Walled garden issue. Facebook essentially bought out a bunch of shit Epic Games style for exclusivity for their store. They also take a loss on the Quest devices and people buy them because they are cheaper. They fucked VR, it should have all been cross-compatible from the get go.
What walled-garden exclusives are even worth looking at? All the best shit is on Steam. Most of the stuff that is only on this device or that device I've seen are no better than mobile shovelware.
I really wish that people would pile on Sony for not having PSVR1 games be compatible with the second headset. I would consider buying their headset just for PCVR and the entire PSVR1 library plus the PSVR2 stuff. At that point if you also own a PS5 like I do, that opens up a lot of games and rivals what Meta is doing.
I think PSVR2 is dead in the water unless Sony invests a lot into it. Great PC headset but otherwise no. I really think Meta is doing an okay job with their library, so if you aren’t super worried about Meta having personal data on you, bite the bullet there. Otherwise you’ll be stuck with the stagnant SteamVR offerings which only have a worthwhile longer experience a couple times a year.
this parasitic behavior is what turned me into FLOSS evangelist, can't trust companies with control of platforms!!! once they get market share, they will start fucking all of us. there other benefits too ;)
Catch 22. There's not much software because there's not many users with VR, but there are fewer people in VR than there could be because a lot of potential users don't see any software they wanna use so they don't buy a VR setup.
I might consider this. I’ve been interested by the quest 3 but I don’t trust meta. I don’t trust Sony much either but I doubt this has the same kind of tracking that powers Meta
Eh, Sony isn't great but I think if they'd provide Linux / SteamVR support I'd probably consider it. They're definitely better than Facebook, which I just would never get out of pure principle, regardless of their price point. 500 bucks for a decent inside out tracking headset with eye tracking is a good deal. I'm sure the Deckard will be in the 4 digit range, and who the hell knows when that will come out even.
It’s honestly one of the best headsets on the market. I can’t wait for this to be finalized, and then for OpenVR to pick up and improve it. I’ll finally replace my Samsung Odyssey Plus, which, despite having terrible tracking, has an AMOLED, which makes such a massive difference in VR that I don’t really enjoy playing headsets without it even if they’re technically better.