a bit limited to playing PC games that are compatible (and don't involving standing up as the cable can get in the way). Flying Fokker would probably love the flight sim games and Elite Dangerous, though not a great game, is very immersive visually. A cable is very handy for charging up while you play but the official usb cable is bloody expensive ... however, but you can get a decent one from Amazon for about £20.
* Fully charged, my Quest runs for about 1.5 hours until the battery is drained. However, a good investment was a BoBoVR kit where you can stick on an external battery if you run out. The headset is a lot more comfortable that the one that comes with the actual Quest too.
RegTheDonk
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They have recently released a Roblox app, but it's a bit laggy apparently. Grandaughter tried it but reckons the Xbox runs a lot better. It's free so nothing ventured etc.
RegTheDonk
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Yes
Nick
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Thanks for the helpful stuff @RegTheDonk
Argos have a Black Friday offer with a £50 gift card when ordering so going to go for one! Just the 2 for now but if she gets use out of it will look at a 3 next year!
Argos have a Black Friday offer with a £50 gift card when ordering so going to go for one! Just the 2 for now but if she gets use out of it will look at a 3 next year!
SkyBlueCharlie9
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Kids have had one for about 2-3 years when in lockdown. They still use it a lot. Some of the games are great and the graphics on the Stars Wars one with fighters flying over is incredible and like you are actually in a film. However would advise researching games before buying as some graphics are very cartoonish and a bit naff.
Downsides my kids have knocked stuff off mantlepiece as they loose orientation. In some games when you virtually move about, I get motion sickness feeling very quickly.....but I'm an old git and kids don't seem to suffer! Not sure whether the headsets and screens impact on kids eyesight/health but hopefully Meta etc will pay me for my kids being guinea pigs !
Downsides my kids have knocked stuff off mantlepiece as they loose orientation. In some games when you virtually move about, I get motion sickness feeling very quickly.....but I'm an old git and kids don't seem to suffer! Not sure whether the headsets and screens impact on kids eyesight/health but hopefully Meta etc will pay me for my kids being guinea pigs !
RummerBlue
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Definitely seems to affect some people more than others. I'm ok, but Mrs who couldn't even hack the basic 3d gogs in the cinema would paint the room with vomit
Nick
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Definitely seems to affect some people more than others. I'm ok, but Mrs who couldn't even hack the basic 3d gogs in the cinema would paint the room with vomit
Was that on the VR Porn site?
Alkhen
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I just followed suite on that Argos deal for my kids Xmas present. Mainly because the PSVR is such a ballache to set up!
Bit shite the small print says the £50 voucher is only redeemable in a window during early Jan. Will have to set a reminder to do that. Bet they do it like that in the hope people forget!
On a side note looks like you can now set up quests without FB just using their meta quest app.
Will be keeping my eyes peeled for meta store vouchers on offer over the next month or so. Of anyone spots any deals let me know
Nick
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I just followed suite on that Argos deal for my kids Xmas present. Mainly because the PSVR is such a ballache to set up!
Bit shite the small print says the £50 voucher is only redeemable in a window during early Jan. Will have to set a reminder to do that. Bet they do it like that in the hope people forget!
On a side note looks like you can now set up quests without FB just using their meta quest app.
Will be keeping my eyes peeled for meta store vouchers on offer over the next month or so. Of anyone spots any deals let me know
Yeah have to apply in January, pain in the arse but I've set a calendar reminder with the link in!
ProfessorbyGrace
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Am I…missing something here, or is this intentionally random?
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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We are still talking about VR headsets...yes?She's used it about 5 times
Alkhen
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Mine use there's a lot but only seem arsed with about 4 games, all of which they had on PSVRShe's used it about 5 times
Oh well saves me dealing with wires and crap.
They do seem hyped for the Taskmaster VR game that is released soon so that's something.
Hope you remembered to redeem your Argos voucher? Mine is spent already
ProfessorbyGrace
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I’d be genuinely interested if anyone has had a mishap with Quest 2, like the guy on YouTube who literally dived into his 50 inch TV like a flying squirrel, whilst playing it.
Nick
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Mine use there's a lot but only seem arsed with about 4 games, all of which they had on PSVR
Oh well saves me dealing with wires and crap.
They do seem hyped for the Taskmaster VR game that is released soon so that's something.
Hope you remembered to redeem your Argos voucher? Mine is spent already
Yeah I used that
Oh she did mention she wanted an escape room game but if there's taskmaster she will love that!