I’m looking to getting back into VR gaming. However, with my switch to Linux, that has made things a little more complicated. I don’t own a Valve Index (although I’ve heard that there are some issues with the Index on Linux), I own a Rift CV1. As far as I’m aware, the Oculus Rift is pretty much completely incompatible with Linux. I do also own both Beat Saber and SUPERHOT VR on the Oculus Store (poor choice of platform, I know).
So, unless there’s something I’ve overlooked, my options are as follows:
- Sell my Rift and stop playing VR games (weird option to choose but it’s an option).
- Sell my Rift and save up to buy a Valve Index (despite its issues)
- Sell my Rift and save up to get a Quest 2 (or 3 when that comes out, although that plays into Metz’s pockets).
- Keep my Rift and do tiny experiments with it (again, weird choice given the title of the post, but it’s an option)
Does anyone have any advice for me here?
I’d recommend dual booting. Get a hamstrung ISO of Win10 so the telemetry crap is DOA and use it exclusive for VR so it doesn’t eat away at hard drive space.
It’s against my religion to recommend buying any further Oculus product. I want a unit like the Quest that can play standalone as well as plugged in but I was already on the fence because of Oculus being a Facebook product (before the window-pane-licking-IQ name change) and the reveal of them lying about needing a FB account was the nail in the coffin for me.
@DebatableRaccoon @cityboundforest
My next VR headset is going to be standalone hopefully with no associated account… Sometimes u just want to play beast saber on the go
My thoughts exactly. I know there was news on a standalone recent though I can’t remember who from. Very much not in the same price bracket as the Quest, unfortunately.
Edit: it was the HTC Vive XR Elite I was trying to think of.
@DebatableRaccoon
I still have the normal HTC vive so if their standalone one is any good for the price it may be a buy
It’s 1100 USD so “worth it” comes down whoever’s paying, I guess. Personally, I don’t think so just because we’ve only been seeing prices get higher instead of the typical "it comes down the longer the tech is on the market.
@DebatableRaccoon well with more competition bringing in folding phones we may see a price decrease or we may not atm its not at a place where I’d be able to justify the price.
With the recent announcement of Apple’s device (I’m aware there’s a big difference between these couple always choose the simplest possible excuse to justify themselves) and their new highest bid, I see prices still getting worse before they get better.
@DebatableRaccoon their headset is way overpriced and doesn’t seem like something I’d use
Understandable and same but them setting their price so high will encourage others to have higher prices. That’s my two cents, at least. We’ve already seen it in the phone market thanks to their “innovations”
I’ve thought about looking for a barebones version of Windows for this but I wouldn’t know if it was signed and didn’t contain any surprise software that would brick my entire computer or ransom my files.
That’s fair and I would rather steer clear of Meta so I don’t have to touch then with a ten-foot pole. However, I don’t exactly know what I’d do with the two games I bought on their store.