Is a Quest 3 really worth it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by DuckWrangler9000@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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I have been really tempted to jump into VR for a little while now, I tried it when the quest first came out, the very first one but it was too blurry and made me dizzy. I've considered getting back into it again, but the thing that has made me really hesitant is I've heard that VR is not in the greatest place and that it's really tough to find good VR games to play. For example, there's Fallout and Skyrim VR but they're not really in good shape, and it takes a lot of modding and tweaking to get them to actually work properly. But I'm curious what other people think. Do you think VR is in a good enough place to be able to play it and enjoy it long-term? Or is it some sort of short-term hype thing?

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[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Very accurate. We have the Quest 1 and 2, both just collecting dust now, I'm not even sure if they would work anymore. We set up a VR gaming night with a few friends who also had headsets, played Beat Saber and Synth Riders a bunch, then got bored and decided to explore a new game where you walk about and chop wood and whatnot. Five minutes of that and I was so dizzy I almost threw up. It made me realize that the type of game you can play on these is very very limited. I did get a lot of mileage from Synth Riders, so I'm not saying it's all worthless tech, but we probably could have got a better ROI just buying a regular console with the money.

[-] lobo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah there is some getting used to games where you walk around. I also managed a couple of minutes at a time at first. Now i can play for hours without issue. Also i havent been getting carsick anymore.