im confused, its specs are amazing and on paper is more powerful than the meta quest 3, but its mainly being advertised as a streaming headset that goes from your vr spec pc (that is becoming more and more expensive these days for people).

so can it play games natively on the headset or not? i want to get it for my birthday as i see it as a worthy sucessor to my quest 2 that is amazing, but its controllers are drifiting to an unrepairable degree.

imagine no mans sky on it :0

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    Very likely! Honestly, if the price is able to be as good as the Deck and not the Index, I can see a lot of people adopting VR.

    • helimopp@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      teh quest 2 sold 20 mill units (most of the 20 12 year olds yes) but still! maybe the frame can sell 25 mil

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
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        1 month ago

        The Quest also has the caveat of being tied to Meta, and people like me will never buy one because of that.

        • helimopp@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 month ago

          yeah and that pisses me off. well not the people not buying the hardware but the developers. i would LOVE to play Hotdogs And handgrenades but untill i get the frame i cant as the devs of that game has clearly said “we will not be porting our game to any meta owned platform”.

          • Telorand@reddthat.com
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            1 month ago

            It shouldn’t piss you off. You should be cheering for that behavior, and it would be wonderful if every dev was that brave.

            The reason the Quest is relatively affordable is because you are the product. Meta is harvesting your data for free, and the cost is partially subsidized by the sale of your data. Continuing to support the Metas, the Googles, the Xitters, etc. does not ultimately benefit anyone but the wealthy.

            I get that it can be frustrating to lose out on some fun, but I think not buying their products is a worthy sacrifice to make for the good of us all.

            • helimopp@lemmy.worldOP
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              1 month ago

              i dont care about all that data stuff. i just want the game to be on quest. for the quest 2 they had the excuse of “ohhh its not powerfull enough” but they could 100% do it with the quest 3 im sure

              • listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io
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                1 month ago

                First they came for my email address, and I did not speak out because I had nothing to hide. Then they came for my phone number, and I did not speak out because I had nothing to hide. Then they came for my precise location at all times, and I did not speak out because I had nothing to hide. Then they came for me and had evidence that I emailed a nearby business a month ago, called a nearby business last week and location data said I was nearby at the time of the crime and there was no data left to speak for me.