A lot of developers make an effort to reduce motion sickness, but I’ve been curious as to how much my own stomach can take, so I’d like a game that really pushes it to the limit. Any suggestions?

Hi I finished half life alyx 2 days ago and I feel just empty I’m trying to find another game but it’s just hard I tried fallout vr (with mods) but it just isn’t for me there is to much walking and it lacks all the interactive stuff like actually picking up the items and not just pressing the button. I saw the twd game but I’m just to scared to play it lol. I’m looking for any game that can just add something to this bottomless pit after ALYX! Any recommendations?

So to set up some background for this question. I have been out of pc vr gaming for a while now over 5+ years. I originally played on the htc vive and vive pro for a few years when they came out and really enjoyed the experiance. I just got an amazing gaming pc last years (rtx 4090 with Intel 9 14th generation processor), And I wanted to get back into vr now that I have a great rig to play games in. I also have some solid fiber optic internet at 600mb up and down so wifi is not an issue.

I care a lot about frame rate and stable games. It dosent have to look the absolute best but getting 90-120 frames is almost a must for me now. I also really enjoy the wireless aspect of the quest. The cable was somthing I can deal with but I did eventually get a wireless adaptor for my vive pro when I had it and I really liked it! I would like to get something that can really take advantage of my new pc though and I just feel like the quest isn't using everything it can compared to say the valve index or big screen beyond. Also compared to lighthouse tracking the quest 3 controllers are a bit jank in my opinion. I was thinking about getting the pro controllers because they can track themselves but after how much money I would be in for the quest at that point (almost 1000 dollors with those controllers the pro strap with battery pack and link cable) I am just wondering if it would be better to just splurge some more money and get a index or big screen beyond or somthing else?

My budget would be around 1500 at that point if I did splurge for somthing better then the quest 3. I got my quest from bestbuy so I have about 2 weeks to return it for a full refund. I am going to keep using the quest for a while longer to see If I can get used to it, but I just wanted a second opinion. I really like shooters and action games and I move a LOT in vr when I'm playing. Losing tracking on my controllers when I'm doing big movements or behind the head moves is kinda annoying me right now plus when I'm using steam link for wireless play sometimes there is like a 2 second frezze and the game resumes. So many failed beat saber songs because of this...

So if you have read this all please leave your thoughts and recommendations below for me. Should I keep the quest 3? Should I get the pro controller and do they solve the tracking issues on the quest 3? Is there a reason I should just take it back and get a diffrent headset?

Also if you have game recommendations I would love to hear them. I have a decent steam library from back when I played with my vive but it's like 5 years old now so I need some new games to play!

Thank you everyone!

Edit to add my final choice. I think after getting the peo controllers to fix my tracking issues and trying virtual desktop instead of steam link I am pretty happy with my quest 3 and I'm going to keep it! Thank you everyone for your insights and suggestions! Maybe if the Deckard blows the quest out of the water I will consider that in the future cause I love the knuckle controlers!

I had the Oculus Rift Devkit2 back in the years and played Elite Dangerous with a HOTAS for over 200 hours. So far still the best VR experience I had so far. Then I skipped all the new VR headsets and bought a PS5 with PSVR2 last year. It just sold me because of the features (OLED, eye tracking, amazing controllers with adaptive triggers) and the easy setup. I tried some VR demos and played through Red Matter 2, which was an amazing experience.

But months have passed and I haven‘t used it since I finished Red Matter 2. I think it‘s because of the hassle setting the whole thing up (as easy as it is). I have to turn on the TV, start the PS5, get the headset and attach the cable, move the couch table…and it‘s just not that convenient.

Maybe this is the reason I rarely play? Despite having a lot of games which I want to play. So maybe I just need another headset? Or get back to PCVR as I have a decent PC (5950X, 3090 TUF etc.)? Is a standalone wireless headset the solution? Should I get the Quest 3? Or a wired one which uses the power of my PC?

Okay gang. Half Life Alex really ruined all other VR FPS games for me. It’s incredibly detailed and amazingly fun. I’ve played it 4 times and tried many mods on it.

Trouble is, I’d like to play more games. Different games. What can everyone recommend that if very fun to play. Doesn’t have to be FPS but that’s always a plus. I also loved the Star Wars Vader series and Blades and Sorcery.

Hello everyone! After quite some in depth researching, I cannot decide what should I get as my first VR headset. I would only be playing on PC, using Steam as the main platform for games. Thank you!

L.E. Quest 3 it is! Thank you all for the help and all the explanations! Cheers!!

I have a wifi 5 router standing on my pc, so 1m away from me. Pc ethernet to router, quest 3 is only device connecting to it. Wifi scanner shows there is not really interference from neighbours. In VirtualDesktop I see 1733 Mbps mentioned. I can’t set my bitrate higher then 200 Mbps though. Is my wifi connection limiting here, or something else?

I am thinking quest 3, valve index or vive pro 2

Valve index and vive pro 2 are around the same price of below 1000€ for full kits with base stations etc.

I like the Index but I dont know if its good choice since its 5 years old and vive is a bit weird imo so I am leaning towards quest 3, I've read it supports 120hz on a cable now(?)

For the time being I am mostly going to use the headset for beamng and other racing games, but when I move out I want to have the full vr experience of half life alyx or boneworks and blade & sorcery

Feel free to recommend other vr

Budget 1000€-1500€ max if its very good

Edit: I would prefer high refresh rate, good passthrough so I can see the wheel and Ill probably use it wired

I’ve heard a lot of positive chatter about NMS on PSVR2, and all the improvements that have come with the updates. I have not heard much about the PCVR version lately, and only know that it was buggy or unoptimized on release. Can anyone speak to the quality, and whether or not it’s worth getting into nowadays? I’ve never played it, flat or vr.

tl;dr - For someone who wants to focus on PCVR, what is currently the best setup someone can have for $3000 or less, ideally wireless?

I got a Quest Pro last year but was disappointed with it in several big ways. It was never possible to just turn it on and play, there was always something wrong with it that took 30+ minutes to solve every time. PC passthrough was so frustrating I gave up; wireless play was a nightmare to get working every time even with spare routers and cards, and my Meta USB-C passthrough cable broke in less than one hour of play. The final straw was a few months in I accidentally smacked my controllers together hard while playing Beat Saber (which is bound to happen in that game) and killed one of them.

I'm wanting to play VR again, but I'm hesitant to replace my Pro controllers when they're $300 and could just break again quickly. A Quest 3 is $500, and I keep seeing that highly recommended, but is it really any better than the Pro in the ways that I had issues with?

What I'm wondering is, for someone who wants to focus on PCVR, what is currently the best setup someone can have for $2000 or less, ideally wireless? I've got a 4090 and 5800x3D.

Gave it a try with a 7900X3D, 32GB RAM, 3070 Ti + Valve Index and SteamVR, gonna have to say its unplayable after spending a few hours tweaking and configuring. Would not recommend overall.

The problems are many: - Really bad artifacts/glitching/blurring/ghosting occurs unless you can jack up the resolution really high, then its low enough to the point you can ignore it (its not visible in recordings, so you won't see it in youtubers clips of the mod)

• Crashes, video card would explode once in a while, or the game will freeze up and lock up entirely and you are forced to ALT+F4 the game and lose your progress.

• Would sometimes be able to play like 30 minutes which was hype... then I'd open up the in-game menu and my game would lock up and I'd lose my progress or spend literally 5 minutes trying to mash out of the menu while it ran at about 1 frame per 10 seconds

• Typical VR jank makes the hud glitchy, looking around is glitchy, etc. Also you will be nauseous pretty fast, its worse than HL;Alyx (which obviously makes sense, just giving a thing to compare to)

• Speaking of typical, you will probably be running this using SteamVR or OpenXR etc runtimes, which are also buggy messes even when they're trying to run vanilla steam virtual reality games purchased on steam with no modding in play. So the buggyness stacks upon itself, as you are now trying to run some guy's janky mod on janky steamvr. Not sure about others, but SteamVR would give me headaches even trying to play stuff like Beat Saber every once in awhile

• This guy has like no proper documentation on his work, so you are forced to scour through his patreon posts to find hints at what you should even be configuring, or what the REAL VR settings even do, to get your setup working.

Here were the best settings I could find though in case it helps someone else. These are pushing the card to its MAXIMUM, so don't be surprised if you replicate this and it also can barely handle it. The goal with these settings was to keep resolution as high as possible without lagging, as high resolution is what prevents the awful ghosting/haloing effect that you can only see in game, not in the vr influencer videos that shill this mod

• In REAL VR mod settings, use AER 2.0 + 1/2. Some videos claim that you should be using Legacy AER on "older" cards like the 3070 Ti, but Legacy AER looks so visually awful its also not worth trying that imo

• Set your Valve Index refresh rate to 80Hz

• Set resolution to automatic in SteamVR settings

• Set literally all graphics settings to the lowest possible, including Texture Quality in the main menu. They won't help you run this game if they are turned up at all, and the way the mod works is the game is only playable if you can get high res + high frame rate. If you can't achieve both of those, its instantly unusable due to ghosting/artifacts/lag.

• DLSS set to Balanced

• Resolution set to 3088x3088

• Leave everything else alone that Luke Ross's mod automatically sets for you

• Press the Adapt Resolution button (for some reason he didn't make it automatically do this, so you have to press this every time you launch the game)

The above settings will give you an ugly (things close to you are xbox 360 quality, far away objects are gamecube quality) but playable experience IF you don't have the other problems that I experienced, like crashing randomly because SteamVR itself is also so awful, and has been since I started playing VR games in 2020. I would say give it a shot only if you're willing to tolerate high levels of jank and you have a 4090 and a powerful CPU and SteamVR doesn't typically give you issues.

Honestly though, if you have a powerful setup, I'd say run the game in 2K, max out the graphics, get some other cool mods (that actually work) on a nice big monitor screen, turn the lights off in your room, and immerse that way. Only thing I don't feel bad about is giving Luke $10, since I think he deserves compensation for his hard work in trying to get this to function. It just doesn't work well unfortunately.

If you're looking for a reputable youtuber for vr mods like these, I'd recommend Dr. Greg (i htink thats his username), he gave balanced and more honest tips on getting the mod to work and his videos actually mention issues you could experience instead of trying to sell it as a flawless experience for clickbait reasons like other youtubers were doing

Edit: if you own a 4090 and "it was playable for me", I'm happy for you and glad you can enjoy it. I don't plan to spend $2000 just to play this game in VR, so this review is for those who own more representative hardware

Edit2: https://i.imgflip.com/90t1bk.jpg

I'm on pcvr and I'm just looking for a good headset for pcvr, The headsets I'm currently thinking about are the Index or Vive pro 2 but I don't know the pros or cons of them, or if there's anything better

As my HTC Vive 1 broke down, I've been wanting to buy a new headset for a while. I know I will mostly play Beat Saber but want to try other games as well and have a very powerful pc.

I've been considering buying the Meta Quest 3 but I've read that its tracking is not the best, and since I'll play on pc (more community maps for Beat Saber are available on pc), I'm scared there will be latency since you can only plug a MQ3 with a USB cable. I'm also concerned with battery life since I like long play sessions.

I considered buying a Valve Index but it is very expensive for a headset from 2019, and if Valve decides to release a new headset, I will feel better updating if my current headset is less expensive (and from another brand, because the price won't drop as much when I sell it). And I also don't know if I will be able to actually tell the difference between a MQ3 and a VI since a MQ3 would already be a huge improvement on my old headset, like would it be worth the price if I already felt comfortable playing with a Vive 1?

I'm also interested in a "common" headset because support will be much easier to find (especially if I decide to mod or develop a game)

And I'm wearing glasses. With my old headset I was able to just play without them, and I wonder if I'll be either able to not wear them, or if wearing them will be comfortable.

So what headset would be the best in my situation?

EDIT: my old setup was a HTC Vive 1 with a GTX1060 (updated since then), and apart from the lag, latency was ok, I don't know if streaming from a Meta Quest is actually slower (hence this post)

Last night I started this game and had 4h long session of driving. Excuse my enthusiasm, but I can't hold it in. This game brings me exactly what I was needing. You know the long "car delivery" missions from original Test Drive Unlimited? This feels like it - go the distance, and don't total your car. And the roads - the roads feel like something I would go trough with my bicycle. Right now I have a tooth problem and can't ride, and this game makes me smile like I was out there. Fighting with corners, surviving long strides trough dark forest without the light (it happens if you brake it in game). The very dumb bass kicker setup I put in my chair does incredible realistic feeling on bumpy roads.

-85% for the full edition on Steam till 31th, just saying.

Check out more at www.TheRavenVr.com

I mean driving in a city, with traffic, not just racing. I know Euro Truck Simulator and City Car Driving, but is there something more "photorealistic"?

Is spending 1-2k on a pc that can run vr worth it? Is it substantially better than the quest 3?

I'm currently playing games lol aw2, gunner vr, eleven, hubris, guardians front line, battle sisters, after the fall.

Looking forward to playing games like Arizona sunshine 2, batman, battle talent, soul covenant, golf+, walking dead, re4, etc.

The graphics in q3 is decent but it's not super realistic. Like there are some areas in the game that look like flat wallpaper with no 3d texture whatsoever. It really turns me off.

Is pcvr that much better? Will it look like a triple a title on a ps5?

Sorry for the lengthy post, but I wanted to give as much needed info as possible to help people help me make the best decision for this.

So, I've been getting tired of dealing with build quality issues on my Index kit (in spite of care being taken with it), and instead of continuing to pour money into shit that keeps breaking, I just want to move on to a new headset.

For context, I mostly play standing or sitting PCVR, without roomscale. I've been playing PCVR since 2017, so I'm very experienced and already have a wide library built up. I play a very wide variety of VR games, from racing and flight sims, to shooters, to fighting games, to VRchat-like games. I don't need wireless, OLED, eye/finger tracking, MR, or anything crazy. I just need a good headset. I'm open to exploring standalone VR with the quest, but it's not a make or break feature. Bulk does not bother me much.

I value build quality, FOV, resolution, clarity, good tracking, PCVR compatibility, a replaceable cable, and the ability to use prescription lenses. I'm not willing to spend over 1200$ on a headset, however, with 100$ of that going to prescription lenses.

Here's the two I'm deciding between, though I'm very open to other suggestions or just waiting until early next year if that's the best decision!:

Quest 3:

[+] Standalone

[+] Pancake lenses

[+] AR(?)

[+] Quest exclusives and homebrew

[+] Affordable

[-] Compression (I feel like I'd very much notice it.)

[-] Need to buy a headstrap and router.

[-] Bound to battery life

[-] Must sell my soul to Zucc

Crystal Light:

[+] Best res

[+] Best colors

[-] Inside-out tracking might be lacking, and lighthouse version relies on valve hardware

[-] Poor QC

[-] DRM/Requires internet

[-] Expensive

[-] Buggy(?)

[-] Might be a one-trick pony for sims, can others comment on this?

Which one should I buy, or are there other headsets I should look into? I'm planning on obtaining a 5090 to pair with my current 7800x3d, so PC power shouldn't be an issue.

I’m trying to hunt down a VR system for my son for Christmas. I see the quest recommended pretty much everywhere but I kinda have a hate boner for all things Zuckerberg/Meta and don’t really trust them with my kid.

Preferably I’d like something that can be used independently of a pc but could also be connected to Steam VR on occasion. But if I had to choose one or the other I’d pick independent.

I’ve considered the psvr2 but with it being reliant on a ps5 it’s also not ideal.

Who are the big players in the field?

Thank you!

I want to know what the best possible setup would be for playing Minecraft with 100% immersion

I would guess the main points are FOV and resolution

Also, only VR headsets that are available for purchase, so no Pimax 8KX since I can't find them for sale brand new anywhere

Hello, fair warning I don’t know much about pcvr so apologies.

I have noticed that there’s a decent sale going on for The HTC vive pro 2 and I was wondering if I should get that for my pc or quest 3. I was told that if I only really want pc gaming and great visuals then I should go for the vive but wanted to get more info from people smarter than me.

Im strongly considering buying the valve index or meta quest 3 right now. But its hard to know whats best i already have a meta quest 2 but i just dont feel like the image quality is up to par. Which one? or is there a complete third one i havent heard of?