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SvennoJ on 07 January 2022
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HoloDust said:
SvennoJ said:

I wonder how they can do that though and make something competitive. Steamdeck starts at $399 and that's just a simple single screen. Looking at Benchmarks for OQ2, it's far below a GTX 1060 in capabilities. https://uploadvr.com/oculus-quest-2-benchmarks/ Of course you can also use it with a PC.

I think it is matter of "it's good enough" approach. OQ2's hadrware is good enough. It's SoC is good enough for decent visuals, it's tracking is good enough (better than PSVR actually form my experience) and it's resolution and FoV are good enough. Add to that $300 price tag and it becomes "a great buy". So, if Nintendo, for example, decided to jump into VR, they have real world example of how it's done with "good enough" approach, which matches their usual approach to making hardware.

I would love a Nintendo headset. Botw2 in VR would be amazing.

Problem with good enough is, that it's not good enough for the hardcore gamers. It's always the first complaint, doesn't look good, too many sacrifices in visuals, next to short games. I bet a lot of Quest2 users use it to stream from PC. Anyway you see the complaints all the time about the weak Switch hardware and how Steamdeck is going to be better. (doubt it, but it does have more grunt)

But love the $10 million sales figure. VR is not a fad, just a slow burner, starting to pick up speed. 3D tvs bit the dust, Kinect is done, Voice control forgotten, Motion controls are back to occasional use, yet VR is still growing.