Week 17. My valve index still hasnt arrived...

I think Rec Room is really fun
Plus it's free

Pavlov vr
half life alyx
hot dogs horshoes and hand grenades
blade & sorcery
a billion desktop games with vr mods or plugins

Yeah, I'm on week 3 of the order for an order part.
Probably won't have it anytime soon, but like that other user said, I'm upgrading from a Vive so I can wait.

i was finally able to place the order and pay for mine yesterday
hopefully the actual shipping is much faster

Apparently they only use Fedex if you're in the US.
Watch that tracking info like a hawk.
Fuck Fedex.

They used FedEx here in Canada

I just got mine yesterday but won't have a chance to try it until tonight. Already have a quest and just wanted to see what the fuss was. Planning to return it when I realize it's no different than the quest.

Wake me up when VR is wireless, high res, high FOV and doesn't make your face sweat

Im hearin bout these round 2 stimulus checks and I'm thinkin about getting a Rift S

Is it worth it? I'm mostly interested in vr because of the controls rather than the immersion. I'm kinda weird in that Skyward Sword was my favourite video game experience of all time, followed closely by the metroid prime trilogy.
Good motion controls just really get me going and make me feel like a kid again.

Also is there a better option than the rift s in the same price range?

Has all of those except face sweating, and that sounds like a personal problem. Sour grapes

it doesn't. The minimum acceptable FOV and res is the Index but it isn't wireless.
And they are a heat source strapped on your face with no air circulation.

>wireless

Wait can you actually do quality pc vr wireless? Or are you talking about the quest? Does the quest stay wireless if you use the oculus link (i assumed it was a cable but idk shit about vr I'm only starting to take an interest)

riftinfo.com/valve-index-wireless-adapter-is-coming-here-is-why
Theyve made third party wireless adapters for every headset so far, index isnt an exception

I heard the Vive has some wireless component, but I never looked into it because the wire never bothered me.

facebook is working on sunglasses style VR, they can project an image but right now theyre stuck with 1 color (green) and are working on increasing the fov. They also need to figure out how to power it, and how to fit what they need to stream data from your pc/phone without wires, all without making them bulky

10-15 years and you'll be in an 18 month queue to buy Valve Shades™

HTC Vive and Vive Cosmos have a wireless adapter that delivers apparently the same experience as the wired connection. Expensive though.
The Oculus solution has more video compression and therefore lower quality.

where does the wire go? Like in relation to your body, does it go down your back or along your side or what? These are the little things holding me back because one small thing that makes it obnoxious or hard to use will end up relegating it to dust collection in my closet..

Not really, Rift S is really solid headset for its price as long as your IPD, eg. interpupillary distance is within acceptable range, as it has no true lens adjustment and people with too small or large distances are fucked.

Something that may interest you is HP Reverb 2, which is coming in autumn, and while it is more expensive than Rift S, it’s still far cheaper than Index and has god-tier resolution and all sorts of other niceties. There’s just 2 main issues with it: the WMR platform it uses is a bit wonky with drivers for some, and most importantly, nobody knows whether its inside-out tracking will work good enough. If it works good, it’s probably gonna be the best choice for people looking for good headset that doesn’t delve into the +1000$/€ territory, but if the tracking is shit, it could be the new Vive Cosmos.

it comes out at the back of your head and just flops around. Breaks immersion all the time when you step on it or get entangled by it. Also makes it inconvenient to set up VR because your PC needs to be close to your play area.

Quest has an app virtual desktop to stream your desktop and it just works

Vive has a wireless module. It introduces some compression (seen as mura effect), 2ms latency (unnoticable) and some other issues like overheating, but it's generally a pretty good upgrade if you don't mind burning money to get it.
Works with Vive, Pro and Cosmos.

I just want a headset with controllers that are similar to the index. I want finger tracking.

Bought mine as soon as quarantine started and it's been a fantastic distraction. Early bird gets the worm, suckers.

it comes out of the headset and the rest is up to you. Some people have overhead pulley systems that minimize the cable management issues.