I have a problem.

While playing Arkham Shadow it made me realize it was the first time I've been this excited to go through a game since Alyx. I can't even begin to describe to people how immersive and how polished the whole experience is with Valve just shining on all fronts.

I would give anything to play more.

The problem is that there is more. There's so much more.

Hitman Contracts. Levitation. Cityscape.

They might not be from Valve but they all look amazing and I wanna play them so bad.

But my brain won't let me.

Literally every time I so much as fathom putting the game on and playing any of these games, my brain just starts yelling at me not to. It just remembers how much anxiety that fucking game put me through because it's so immersive.

I feel like getting to experience canon Valve/Wolpaw/Half Life events in virtual reality, and the story and dialogue and spectacle that comes with all of that, gave me the bravery and will power to see the game through.

Might sound goofy but does anyone else get where I'm coming from?

Like, if Half Life 3 comes out, I'm fucking THERE, but I just can't bring myself to play the custom maps because the actual game is just that good.

it seems most of vr is gaming, or more-so, everyone’s first taste/experience of vr is a game.

however games are already fun, vr is too, but there’s less of a “shock”/before and after change in desire of environment. to be frank, you’re having fun either way.

I feel like a better exposure might be,

boring stuff, now in vr

if I had to be in a vr headset for 1hr (or 8 lol) a day I would choose that hour to be in my 9-5 job, doing spreadsheets from a club, or a beach, or a football game, as I sit on my bed, rather than taking myself out of reality when I’m “off the clock”, have a lesser want to change my surroundings, and have a choice of where I am physically.

vr on the clock pushes the already set limits— you do not have a choice of where you are

vr off the clock adds self-imposed limits to ur life, where there wasn’t before

just a thought, hoping to get more people into this space :)

I recently just helped out a friend get an index and got his old Vive so I have 2 base stations and an old Vive to use but it has been ran through, and I'm wondering after buying the knuckle controllers(left Vive died) if it's worth it to buy a bigscreen beyond because I don't plan on sharing.

So, in our lifetimes we've enjoyed a period where CPUs and GPUs get much more powerful each generation, further and further advances in miniaturization, etc.

It's easy to extrapolate that upwards sloping line and assume that by the year 2XXX, we'll have 4090's in our sunglasses with petabytes of storage driving retinal displays or whatever.

However, it seems like chip makers are starting run into hard physical limits in how small and fast they can make things, and performance gains have been starting to plateau. They've been resorting to various clever tricks and shortcuts to extract more performance (some of which then become major security holes...)

So I'm wondering, what if there's a real possibility that CPUs/GPUs will never catch up to the demands of VR? We never see a game like Cyberpunk running at full resolution on a high resolution PCVR headset, with all the graphical features turned on? We never see a standalone headset with graphics as good as today's high end gaming PCs? Or AR glasses with graphics as good as as today's standalone headsets? We never see MSFS or DCS running at good framerates? :P

As VR / XR / AR fans, we keep expecting hardware to get small enough, good enough, cheap enough to become as common as phones, TVs or PCs.

But maybe that's an illusion created by living through this unique period in history where processing power has advanced right to the limit, so quickly?

What if it's literally impossible to squeeze a 4090 into a pair of sunglasses, or stream a VR app / game over mobile networks at usable latencies, no matter how much time passes or how our technology advances? Would VR / XR / AR hit a limit of acceptance, and be relegated to a specialised niche, like HOTAS equipment or SLR cameras etc?

Gravity Sketch just ends up being a mess, i would really just like an app where i can drag out shapes, have them align without pitch and roll, and scale from different origins depending where i grab from. Just simple cubes would be fine. Any kind of model export would also be very useful.

I couldn't find any review of it

I apologize in advance, but i really have no time to research this stuff, ( 2 jobs, college etc ) that's why i decided to buy the link cable after day one of using the headset, because i figured it would be simpler. I am playing PCVR on Steam by using the Steam VR app, sitting on a RX 6750 XT GPU with a Ryzen 5 5600G CPU, using Quest 3. My image quality is absolute garbage, i dunno my wi fi specs but they are bad, like good for everyday stuff and normal gaming but pathetic when it comes to VR. I know lag is related but when playing wireless is image quality, resolution etc also related to connection quality or is Steam VR just bad ? What is the difference between Remote Desktop and Virtual Desktop apps ? When i link the cable will i still need to use Steam VR to launch games ? But i am getting image improvements right ? Because that cable ain't cheap ngl, i intend to play sim racing games like Dirt Rally and Automobilista 2.

Hey! I'm looking at buying a quest 3 sometime in the next few months (hopefully) and have been doing some research on games and accesories. I hear a lot of people mention PCVR, and I understand the concept (connecting a headset to a pc to play games that might not be supported natively). However, can I just use a laptop (like a MacBook) for certain PCVR games? Or does it have to be higher powered? Thanks in advance.

P.S. PCVR isn't a deal-breaker for me, I'm just curious.

I tried viva project and the game is ok but i feel it has no elements to interact, so i was looking for an alternative

Is there something about link PCVR that this headset doesn't like?

It's constantly seeing USM 3.0 slots as 2.0. I just finished swapping motherboards to fix the issue only to have it happen again on completely different hardware and cord. A factory reset resolved it once, but then it happened a day later and you need to connect your meta phone app every damn time, it's obnoxious. It's the last thing I want on my phone, but I need it there perpetually to factory reset the headset.

It works well for like a day and then I spend 5 days troubleshooting it. Is this anyone else's experience?

What other headset, regardless of price, can actually do cabled PCVR without all the headache.

It really seems like the move since support for the g2 is no longer here just not sure how good it will look compared to the g2 plus how the pc vr compares to it

I just broke both my controller not usable anymore and I needed new controllers but im not wanting to spend€ 180 on new controllers does somebody know another company. For my quest 2 btw

So i have a 40-series GPU and saw that in Virtual Desktop you can set it to AV1 encoding with a 40-series card. Can you also use AV1 if you don't use VD or is that exclusive to it? Also it seems like AV1 is quite efficient, would that help with a bit of hitching i have, since i can lower the bitrate a bit more comparatively, or would it make no difference in that regard?

So yeah. For some reason, if I play vr, only sometimes I feel weird. It feels like I'm not even myself and like I'm nonexistent. I know things are real and I'm doing things, I know things are real, but I just feel off.

Hi! I’m working on my virtual reality thesis, focusing on the concept of "Plausibility Illusion." Essentially, I’m aiming for participants to feel as though the events within the VR environment are real, even while they know they’re not in any actual danger. The goal is for them to react as naturally as possible, as if they were truly there, and to disconnect from their physical surroundings.

To achieve this, I’m exploring accessible or DIY haptic feedback devices like the LucidGloves to let users “feel” the virtual environment. My budget is pretty tight (thesis life, you know), so I’m not looking to reinvent the wheel—just to do something interesting with existing tools. For now, I’m focusing on stimulating visuomotor and tactile responses to make the experience feel even more realistic.

What am I trying to achieve?

1. Interaction with virtual objects: I want users to feel object manipulation in VR more realistically, simulating weight, texture, and resistance.
2. Obstacles and tactile surfaces: I’m experimenting with how haptic feedback can intensify the sensation of surfaces and edges, making users feel like they’re truly “there” in the virtual space.
3. Moderate-risk scenarios: To gauge psychological responses, I’m including a few slightly tense situations. The idea is that if they can “feel” these elements, they’ll react just as they would in real life.

Does anyone have recommendations for DIY or affordable haptic gloves that work well with VR? I’d appreciate any advice on options similar to LucidGloves, compatible materials and software, simulations, or other ideas for enhancing tactile realism. Even if your suggestions differ from my approach, they’re more than welcome. Thanks in advance!

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10 Fortune Global 500 Companies That Have Launched A Vision Pro App https://bold-awards.com/fortune-500-vision-pro-app/

are there any others that you have come across?

I currently own a Valve Index and am thinking about picking up a Quest 3. How do games look and perform on the Quest 3 with a link cable compared to the Index? Also do games look better with a link cable compared to when using the Quest stand alone?

Literally searching the filters in Steam, GamePass, and Meta and there just aren't games in the category or the category isn't even an option. Despite a game like "Layers of Fear" stating in the first line "Layers of Fear VR is a psychedelic horror game". 'Face Your Fears' and 'Five Nights at Freddie's' I would consider horror games as well. Figure with the "spooky season" things like that would be easy genre to find. When I do a Google search for "scary Xbox Gamepass games" it changes it to "frightening" and does have some horror games, but some of them are not on Gamepass anymore. It's like a missed a world update somewhere that the word "horror" is now deemed "offensive" and not allowed to be used. At least Epic Game Store still had the genre.

Hi all hope this post is allowed!

Im a complete noob when it comes to VR headsets (iv used PSVR in the past but not really got much use out of it)

Im looking to get a VR headset primarily to use on flights (i hate flying and want to try and distract myself with something to watch)

I did see a video of someone using the apple pro vision to make a background of mountains and watch a film which looked amaizing! However the 3000+ price tag is out of my range currently

Does anyone have any suggestions of any alternatives that vould do a similar job?

Thanks in advance!

I'm thinking of taking my VR headset to my girlfriend's place tomorrow night for Halloween. We're mostly planning on passing out candy, but I think it'd be fun to play some Halloween-themed VR games too. She's really not a fan of scary stuff though, so I'm wondering if there's any non-scary Halloween themed games out there that would be worth a try?

I keep seeing people trying Cyberpunk, GTA, and Red Dead 2 in VR, but haven't tried it. I also have seen a lot of the exciting UEVR stuff, but not sure where I should start. Ideally, I would like to be able to use the motion controls, but I understand most mods don't allow those.