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Oh nice! I just bought Quest over the weekend from a guy off craigslist who was selling them at cost and still wrapped in plastic.

Fantastically impressed with things. Totally worth the $500. The games are amazing, but what is really impressing me is all the vr video content. The ability to "stand" on a stage while the orchestra plays Mozart all around you is mind blowing.

It is neat to see them pushing the boundaries with updates.

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The Quest is probably the first thing I've bought in a long time that has given me that "Christmas morning" feeling. It's such an impressive piece of tech, and VR without wires is so much more immersive, even if it limits the graphical capabilities

Same, the last time I had that feeling was when I opened up my N64 and played super mario 64. A slap in the face.

Don’t forget if you install Virtual Desktop you can play all your PCVR games wirelessly on it too. I play HL Alyx like this and it’s flawless.

Wait really?! I was wondering why I would want to fork over so much money for the app, but having this as a possibility changes everything. Thanks for the heads up :D

Note that to get that functionality, you'll need to sideload a small .apk (Quest is built on Android). You can use plain adb to do this, or something like SideQuest if you want a GUI.

To wirelessly stream PC virtual reality games to the Oculus Quest you wouldn't just need Virtual Desktop but also a 5GHz wifi router.

You may be interested in the alternative (official) solution, which is not wireless but allows streaming PC VR games using "Oculus Link" using a compatible USBC cable. The cable that comes in the box is unfortunately USB2.0 (so not compatible), your best bet is to checkout this page: https://support.oculus.com/444256562873335/. The official Oculus cable has fibre-optic transceivers built in so is very expensive. Oculus lists some third-party cables on Amazon by Anker, which used by a lot of people (10 foot recommended, but the tiny 3 foot one is really cheap).

I haven't yet tried Virtual Desktop 5GHz streaming, but Oculus Link with a 3 foot cable streams perfectly (good for seated VR, which many PC games assume). I do want to try 5GHz Wifi streaming though! Untethered play is the best!

That's no longer true. The latest v17 update allows you to use USB2 (including the in-box cable).

https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/gjgcq0/oculus_...

Disclaimer: I work at Oculus but do not represent my employer on public forums. Opinions are my own.

Wow, that's insanely cool! Thanks for letting me know!

Small update for you: I did this on my AmpliFi HD mesh network and it worked pretty flawlessly! I tried it in multiple places around my house and didn't experience lag, exposure of apps I tried was super limited cause I got distracted by other things, but it's really nice! I also tried the Oculus Link method, and honestly the Virtual Desktop experience was surprisingly better? Maybe it's all in my head because it's all wireless and feels like magic haha

Loading up the SideQuest APK was super easy and has now led me down the awesome rabbit hole of poking at Oculus dev :D

That's great to hear!

As mentioned, definitely make sure you're connected to the 5GHz hotspot if it's available -- it makes a big difference in my experience streaming a regular desktop with VirtualDesktop. Also as you might be aware, unlike regular 2.6GHz wifi, please remember that 5GHz signals don't penetrate objects (including walls, furniture) so your best bet to reduce potential lag (and thus nausea) is to make sure your Quest always line-of-sight to the router.

Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-STUa9IqnZQ

Unfortunately it doesn't work well on my Wifi with more graphically intensive games. It's playable but there's enough jitter than I get a bit nauseous after a while

> vr video content. The ability to "stand" on a stage while the orchestra plays Mozart all around you is mind blowing.

So, uh, I've only watched porn so far. Got a link of that orchestra? Sounds cool.

Props to the guy selling them at cost. Easily could have made an additional $50-$100 if he wanted to.

It's Facebook -- clearly they expect to make up that margin somehow. It's obvious how.

Yea, I was surprised. He had them in boxes that were clearly shipped from Best Buy. I asked if he got them cheaper and he said no. Didn't ask why he was selling them at cost, but I thought it was nice.

Kinda makes you wonder if they were stolen :)

Good point. It had his name and home address on the Best Buy label outside of the box. I couldn't confirm the address, but the name was the same.

Ah, they were likely purchased with stolen credit cards, then.

Economy isn't doing so well, maybe he needed money quickly.

Doesn't seem like it'd be worth the trouble to do that for 500 bucks.

Personally, I don't tend to purchase electronics online and then decide to sell them, unopened, in person instead of returning them.

Generally the way this works is folks will buy CC info online for surprisingly cheap and then just focus on turning those into actual cash.

Buying things online, having them shipped to a vacant house, and then selling them for cash is a classic way to do this.

Sigh...

or simply doesn't know he could sell higher. Like I just have the (often wrong) mentality that electronic gadgets just deprecate right after you bought them. Quite surprised when learned that some of them worth more than retail price at secondhand market.

I recall reading about a scam, that went something like this.

You buy something online, and it seems to be a reasonable price. Maybe 40% less than the listed price. So instead of paying $1000, you pay $600. Nice, you think. You scored a great bargain. You buy it, and the product gets shipped to you, all new and everything.

Fantastic! You think. You scored a great deal.

But behind the scenes, what happened is that seller bought it with a stolen credit card, at normal prices. Then sold it to you at the cheaper price. He pockets the $600. The vendor gets paid the $1000. But the guy whose stolen credit card got used, now gets hit with a mysterious $1000 bill. Poor guy. Now he has to file a police report, and claim that he didn’t make this fraudulent purchase, and turn his life upside down for a few months.

Sometimes, it’s best to not trust online sales.

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