New Meta Quest 3
Discussion
OK. Having seen and used the thing at a friend's house, and with my 11 yr old fulfilling the task/bait/bribe/motivation of passing the 11 plus exam,
I have bought the kids a Meta Quest 3 for Christmas.
Recommendations on best games and mandatory accessories?
Girl and Boy are both in 11 to 15 age bracket.
Dad is lifelong gamer, and I mean lifelong, replying GTA V right now..
I have bought the kids a Meta Quest 3 for Christmas.
Recommendations on best games and mandatory accessories?
Girl and Boy are both in 11 to 15 age bracket.
Dad is lifelong gamer, and I mean lifelong, replying GTA V right now..
The_Doc said:
OK. Having seen and used the thing at a friend's house, and with my 11 yr old fulfilling the task/bait/bribe/motivation of passing the 11 plus exam,
I have bought the kids a Meta Quest 3 for Christmas.
Recommendations on best games and mandatory accessories?
Girl and Boy are both in 11 to 15 age bracket.
Dad is lifelong gamer, and I mean lifelong, replying GTA V right now..
EDIT: Looks like Arkham Shadow might be free with all Quest3 and 3s purchases ... a nice bonus if so.I have bought the kids a Meta Quest 3 for Christmas.
Recommendations on best games and mandatory accessories?
Girl and Boy are both in 11 to 15 age bracket.
Dad is lifelong gamer, and I mean lifelong, replying GTA V right now..
I've just purchased one too, from Argos (as I could use my Nectar points) so looking forward to picking it up. For me, it's an upgrade from Quest 2 which I've had since it launched.
Must haves would be a battery headstrap - I had the official Oculus one with my Quest 2 which was very nice but broke (the plastic strap 'fractured') after a year and a half. Meta sorted me out with a brand new replacement one though, good customer service. However for Q3 I'll be going with the BobaVR M3 Pro. Price is good and the swappable battery is a great idea.
On my Quest2 I also got a replacement 'facial interface' (the cushioned visor, basically) which is much more comfortable on the forehead than the one which came with the headset. I will likely get another one for my Quest 3, will have to see how the supplied one feels.
Prescription lens inserts might be useful if your eyesight is poor. I need glasses to drive but find I can use the Quest 2 with no issues. Hoping the Q3 is the same. You can supposedly wear glasses using a little extender thing for the facial interface to move it further away from the face but I never trusted it on the Q2 as the glasses felt really close to the lenses when I tried.
That new Batman Game looks great, will probably get it. Of the 'native' games I have for my Quest 2 I really enjoyed some simple ones like the 'Eleven' Table Tennis. Tetris Effect was very good too. Drop Dead is a good fun, simple 'horde mode' shooter and very fun coop. Gun Club VR also great for shooting (target practice stuff). Compound is a nice rogue-lite shooter with minecraft-style graphics. Gadgeteer and Cubism are nice puzzlers.
I do tend to use it a lot more for PCVR these days as the top PCVR games are unmatched, even by the best Quest titles. You can either use it with the Meta Connect software (free, default with system) or also the free SteamVR software to play Steam VR titles off your PC. However, it's worth paying for 'Virtual Desktop' if you want the best PCVR streaming to the headset. Loads of configurability and some nice features on that.
Edited by Lucas Ayde on Friday 22 November 20:53
.... A PC :-)
So you can play
- Half Life Alyx
- Superhot VR (no need for PC, but its better res apparently)
- Arizona Sunshine
There ws a multiplayer Western style shooter that came bundled with the Rift - prob no one plays it any more but it was SO much fun.
Do PC VR wirelessly - the cable is a huge pain and getting rid is a MUST, especially when frantically shooting zombies. I have the extra software that was once a must have but the built in software handles wireless perfectly well too.
You'll need external power for decent gaming sessions. I have a lipstick sized battery that I velcro to the back of the headset that doubles play time.
So you can play
- Half Life Alyx
- Superhot VR (no need for PC, but its better res apparently)
- Arizona Sunshine
There ws a multiplayer Western style shooter that came bundled with the Rift - prob no one plays it any more but it was SO much fun.
Do PC VR wirelessly - the cable is a huge pain and getting rid is a MUST, especially when frantically shooting zombies. I have the extra software that was once a must have but the built in software handles wireless perfectly well too.
You'll need external power for decent gaming sessions. I have a lipstick sized battery that I velcro to the back of the headset that doubles play time.
Edited by Griffith4ever on Saturday 23 November 03:45
An extended battery strap is useful if you are going to be playing for a long time. The standard battery in heavy use might only last 90 minutes.
The quest+ subscription service is useful even if you just sign up for one month to try out all the games they have free.
Red matter is a great example of a high resolution game.
The quest+ subscription service is useful even if you just sign up for one month to try out all the games they have free.
Red matter is a great example of a high resolution game.
The Quest 3 headset arrived in Argos a day early so picked it up this afternoon.
First impressions vs the Quest 2 .. extremely impressed. A true upgrade in almost every way.
Feels more comfortable to wear - even the default headstrap is fine compared to how I remember the Q2 strap. The facial interface material is also pretty comfy, unlike the horrible stuff that originally came standard on the Q2 and ended up with Meta shipping latex covers for it. Headset balances nicely, because it's not so deep the centre of gravity is closer to your forehead.
Controllers - great. No rings any more and feel just the same in the hands, but lighter. Better haptics. No tracking problems so far.
Picture quality - Wow. Not that the setup with the Q2 was poor (remarkably good in fact) but with the pancake lenses and higher res panels the Q3 is next level in comparison. Just so much sharper and clearer and no worries about getting that sweet spot that Fresnel lenses need. It's particularly evident with streamed games from PCVR over Airlink. Just amazing. Better Field of View too, which was a bit restricted on the older set.
Speed - 2x the raw performance, setting it up was much snappier and downloading seems far quicker. Haven't had much of a chance to try native games yet (have been concentrating on PCVR) but I'm expecting many of them to show improvements. Some have had full makeovers for Quest 3. You also get Batman:Arkham Shadow with a new set so looking forward to playing that. And three months of their Quest+ service, basically a sort of Gamepass.
And I got the 512gig model so no shortage of space for native games. I was always swapping stuff out with the OG 64meg Quest 2. Now I can have my whole library installed with space to spare. Loading seems snappier too.
All in all - a real upgrade. I would recommend it for anyone who had a Quest 2 and wants a performance and visual quality improvement. If you are just getting into VR for the first time, seems to me that a 3s would be a good choice as its cheaper and the old optical stack (as used with Q2) is still pretty decent.
First impressions vs the Quest 2 .. extremely impressed. A true upgrade in almost every way.
Feels more comfortable to wear - even the default headstrap is fine compared to how I remember the Q2 strap. The facial interface material is also pretty comfy, unlike the horrible stuff that originally came standard on the Q2 and ended up with Meta shipping latex covers for it. Headset balances nicely, because it's not so deep the centre of gravity is closer to your forehead.
Controllers - great. No rings any more and feel just the same in the hands, but lighter. Better haptics. No tracking problems so far.
Picture quality - Wow. Not that the setup with the Q2 was poor (remarkably good in fact) but with the pancake lenses and higher res panels the Q3 is next level in comparison. Just so much sharper and clearer and no worries about getting that sweet spot that Fresnel lenses need. It's particularly evident with streamed games from PCVR over Airlink. Just amazing. Better Field of View too, which was a bit restricted on the older set.
Speed - 2x the raw performance, setting it up was much snappier and downloading seems far quicker. Haven't had much of a chance to try native games yet (have been concentrating on PCVR) but I'm expecting many of them to show improvements. Some have had full makeovers for Quest 3. You also get Batman:Arkham Shadow with a new set so looking forward to playing that. And three months of their Quest+ service, basically a sort of Gamepass.
And I got the 512gig model so no shortage of space for native games. I was always swapping stuff out with the OG 64meg Quest 2. Now I can have my whole library installed with space to spare. Loading seems snappier too.
All in all - a real upgrade. I would recommend it for anyone who had a Quest 2 and wants a performance and visual quality improvement. If you are just getting into VR for the first time, seems to me that a 3s would be a good choice as its cheaper and the old optical stack (as used with Q2) is still pretty decent.
After quite a bit of testing native games from my Library, I can say that it's definitely a good improvement in that department too.
The new Batman is pretty excellent - quality-wise it looks like a good AA PCVR game from maybe 3 years ago, which is quite an achievement. Quite a few of my old faves had updates too, with better graphics, a 90Hz or 120Hz mode or passthrough.
The better passthrough makes things a lot simpler when picking up and playing - no need to take the headset off to do things like check a phone or pick things up etc. (the old passthrough was only good enough to let you navigate around the room). And I like the new controllers which have tracked very well for me .. some early reviews talked of a more frequent loss of tracking but maybe that has been addressed with f/w upgrades since launch.
Even just downloading and installing games is a hell of a lot snappier than on my Quest 2. Possibly the 512gig storage is innately faster than the 64gig on my OG Quest 2 or maybe the faster CPU helps when doing the actual install.
All in all, a worthy upgrade for Quest 2 users who are looking for something better than they have. I would still say a base Quest 3s would be a good way into VR for someone just starting out though, £300 is hard to beat price-wise and the display is fine, just not as great as on the full Quest 3.
The new Batman is pretty excellent - quality-wise it looks like a good AA PCVR game from maybe 3 years ago, which is quite an achievement. Quite a few of my old faves had updates too, with better graphics, a 90Hz or 120Hz mode or passthrough.
The better passthrough makes things a lot simpler when picking up and playing - no need to take the headset off to do things like check a phone or pick things up etc. (the old passthrough was only good enough to let you navigate around the room). And I like the new controllers which have tracked very well for me .. some early reviews talked of a more frequent loss of tracking but maybe that has been addressed with f/w upgrades since launch.
Even just downloading and installing games is a hell of a lot snappier than on my Quest 2. Possibly the 512gig storage is innately faster than the 64gig on my OG Quest 2 or maybe the faster CPU helps when doing the actual install.
All in all, a worthy upgrade for Quest 2 users who are looking for something better than they have. I would still say a base Quest 3s would be a good way into VR for someone just starting out though, £300 is hard to beat price-wise and the display is fine, just not as great as on the full Quest 3.
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