Decker

Awesome addition for Meta Quest 3 owners who have GPU subscription :

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brainee

My Zenni custom lenses came in today. Super easy to put on and take off. Really a game changer for comfort

Cellar Door

^I bought custom lenses for my Q2 a few months ago and, yeah, it's a much better and easier experience than wearing the headset over glasses. If I upgrade to a Q3 at some point, I will not hesitate to get custom lenses for it, too.

I bought a couple of games in recent sales, including Walkabout Mini Golf and Pistol Whip, but haven't had a chance to play them yet. I have two weeks off work through the holidays, though, so I'll have time for some fun.

I'd really like to get Skyrim VR, but that $60 price tag is kinda steep. Maybe a Christmas gift for myself, though.

eXcentris

^ Both Walkabout Mini Golf and Pistol whip are great!

eXcentris

This is the Aubika strap from Amazon. Very comfy, need to test the charging. Note that the wide strap doesn't come with it, I transferred it from my Quest 1.

eXcentris

I played a bit of Lego Bricktales and it's a good relaxing time. You're basically this kid helping his grandfather repare a bunch of stuff that's broken on successive Lego builds. Finish one, hop to the next one. It would be nice to have a free build mode, not sure if that's coming or not.

And it's mixed reality!

brainee

So I'm bringing my Quest 3 for my niece to play with over the holidays. She'd been asking my brother about getting one, although he's not convinced it'll be something she gets bored with quickly. Little does she know, getting to use mine is a bit of a test (to see if one of her own might be a birthday gift next spring).

Anyway, is there an easy way to set up a "kids" account (one that won't have access to my credit card or mature-rated games)? I explored Meta's instructions and it doesn't seem as straight-forward as it would be on a PS5 for example. If I'm understanding right, every user has to have a Meta account (which she doesn't ... she's too young for that). It says that you can also add her as "family" under my own account ... but that seems like a bit much for just a week visit (plus if she'd be listed with anyone as family it would be my brother).

Am I missing something, or it what I said what the options are?

brainee

Oh, I tried setting up Airlink to see how Asgard's Wrath plays (the first one). My modem isn't particularly new (5 GHz), but there isn't any bandwidth competition, the PC that was running the game is internet wired, and I was playing in the same room as the modem. Aside from a seconds hiccup it seemed to play really well. Now Asgard's Wrath 2 will probably disappoint me since the graphics looked so spectacular compared to what I used to on the Quest.

Are there any other "must play" PCVR games without a Quest version? I've heard Half-Life: Alyx highly recommended. Any others?

alfredog1976

Half Life: Alyx is a must have.

I love Talos Principle, Arizona Sunshine (I think they are on the Quest already though). Star Wars Squadrons is great if you are into Star Wars space combat, I won't play in non-VR mode, lots of fun. Fallout 4 and Skyrim too

Just tried Steam Link, not perfect, but works fairly well. Some games would not launch.

I'm pretty much out of space after installing Asgard's Wrath 2 (Quest 2 64GB)

RichC2

Alyx is insane, also be sure to poke your head into Google Earth if you never have.

story

I ordered mine today for my Quest 2, can't wait!

eXcentris

Meta has a sale currently. Nostalgia trip, I bought Myst VR.

Also "Ocean Rift" now has a mixed reality mode. So you can have a huge aquarium in your living room. Game is cheap too about $10.

Cellar Door

I've played a few rounds of Mini Golf now and it's a lot of fun. The designs of some of the courses are really creative. I wasn't expecting it to be such a chill experience because golf--even mini golf--can be a frustrating game. But the landscapes are tranquil, the music is soothing, and since I'm playing alone there's no rush on anything. I find it very relaxing. Except I'm a little OCD about finding the lost ball on each course.

Noonan

Is anyone playing Asgard's Wrath 2? All I'm seeing is amazing praise for it. It's super annoying to me knowing that there's an amazing RPG out there that I can't try because of my motion sickness. Would love to hear some opinions/detail about it.

alfredog1976

it’s good reminds me of God of War, but yeah motion sickness is pretty bad. There’s a tunnel mode that helps, but no teleporting like other VR games

Maxflier

Thanks for the heads up on that, I won’t ever bother downloading this one then.

eXcentris

You can have your entire ceiling be a skylight so it seems like you are underwater. Someone on FB had a shark break through the glass and "fall on her". She was scared shitless, nobody knew this could happen.

story

My Meta Quest 2 prescription lenses arrived today, that's just 11 days including the day I ordered, impressive.

I put them in and WOW, it's a whole new world. Incredible! This will be a game changer.

Decker

I just bought a PSVR2-exclusive game called Dark Pictures Switchback. It’s a rail shooter and it’s really, really cool. I was always a fan of those rides in Disneyland like Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story Mania, and this has some aspects of that, but with a Zombie theme and plenty of good jump scares. As you ride on the rails in a rollercoaster-type car, you’ll go fast in parts, slow in others, you have to move your head so you don’t get hit. You can pick up health by shooting marked containers as you whiz by. You reload by shaking your guns, or tapping the magazine in on your thighs. It’s all really cool and immersive and I can see it having plenty of replay value for me — seeking higher scores and changing the direction of your cars at certain switchback locations. It’s normally $40, which is admittedly pretty pricey, but now it’s 40% off at $25.99 and well with that price, I’d think.
I avoided the game at first because the reviews were pretty mediocre with a 64 score on Metacritic and a 6 from IGN. But a lot of the criticism directed at the game was about its blurry visuals and annoying pop-in. A major patch in July has apparently fixed those issues and I have to say it looks pretty amazing now.

alfredog1976

If you guys aren't playing Arizona Sunshine 2, you are missing out!

Asgard's Wrath 2 is sensational...I've been playing it more ever since I took some Reddit advice and have a fan pointed at me while I play to help with the motion sickness...it's actually helped me

eXcentris

More MR goodness, imagine having that as a kid!

eXcentris

Also, there's something called UEVR mod, which basically can turn any game developed in Unreal Engine 4 or 5 into a VR game!

Maxflier

Micro Machines is tempting, that could be really neat to play around with in MR.

alfredog1976

Just tried this with Robocop last night...effin amazing!

Maxflier

Anyone have ForeVR Pool?
Going to buy it but wanted to use one of your discount codes if so before I go use some random one from a review.